Auditorio de Tenerife

The Auditorio de Tenerife ('Auditorium of Tenerife'; officially Auditorio Adán Martín Menis since 2011 ) is a congress and concert hall in Santa Cruz de Tenerife . The building was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava . It is partly regarded as the symbol of the capital of the island of Tenerife .

History and use

The idea of building a concert hall on Tenerife goes back to 1970. In addition to the question of financing, the question of location was also unresolved for a long time. In 1979, the architect Antonio Fernández Alba was initially commissioned to design a corresponding building, but it was never realized. After the oil refinery south of the old town of Santa Cruz had shaped the Los Llanos district, complete urban redevelopment began here in the 1980s. In addition to high-rise buildings and shopping centers, an exhibition hall designed by Santiago Calatrava was also built in this quarter.

Back of the Auditorio de Tenerife

The building site for the auditorium was finally found between this newly designed district and the harbor. In 1989, Santiago Calatrava was commissioned to build the new congress and concert hall. The construction, originally estimated at 30 million euros, cost 72 million euros to be completed. The grand opening of the building took place on September 26, 2003 in the presence of Queen Sofia and Crown Prince Felipe . The opening concert, conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez , began with the Fanfarria Real by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki . The program also included the 5th piano concerto (Beethoven) and the Te Deum (Bruckner) .

The Auditorio de Tenerife by Santiago Calatrava, unlike the plans of earlier architects, was intended as a concert and congress hall from the start. It is home to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, one of the best Spanish symphony orchestras. Every year in January and February events take place here as part of the Festival de Música de Canarias . Occasional opera guest performances and the architectural resemblance to the Sydney Opera House mean that the auditorium is sometimes referred to as the “Tenerife Opera House”. In 2008 the Spanish Post dedicated a stamp worth 0.31 euros to the building in its Arquitectura stamp series. Since January 28, 2011, the building has been officially called Auditorio Adán Martín Menis , honoring the Canarian politician Adán Martín Menis .

Description and architecture

Auditorio de Tenerife:
The small hall is located in the bow-shaped north terrace, the large auditorium in the rear

Staircase

The building is located on 2.1 hectares of land, directly on the Atlantic in the coastal district of Cabo Llanos between the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Parque Maritimo designed by César Manrique . The segment-shaped property of the building itself is 13,200 square meters. The auditorio is surrounded by a 16,289 square meter square ( Plaza Alisios ). This space is also used for open-air events. The floor area including the 1200 square meter foyer and the two halls is 6300 square meters.

The 60-meter-wide base swings crescent-shaped up to 57 meters high and ends after about 100 meters in a point above the dome-shaped or shell-shaped roof of the building. The building is located on a stepped base in which technical equipment and changing rooms are housed. This concrete sickle has no actual function and is only used to illuminate the concert building from above. The outer skin of the building is clad with Trencadís . The millions of fragments of white tiles give the building its radiant effect and are a reference to the Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi , who used this technique in Park Güell , for example . The design of the basement shows parallels to Erich Mendelsohn's Einstein Tower in Potsdam, while the overall effect and the exposed location on the harbor are reminiscent of the Sydney Opera House designed by Jørn Utzon . In the literature, the architecture of the building is often associated with a wave or a sailboat.

Inside the building there are two event halls that share a foyer. The large hall ( sala principal o Sinfónica ) has 1658 seats, while the small hall ( sala de Cámara ) is intended for 428 visitors. The stage in the large hall is 16 meters deep and 7 meters wide and has three self-sufficient platforms; two for the orchestra and one for the stage machinery .

Both halls are suitable for many events because of their acoustics and good visibility. A vestibule between the passage and the small chamber music hall dampens acoustically and surrounds it. In addition, there are various smaller halls and rooms, a parking garage and a wing for orchestra management as well as storage rooms.

