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A
particular phenomenon of temporary buildings
is that if they ore successful they often become
permanent. This project began as a temporary
performance structure, which was only intended
to be erected for five years, FTL's collaboration
on this project led to a crab-like tensile
canopy that provided a stage area and sheltered
seating for 2,000 people with service and
supporting accommodation in rented trailers
and containers. The facility proved so popular
that it was retained for ten years until be
end of the fabric replacement period. FTL were
then approached to design a larger, more sophisticated
building with permanent support facilities
that would, however, still retain the cost
effectiveness and imagery of the previous tensile
structure. The new building was to have a life
span of at least fifteen years.
The inner harbor area had developed significantly
in the intervening years-the concert pavilion
being a major contributor to this renaissance.
The new building--this time designed in its
entirety by FTL-responds to its improved
surroundings with a structure that is both
more formal and more graceful. The organic
form of the vinyl-coated polyester membrane is
a link with its predecessor, though this time it is organized into a
series of regular boys supported by delicate
masts and restrained by cables that meet the
ground with the minimum impact. The tethering
of the fabric skin is raised from the ground
by concrete perimeter piers to provide the
height for the building's users as they access
it, but also to seemingly weight the
relatively light 'sail’ into place.. The new building can now seat 3,500
people under cover with a further 1,000 in sight
of the stage on an external ,terraced grass
area. The intention of the brief for the original
Pier Six Concert Pavilion was to create an image for the city in the
manner of the Sydney Opera House ,
though on an incredibly slim budget. The earlier building
consolidated the Potential for the function of
a performance facility on the site and also realized the desire for a
dramatic identifiable form on Baltimore’swaterfront area. For the new
building ,Todd Dalland exploited the drama and excitement of function
and site further and indicates that tensile forms through their unique
ephemeral character can contribute to urban settings in unsuspected and
valuable ways.
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情况下，临时建筑因为成功而变为永久建筑。建立在巴尔的摩内港的这个音乐厅开始为一个临时的演出建筑，本来打算只使用
