Rehearsal Building Düsseldorf, Rheinbahn Depot am Steinberg Architecture, Architect, German Project Images
Rehearsal Building in Düsseldorf
Ballett am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ? design by gmp, architects
page updated 27 Dec 2016 with new photos ; 8 Sep 2015
Rehearsal Building Düsseldorf
Design: gmp, architects
Location: Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rehearsal building by gmp for the Ballett am Rhein opened in Düsseldorf

Building combines restrained gesture with succinct appearance

The new Rehearsal Building for the Deutsche Oper am Rhein ballet company was opened on 4 September 2015 after a construction period of less than ten months. In a consortium with HOCHTIEF Solutions, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) carried out the new construction on the historic site of the former Rheinbahn depot ?am Steinberg? in Düsseldorf as part of a PPP contract placed by Düsseldorf City Council.
Located between the listed historic tramway depot and housing along Kopernikusstrasse, the compact building provides ideal conditions for rehearsal. The Oper?s approx. 50 professional dancers and the ballet school?s 55 students have at their disposal two ballet rooms with full-size stage dimensions, three smaller practice rooms as well as changing rooms, rest rooms, a physiotherapy room and an apartment for guest artists.

While the architectural expression of the new building is distinctly different from the heterogeneous backdrop created by th...