EMBT Arquitectos

Extension of Youth Music School . Hamburg

Verena Vogler . photos:  Stefan Geenen . + EMBT . WAF

The new auditorium with the main entrance foyer completes the program of the youth music school, finished in 1999.
The extension, which was designed 10 years after the original project, is located in the narrow space between the old school and the new youth music school and creates a new passage between them.
A folded entrance roof covers the foyer and connects with the ramp of the existing music school in the upper floor
The auditorium is elevated to the first floor, giving the opportunity of an open space in the ground floor which contains the main foyer and a big multipurpose space.
The auditorium is visible as an unregular round shape with a gallery level.
The façade is covered by bricks, referring in material and shape to the existing buildings build 10 years ago.
A visible ornamentation in the bricks refers to sound waves and indicates the content of the building in the exterior

Architect: Benedetta Tagliabue .Miralles Tagliabue EMBT
Project Director: Karl Unglaub
Collaborators: Stefan Geenen, Verena Vogler, Max Gunst, Carmen Fisher, Davide Argenteri
Model: Gabriele Rotelli, Shavleg Chichishvili

Client: Behörde Für Schule und Berufs Bildung BSB
Acoustics Consultant: Beratungsbüro Für Bau- und Raumakustik GmbH
HCON, HILS Consult GmbH
Contractor: Billfinger+Berger
Stage Design: That Büro Für Theaterbetrierstechnik, Germany
Structural Engineer: WTM Engineers GmbH, germany