HOUSE OF MUSIC

a a creative center for s AaIborg  
Design Principal/ CEO: Wolf D. Prix
Gross floor area: 20.257 M2
Project Area: Aalborg, Denmark
After four years of construction, the “House of Music” in Aalborg,
Denmark was ceremoniously opened on March 29, 2014 by the Danish
Queen Margrethe II.
This cultural centre was designed by the Viennese architectural studio Coop
Himmelb (l) au as a combined school and concert hall: its open structure
promotes the exchange between the audience and artists, and the students
and teachers. “The idea behind the building can already be read from the
outer shape. The school embraces the concert hall. “ explained Wolf D.
Prix, design principal and CEO of Coop Himmelb (l) au.
U-shaped rehearsal and training rooms are arranged around the core of the
ensemble, a concert hall for about 1,300 visitors. A generous foyer
connects these spaces and opens out with a multi-storey window area onto
an adjacent cultural space and a fjord. Under the foyer, three more rooms
of various sizes complement the space: the intimate hall. The rhythmic hall,
and the classic hall. Through multiple observation windows, students and
visitors can look into the concert hall from the foyer and the practice rooms
and experience the musical events, including concerts and rehearsals.