乍看之下，很難想像這座以灰鋁板呈現出層層凹凸外立面的建築原來是一間音樂中心。日本建築師隈研吾（Kengo Kuma）所設計位於法國普羅旺斯的艾克斯地區音樂學院（Aix en Provence Conservatory of Music），外觀大膽地運用了鋁複合板，形成如高科技狀的皺褶狀外立面，並為音樂中心規劃了音樂廳及許多相關設施。
基地為L型的音樂中心各層功能不同，設計師利用簡潔的鋁複合板材質以摺疊的方式以創造出各部份不同的外立面。除了薄鋁複合板的選用，在鋁板的層層摺疊下也創造出建築中重要的－光與影－共同與鋁板形成了音樂中心的外觀元素；而這樣的構想也是受到法國畫家保羅·塞尚（Paul Cézanne）及日本摺紙工藝（Origami）的影響。
摺疊的鋁板同時也可用來阻擋日光的直射，以及控制觀景的角度。有趣的是，如此的外立面設計也曾被評為像是一面樂譜，激發出對音樂的想像。
摺疊造型同樣也出現在內部的音樂廳中，以不對稱的內部設計反射出動人的音樂迴響，就像讓艾克斯地區著名作曲家達律斯·米約（Darius Milhaud）創造的旋律永遠迴盪在音樂廳中，如同他被刻在音廳中心的名字一樣被紀念著。
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蘇琨峰／Andre
一隻喜愛新事物也對舊事物固執的牡羊。台北工專土木工程科、雲林科技大學營建工程結構組畢業，工作後決定離職前往澳洲再度充實自己並一圓留學夢，畢業於墨爾本大學經濟與商業研究所，主修商業與資訊管理。喜歡看建築、旅行探索、研究攝影、愛打網球、沉溺爵士樂當了爵士樂團薩克斯風手。目前為《欣建築／國際脈動》編譯、文字記者、辦理欣建築相關活動及國際領隊。
Aix en Provence Conservatory of Music／Kengo Kuma and Associ
The project is a complex of the music conservatory, its concert hall and various other facilities.
There is a big difference in elevation within the site, and its neighboring land is also diverse. To solve such complexity, we chose aluminum as a single material for each façade, to be folded in
part according to the face.
By adding the work of “folding” to the thin aluminum panel, each façade is given subtle shading. The main element of the façade here, therefore, is light and shadow, instead of the aluminum. We
were inspired for this idea by Paul Cézanne, the great artist from this region, and Japanese art of Origami.
Folding also became useful in protecting the opening from the sunlight, and controlling the range of view from the opening. We also received an interesting remark that this façade evokes a musical
score, the protagonist of conservatory.
Folding is also applied to the concert hall. An asymmetrical interior was generated as its result, and helped to make a resonance with colorful, free-spirited music by Darius Milhaud, again a
composer of Aix-en-Provence whose name is crowned on the conservatory.
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Text Photos／Kengo Kuma and Associates & Roland Halbe
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Profile
Andre
A male Aries, loves learning new things and being nostalgic to old things. Academic background: Bachelor of Construction Engineering Department at National YunTech University, Taiwan and Diploma of
Graduate School of Business and Economics at University of Melbourne. With character of a little introvert, addicting to architecture, photography, tennis, Jazz music and saxophone and being the
translator of Xin Architecture/ International, reporter, holder of activities and international tour leader.
