opera hall; digital fabrication, subcontractors' coordination for JVIT

SNFCC, THE GREEK NATIONAL OPERA

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop) is the most demanding project I have worked on. Over an 18-month period, our team supported JVIT (Impregilo–Terna JV) in delivering the construction details of the opera’s main auditorium.

My role was to develop a fabrication-accurate 3D model for the most complex elements of the hall. Using SolidWorks, I rebuilt these components with millimetric precision, coordinating directly with civil, mechanical, acoustic engineers, subcontractors, and the contractor’s survey team.

Several parts of the auditorium required up to six subcontractors to work around the same three-dimensional objectives. The 3D model became their shared reference: defining geometry for construction, providing coordinates for surveyors, and integrating with 3D-scanned as-built concrete. It was then inserted into the central Revit model used by all engineers.

Key elements I defined for construction included the balcony front, proscenium, entrance staircase, acoustic reflectors, stall wooden cladding, and acoustic windows.

This digital workflow enabled the execution of some of the most complex geometries in the SNFCC opera hall — a landmark achievement in Greek architectural construction.