Documentary Film Explains SPF:a's Design for National Music Center Competition

On July 27, Bustler reported about the big night at Calgary’s Grand Theatre where the five competition finalists presented their designs for the Cantos National Music Center competition.

Presenting firms that night were Diller Scofidio and Renfro, New York, NY, Jean Nouvel Workshop, Paris, France, Allied Works Architecture/BKDI, Portland, OR, Saucier + Perrotte, Montreal, Quebec, and Studio Pali Fekete Architects (SPF:a), Los Angeles, California.

SPF:a presented its design concept in grand style to a packed house at the Grand Theatre. The project, which involves building the National Music Center in and around the shell of Calgary’s oldest blues bar is seen by many as one of the country’s most ambitious and important urban-design projects, and is located in the heart of one of Calgary’s oldest neighborhoods. The Center will be part museum, part education and outreach facility, and part performance space, incorporating genres ranging from pop and country to ancient music and contemporary composition.

For its presentation, SPF:a delighted the crowd with a stunning documentary film – taking viewers on a journey, not only through the building, but through the entire creative process and soul of the project. 

The Cantos Music Foundation will announce a selection in September 2009.

Images & Video: SPF:a. Renderings by By-Encore.