Concerto Dinamico

Concerto Dinamico: A research towards concert hall design for the 21st-century music experience

Landman, Michael (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Kuitenbrouwer, P.A.M. (mentor)
Koskamp, G. (mentor)
Marzot, N. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Public Building

2022-08-30

The Binckhorst in The Hague is one of the most promising development areas of The Netherlands. Over the next years, it will continue to develop into a high density mixed-use area. Among the tabula-rasa state of Binckhorst, a Public Building will be placed in the form of a music venue. Between the orthogonal high-rise blocks, a key-project will set the tone for the cultural development in the area.

This development will be defined in a classical sense. Research shows that classical music has seen an uprising with the evolution of the internet and specifically, streaming services (Roberts, 2020) democratizing classical music through mass accessibility and distribution. However, the live classical music scene has always strongly followed formal tradition, aswell as its corresponding buildings. Thus, there is too little attention for the more experimental and modernistic development of classical music architecture. This project aims to focus on manifesting this internet-oriented, more dynamic, and informal side of classical music.

This leads to the main question:
How can dynamic re-iteration of concert hall designs modernise the audience experience of the live contemporary music scene?

This question is answered through a series of research subjects; Object, Movement and Experience. The first architectural subject is researched through morpho-typological analysis of concert hall precedents, based on J.N.L. Durand and Aldo Rossi. Then, the second and third subjects are analysed by looking through the lens of praxeology and phenomenology, using theories of Henri Lefebvre and Merleau-Ponty. The fruits of these analyses result in a toolbox of design elements that will be used for the creation of a building typology that fits this new development in a long-lasting formal culture. The new project is to introduce dynamism, multiplicity and multifunctionality to the historical prototype, to allow for stimulation of the modernistic classical music experience.

Typology
Concert halls
The Hague
Metropolitan areas
Cultural Center
performing arts

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Student theses

master thesis

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