Peter Haimerl's Bavarian concert hall has a rough stone exterior and a raw concrete interior
One end of this stone-clad concert hall in Germany by Peter Haimerl Architektur appears to have subsided into the ground, causing the other to lift up in to the air (+ slideshow).
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Munich-based Peter Haimerl Architektur designed the 500-square-metre venue for the small village of Blaibach, in the Bavarian woods.
The concert hall is one of three projects by the German firm to revitalise the village centre, including a new city hall, which opened in 2012, and the renovation of the oldest house in the area as an artist's guesthouse set for completion in 2015.
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The tilted angle of the stone-clad concrete volume creates the slope of the auditorium seating area, while a submerged foyer with a bar creates a socialising area for concert-goers, with access provided by a set of steps.
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"The concert hall represents the heart of the urban development to revitalise the new centre of Blaibach," said Haimerl.
"[It] is a solitaire of concrete with an inclination above the slope in the village centre, following the topography."
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A flight of concrete steps leads visitors through a hole in the ground into a cavity beneath the granite hood, where an underground lobby wraps around the rectilinear auditorium.
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"The monolithic tilted building opens itself to the visitors at the new village square and guides them by a staircase to the foyer below the surface," said the architect.
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This faceted timber-lined corridor includes cloakrooms, toilets and a bar.
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The heavily textured stone cladding of the exterior contrasts with the smooth concrete and timber walls that line the interior spaces and auditorium.
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In the auditorium, slivers of artificial light stream through gaps between layers of untreated concrete that make up the walls.
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These "lively" textured surfaces are designed to help dampen sound, with bass absorbers located beneath the slits and under the steps to achieve optimal acoustics for the space.
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"The dominant tilted surfaces of the concert hall are based on acoustic specifications," said the architect.
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Rows of metal-framed seats tone in with the grey concrete space. They sit on a series of slim metal platforms that project out of the sloping floor.
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"The seemingly transparent seats, which are fixed on iron swords, appear to float above the light slits," added Haimerl.
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Photography is by Edward Beierle.
Project credits:
Architect: peter haimerl.architektur
Personnel: Karl Landgraf, Ulrich Pape, Tomo Ichikawa, Felicia Michael, Jutta Görlich, Martin Kloos
Initiator/operator: Thomas Bauer, Uta Hielscher
Structural engineer: Thomas Beck, A.K.A. Ingenieure
Heating/ventilation: Cirtec Michael Hopf
Electrical planner: Planungsbüro Stefan Schmid
Acoustical engineering: Müller-BBM
Concrete and concrete formwork outside: Fleischmann & Zankl
Metal stand structure: Metallbau Gruber
Concrete formwork inside: Gföllner, Fahrzeugbau und Containertechnik
Main sponsors: Euroboden Architekturkultur, Förderverein Konzerthaus Blaibach
Ceramics/tapware: Duravit, Dornbracht
Fiber concrete panels: Eternit
Linoleum floor: Armstrong DLW
Acoustic panels: Akustik & Raum AG
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