Bennelong Point has been a place of gathering and belonging for millennia this paper focuses on examining the notion of belonging through the various ways in which the people of the city engage with the Sydney Opera House as an example of the built environment and as an active performing arts centre. Despite numerous controversies, and a turbulent history, it is a place of and for people. As an icon for the city, and possibly the nation, the Sydney Opera House maintains a special relationship with the city and its people. What rose out of Bennelong Point has become perhaps one of the most famous buildings in the world. This encompassing list of requirements indicates that from the outset, it was intended that the city would receive an edifice to reinforce its desire to be Australia's leading city. The original brief for the Sydney Opera House was for two major spaces that would accommodate a range of activities: ballet and dance chamber music choral concerts and recitals dramatic presentations opera lecturers pageants and mass meetings and symphonic concerts. When completed, this research aims to demonstrate that, in relation to the world's most easily recognised performing arts complex, the efforts of the original lighting design team produced a scheme in which the illumination – incidentally or intentionally – is specifically theatrical. Using the Sydney Opera House as a case study, the research examines the notion of theatricality in lighting design, drawing inferences from the aesthetic principles of stage lighting and applying these to the architectural lighting of this iconic structure. This paper will briefly discuss the interdisciplinary nature of the research into the illumination of the Sydney Opera House that is currently been undertaken to uncover the original design concepts and then relate these to the function of the building as a performing arts centre.
For instance, the illumination remains an under investigated aspect of the edifice, compared to the construction or specific elements such as the glazing or acoustics. Visited by over eight million people a year there is considerable interest in this icon of the built environment but an interest that does not readily flow into academic research outputs. It serves as a symbol of Sydney and, often, Australia. The Sydney Opera House is one of the world's most recognisable buildings.
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