Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, OR

This photo belongs to Quinn Wharton. I was able to download it off of the internet, although because I know it is copyrighted, I am giving credit where it is due. 

This is a photo of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. It is a historical landmark from 1930 that was renovated on the inside in 1983. 

I recently had the pleasure of attending this venue for the opening symphony of the season. Because this is a class based upon art and technology, I would like to address the functionality of this art as well as its aesthetic beauty. This is a room that was built with the ability to amplify sound as it leaves the stage and travels further across the room. This is, of course, a functional aspect of the space that many of the 2,000+ visitors attending a symphony would simply enjoy as part if their concert hall experience. The precise building of the structure, perfect numbers and balance, graphics made on a computer, and other technology that must have conjured the making of this incredible concert hall represents an advanced technological aspect. As a result the guests have a pleasant artistic experience while easily listening to their favorite symphonies. 

In coordination with it's functionality, the concert hall is aesthetically stunning because of it's color schemes and sheer details. These visuals allow the guests to take in both the music from the symphony, with the richly smooth sound, and smoother deep yellow lighting that creates lemony pools across the reflective surfaces for the guests to simply melt over. In other areas of the Schnitzer Hall, there are chandeliers that continue this lighting trend, while there is more yellow granite, rich red carpets, and black furnishings to solidify the concert hall's beauty.