Great Amber Concert Hall | Volker Giencke
Designed by Volker Giencke, the Great Amber Concert Hall has been inaugurated on 7 November in Liepaja, Latvia. The first ? and most momentous ? phase of this multistage project envisioning the construction of a cultural urban district is thus completed. In 2003, Volker Giencke won the international architectural competition for a new cultural center in this traditional seaport on the Baltic Sea. The construction work started in 2013.
Photography: Indrikis Stu?rmanis
?Great Amber? is a monolithic, cone-shaped, slightly contorted structure with a transparent, amber- colored façade. This façade envelops the irregular folded work of the concrete structure built around the building?s most important architectural element: the Grand Concert Hall providing seating for more than 1,000 visitors. The hall itself is surrounded by the rooms of the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and the Music School?s instruction and rehearsal rooms, thus producing a favorable blend of space to foster communication between artists, students, and teachers. An additional Chamber Hall situated beneath the Concert Hall as well as a Ballet Studio and an Experimental Stage with a foyer, Bar & Music Club on the fifth floor complete the spatial concept. Photography: Giencke&Company
The Concert Hall can also be adapted for congresses, exhibitions, and receptions by elevating the orchestra pit and the stalls. Moreover, ?Civita Nova? offers an additional 2,000 m2 of space for multifunctional events, thus ...
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