Vendsyssel Theatre and Experience Centre, Hjørring Building, Denmark Cultural Architecture
Vendsyssel Theatre and Experience Centre in Hjørring
New Building in Jutland, Denmark – design by schmidt hammer lassen architects
27 Mar 2017 + 15 Nov 2013
Vendsyssel Theatre and Experience Centre Building
Design: schmidt hammer lassen architects
The new Vendsyssel Theatre opens to a sell-out season in Hjørring, Denmark

A successful premiere marked the beginning of a sold out season at Denmark’s first newly built theatre in over a century outside of the Danish capital Copenhagen. The 4,200 m2 theatre and culture building is designed as a dynamic and multifunctional complex that includes a Music hall, Black Box, Rehearsal hall and a 430 seat flexible hall which includes an”in-the-round” theatre. In addition, the building houses offices and spacious lobby area with café and backstage area with workshop and dressing rooms. With its central location in the heart of Hjørring, the theatre will become a dynamo for the entire region’s cultural life.
The building appears as a composition of cubic blocks. The warm rusty red corten steel facades correspond with its surroundings during the day, whilst the LED backed frosted glass facades illuminate in various colors during the evening; thus, creating an aesthetic link between the town, the front plaza and the theatre building.

“It is our ambition that the building will manifest itself as a new living ...