Concert organ

Blancafort organ from 2005

The large hall has had an organ since December 2005 . The instrument was built by the organ building company Blancafort Orgueners de Montserrat (Montserrat, Spain) according to plans by Jean Guillou . The organ pipes adapt to the inner building geometry and form a continuation of the elongated arches. The organ comprises eight sub-works, which are distributed at a distance of 20 meters from one side of the hall to the other, creating a spatial sound . Including the portative work, the organ has 68 registers (3,835 pipes). The instrument can be played from the general console (four manuals and pedal). In addition, there are eight other console tables, each with a manual, so that a total of nine organists can make music together.

I positivo C – c ⁴
Flauta chimenea	8th'
Camusado	4 ′
Docena	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Quincena	2 ′
Decisetana	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
Ventidosena	1'
Cimbala III	1'
Cromorno	8th'
Tremolo

II Organo Mayor C – c ⁴
Principal	16 ′
Flautado	8th'
Octava	4 ′
Lleno IV-V	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Bombarda	16 ′
Trompeta real	8th'

II Gran Coro C-c ⁴
Flauta mayor	8th'
Tercia	3 ¹ ⁄ ₅  ′
Septima	2 ² ⁄ ₇  ′
Quincena	2 ′
Novena	1 ⁷ ⁄ ₉  ′
Corneta II-V	8th'

III Expressivo C-c ⁴
Violon	16 ′
Gamba	8th'
Unda maris	8th'
Lleno IV	2 ′
Bassoon	16 ′
Hautbois	8th'
Voz humana	8th'
Arpa
Tremolo

III Recitativo C – c ⁴
Principal	8th'
Corno de noche	8th'
Flautado conica	4 ′
Larigot	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Carillon I	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
Carillon II	1'
Trompeta armon.	8th'
Clarin armon.	4 ′
Tremolo

IV Solo C – c ⁴
Flauta armon.	8th'
Flauta octav.	4 ′
Nasardo armon.	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Tercia armon.	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
Piccolo armon.	1'
Clarinete	16 ′
Trompeta	8th'
Tremolo

Chamada C – c ⁴
Dulciana	16 ′
oboe	8th'
Orlos	8th'

Batalla C – c ⁴
Magna	16 ′
Trompeta de bat.	8th'
Bajóncillo	4 ′

Portativo C – c ⁴
Violon	8th'
Tapadillo	4 ′
Quincena	2 ′
shelf	8th'

Pedal C – d ¹
Grave (ak.)	32 ′
Contrabajo	16 ′
Subbajo	16 ′
Principal	16 ′
Gran Quinta	10 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Cons	8th'
Bajo	8th'
Tiorba III	6 ² ⁄ ₅  ′
Coral	4 ′
Flautin	2 ′
Bombarda	16 ′
Trompeta	8th'
Bassoon	16 ′
Bajón	8th'
Chirimía	4 ′

Pairing :
- Normal coupling: I / II, II / II, IV / II, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P
- various sub and super octave couplings
Playing aids : Electronic setting system , crescendo roller , replay system.

Classification in the work of the architect

The auditorium is Santiago Calatrava's first performing arts building. The architect, born in Valencia in 1951, caught the attention of the auditorium primarily for his bold construction of the Puente del Alamillo in Seville before the contract was awarded . In addition to other bridges, train stations, high-rise buildings and museums followed. His best-known works include the redesign of the subway station at New York's Ground Zero , as well as the Olympic Stadium for the 2004 Athens Games . In the meantime he has received orders to build a concert hall for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Valencia Opera .

gallery

literature

Santiago Calatrava: Calatrava. Public Buildings , Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1998, ISBN 978-3-7643-5627-9 .
Sergio Polano: Santiago Calatrava. Complete works , Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-421-03138-X .
Àlex Sánchez Vidiella: Atlas of contemporary architecture , DuMont Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-8321-7764-5 , pages 212–215.
Philip Jodidio: Calatrava: Complete Works 1979-2007 , Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-8228-4711-4 , pages 190-213.