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Alte Oper in Frankfurt
Concert Hall Building Development, Germany – design by Buero Wagner, Architects
23 May 2017
Alte Oper Concert Hall
Architects: Buero Wagner
Location: Opernplatz, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The Alte Oper Frankfurt is being redesigned

The ?Alte Oper? in Frankfurt is one of the world´s leading concert halls. Each year 450,000 people come to visit more than 400 concerts performed by internationally renowned artists of the classical music, jazz and the entertainment sector. The ?Alte Oper? intends to convert one of its multifunctional used foyers into a central and adjustable place of encounter, conversation and interchange. The emerging office of the architect Fabian A. Wagner succeeded in an international competition against highly challenging participants. Zaha Hadid Architects landed on the second place.
The design by Buero Wagner implements the functional requirements within the scope of a room in the room concept. It has the shape of a valuable casket with a golden surface. The form of this new place derives from the existing support structure. The newly created interspaces and inside areas can be adjusted easily since a spatial, organizational and acoustic separation through massive revolving doors allows a wide range of possibilities for separation or conclusion of space.

In this way, the architects implemented the required functions in a sim...