Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo
Naturally ventilated concert hall and opera house, cooled without air conditioning at high altitude.
This guide to Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, in Bogotá's Suba district, opens with a question about how a hall built without air conditioning keeps a thousand opera-goers comfortable. It traces the complex back to a mayor's budget shortfall for a fourth public library, and how businessman Julio Mario Santo Domingo and his wife Beatrice turned that gap into something far bigger, designed by architect Daniel Bermudez. You'll hear about the 2007 cornerstone, the unusual funding split between a family and the city, and the opening night in May 2010 with the Bogotá Philharmonic. Look up at the glass and daylight of the foyer as you walk in.
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