New 1500-seat concert hall with variable volume to accommodate symphonic, chamber and contemporary music. Adjacent 1200-seat modular hall for amplified music.
© Ratio Arkitekter AS
as seen from the quay.
© Ratio Arkitekter AS
© Ratio Arkitekter AS
© Kim Müller Ferdige
© Kim Müller Ferdige
at scale 1:25.
at scale 1:25.
© Ratio Arkitekter AS
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Location Stavanger, Norway.
Project Cost Approximately 75 million €.
Time Frame Architectural competition in 2003. International competition for acoustic consultants in 2007. Design 2007-2009. Construction 2009-2011. Opening 2012.
Owner City of Stavanger and Nytt Konserthus i Stavanger IKS.
Architect(s) Ratio Arkitekter AS, Oslo, Norway.
Theatre Planner(s) Torsten Nobling, AIX Arkitekter, Stockholm, Sweden.
Seat Count 1500-seat concert hall, mainly for classical and contemporary music; and 1200-seat multi-purpose hall, mainly for amplified music. Total area 12 000 m².
Uses Symphony concerts (Stavanger Symphony Orchestra), recitals, contemporary music festival; various musical and theatrical uses for the multi-purpose room, for both standing and seated audience.
Services Acoustic consulting services for the entire project, including collaboration on basic design.
Team Eckhard Kahle, Yann Jurkiewicz, Kahle Acoustics. In collaboration with Henrik Möller, Akukon Oy, Helsinki (multi-purpose hall) and Tønnes Ognedal, Sinus AS, Stavanger (building acoustics, local supervision and coordination).
