The curved shapes that are seen from the bay do not correspond to the ceiling the audience sees inside the opera, since both roofs serve different purposes. It is actually a group of buildings inside other buildings. The progression of the domes gives the complex great drama and sculptural character, appearing in the distance as floating above the sea. Danish designer, Jørn Utzon won the offer as the architect for the development of the Sydney Opera House project following successful bidding involving international architectures organized by the state government of New South Wales. Other designs stacked the theatres above each other or behind. The proposal was then based on a series of parabolic shells that were united in a common axis and that covered three buildings, arranged on a platform or podium. Utzons design was the only one that placed the theatres abreast, opening up the harbor to Sydney. He found many similarities with the prominent location of the castle of Kronborg in his native Denmark and to highlight his proposal he used a podium steps, inspired by Mexican ruins of Monte Alban. He studied in detail the shape of the Bennelong Point peninsula, and knew that the building would become a visual landmark built upon it.
But Utzon was not an improvised beginner. Utzon's original scheme, in which ellipsoidal shapes were still considered.īefore being an architect Utzon had been a sailor and the shape of the sails would be a major influence in its design.
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