Munich Concert Hall

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The Konzerthaus München is a planned concert hall in the Munich district of Berg am Laim .

location

The concert hall in Munich is to be built on Atelierstrasse, right next to the central park of the new Werksviertel in district 14, Berg am Laim. The location is southeast of the Munich East train station .

history

Preliminary considerations and location decision

A new concert hall was discussed in Munich for more than 15 years, until the decision for a new concert hall was made in 2015 at the urging of the Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer . Around 40 locations in Munich were considered for this. Ultimately, the Bavarian State Government decided to build the concert hall on the site of the private individual Werner Eckart, who made the site for the concert hall available to the Free State with heritable building rights .

Architectural competition

206 architectural offices applied to participate in the competition for the architectural design of the concert hall . 35 offices were selected and invited to participate. In the end, the jury, headed by Arno Lederer , dealt with 31 submitted drafts. The jury consisted of 25 judges with voting rights. The judges included representatives of the government of the Free State of Bavaria, the Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter , the Munich City Planning Councilor Elisabeth Merk , Ulrich Wilhelm as director of Bavarian Broadcasting, and the architects Kai-Uwe Bergmann and Finn Geipel . The judges were also supported by over 30 consultants and experts who were present in making the decision.

The decision for the winning design was made in October 2017 after two days of deliberation by the jury with one vote against. The office of Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten ZT GmbH from Cukrowicz Nachbaur from Bregenz prevailed. The architects received prize money of 125,000 euros. Second place went to PFP architects from Hamburg and was rewarded with 100,000 euros; Third place went to the British architect David Chipperfield and he received 75,000 euros. The offices that produced the best five designs according to the jurors' evaluation are the award winners. You were invited to negotiate talks by the State Building Authority Munich 1.

realization

According to the planning status in October 2017, the construction of the concert hall should begin in 2018, and completion should take place in 2021. In December 2017, however, it was reported that the budget committee of the state parliament would not release any money for the concert hall for the time being and that the groundbreaking ceremony could only be expected in 2020. In May 2018, the Budget Committee approved the award of contracts to the winners of the architecture competition. The office of Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten ZT was officially commissioned with the planning of the concert hall in Munich. The Arup office from London / Berlin took on the planning of the room acoustics for the three venues . The project manager, Tateo Nakajima, is u. a. known for the acoustics of the concert halls in Wroclaw and Montreal. At the end of 2018, the temporary installation of the mobile giant wheel Hi-Sky Munich was approved for the temporary use of the concert hall location of the Motorworld Group as operator . The Ferris wheel should be in place for at least two years or until the property is needed for the construction of the concert hall. The opening took place in April 2019.

organ

An organ of international class is planned for the new concert hall . This emerges from a parliamentary question by State Parliament Vice President Markus Rinderspacher (SPD) in February 2020. The Bavarian State Ministry for Art and Science replied to the Social Democrat that the organ should " cover the repertoire of symphonic music since the middle of the 18th century , both as an accompanying instrument with the aim of being able to merge with the orchestra and as a modern concert instrument for solo repertoire." Particular emphasis is placed "on the color scale of modernity and the forms of expression of contemporary music. This includes the combination of a warm sound with a broad, differentiated and also extreme color scale." What is special: For an optimal effect as a surround sound instrument, works or parts of the organ should be positioned in the room if possible. 75 to 90 registers are planned in the concept. The cost of comparable organs would be around EUR 2.5 to 4 million. For comparison: the organ in the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie with 69 registers cost 2 million euros.

Use and description

The building is to become a permanent venue for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra . In addition, the 9500 m² building will be a training workshop for the Munich University of Music . A special focus of the Konzerthaus Munich will be the promotion of young musicians and music education. A multi-storey underground car park is planned under the building. In Nachbaur's design, two halls are planned that are one above the other. The large hall, which is to offer space for 1,800 guests, was planned above the small hall, which is to be equipped with around 600 seats. In contrast to the Philharmonie Saal in Gasteig, the large hall is designed as a "shoe box" in a ratio of 2: 1: 1 based on the example of the Vienna Musikverein , and the small hall also follows the shoe box principle . A “workshop” with 200 seats is also planned as a base for the Munich University of Music and Theater. There will also be a foyer, restaurants, shops and offices.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werksviertel Munich. www.muenchen.de, accessed on December 29, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Tobias Scharnagl: Munich's largest workshop: The new quarter behind the Ostbahnhof. In: tz . tz.de, October 16, 2017, accessed on October 28, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b c d e Christian Krügel: Architects from Vorarlberg are allowed to build a concert hall in Munich. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . sz.de, October 27, 2017, accessed on October 28, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b The jury awards places one to five. In: Muenchen.de. muenchen.de, October 28, 2017, accessed on October 28, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Antje Dörfner: concert hall in Munich Architecture from Austria. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk . br.de, October 27, 2017, accessed on August 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ APA: Austrians win competition for Munich concert hall. In: The Standard . derstandard.de, October 27, 2017, accessed on October 28, 2017 .
  7. ^ Christian Krügel: The start of construction on the concert hall could be postponed by two years. www.sz.de, December 8, 2017, accessed January 12, 2018 .
  8. ^ Munich Concert Hall : Munich Concert Hall. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Gaby Mühlthaler: The start date for the Ferris wheel at Munich's Ostbahnhof has been set. In: www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de. December 28, 2018, accessed February 11, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Inquiries about the plenary session on February 17, 2020. Bavarian State Parliament, February 20, 2020, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  11. ^ Dagmar Penzlin: Hamburg: Elbphilharmonie organ is ready. Deutschlandfunk, September 20, 2016, accessed on September 20, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Music education - Konzerthaus Munich. Accessed on September 12, 2018 (German).