Concert Hall in Warsaw Escuela de Música by Tomasz Konior is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Platino in Diseño de Arquitectura, Edificación y Estructuras Competition Category.
PlatinoArquitectura· 2021
Concert Hall in Warsaw Escuela de Música
Client: Konior Studio
A' Design Award de Platino Winner in Arquitectura Category
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The Design
About Concert Hall in Warsaw Escuela de Música
La Sala de Conciertos de Varsovia es una escuela de música construida en torno a una sala de conciertos circular. El proyecto adapta edificios existentes en estado de deterioro y los amplía, dotando al conjunto de una nueva función y una mayor funcionalidad. La sala de conciertos tiene una planta circular de 24 metros de diámetro y acoge a 70 músicos y 300 oyentes. La última fila se encuentra a solo 8 metros del escenario, lo que preserva el carácter íntimo del espacio. Unas velas de madera de fresno y un techo de madera fresada modelan el sonido. El hormigón, el acero y la madera son los materiales principales. Una nueva plaza pública frente a la escuela conecta el emplazamiento con la ciudad.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Platino
Concert Hall in Warsaw Escuela de Música ha ganado el A' Design Award de Platino, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños verdaderamente excepcionales, elegantes y magníficos. Los ganadores de Platino son maravillas de la creación, testimonios de los límites de la creatividad intelectual, y demuestran el profesionalismo y el genio inigualables de sus diseñadores. Se espera que estos diseños sean las obras más renombradas, que definen la estética de una época, contribuyen al bienestar de la sociedad y amplían las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Concert Hall in Warsaw Escuela de Música exhibe un nivel trascendente de excelencia y, sin lugar a dudas, hace del mundo un lugar mejor con sus características ventajosas y valiosas. Concert Hall in Warsaw Escuela de Música es una obra ganadora del A' Design Award de Platino que despierta deseos, inspira, entusiasma, deleita y provoca una gran alegría.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- At a time when building new architecture has never been easier than today, special attention should be paid to the desire to use the existing urban fabric. With the principles of sustainable development, the new music school in Warsaw has adapted the decaying buildings by giving them a new function. By extending them, it increased the quality and functionality of the entire complex. Thanks to the unique concert hall, the new object will become an important place on the cultural map of Warsaw.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Usable floor area: 10 138 m2
Total area: 12 942 m2
Area of the plot: 8 454 m2
Building area: 3 341 m2 - Tags
- Architecture, education, school, music, city, heritage, concert hall, wood, concrete, design, interior, round, circular, innovation, Poland, koniorstudio
- Production Technology
- The main materials in the design are concrete, steel and wood. A unique solution is the round plan of the concert hall with a diameter of 24 m. The internal reinforced concrete walls are made of rubber formwork in a specially designed and tested shape. The ash sails and the ceiling are the most important acoustically surfaces obtained from individually milled and joined wooden blocks. The whole structure is suspended by steel brackets mounted to reinforced concrete walls.
- Design Challenge
- The acoustic qualities developed with Nagata Acoustics, as well as the form and proportions of the interior makes it comparable to the best concert halls in the world. Wooden, ash sails and a ceiling hanging over the stage and the audience gave it a characteristic and memorable architectural
- Research
- The heart of the complex in this building is the concert hall. Its unusual circular plan comes from the desire to integrate around the music. The area divided in half between audience and the stage, allowed to create a comfortable place for 70 musicians and 300 music lovers. The last row is only 8 meters from the stage, which gives the impression of an intimate space to a young artist. The amphitheater arch of the audience surrounds the performers, giving a sense of community.
- Inspiration
- The architectural competition for the music school did not include the historic building of the former orphanage. It fills almost the entire front elevation from Rakowiecka Street, hence the decision was to locate the new building with a concert hall deep within the plot. The existing context inspired us to create a background architecture with the continuation of the, scale and rhythms of the existing building, while inside a world full of acoustic details subordinated to music and silence
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2015, construction started in 2017 and finished in October 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.
- Operation Flow
- The primary design decision was to define the entrance zone. The fence was reduced in order to establish a stronger relationship with the city by creating a new public space in front of the school. In the place of the former bunker, a safe square was designed. By penetrating the foundation walls, a spacious entrance to the atrium under the body of the historic building was formed. The internal, multifunctional foyer, lit by a daylight, is the keystone of the old and the new.
- Patents
- Konior Studio
- Team Members
- Tomasz Konior, Dominik Koroś, Aleksander Nowacki, Michał Lipiec, Marcin Piotrowski, Wojciech Przywecki, Angelika Drozd, Anita Łukaszyk-Nagi, Justyna Boduch, Adam Przybyła, Magdalena Jagoda, Anna Kłosek, Arkadiusz Laskowski, Agata Żak
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Bartek Barczyk, Concert Hall in Warsaw, 2020
Image #2: Photographer Bartek Barczyk, Concert Hall in Warsaw, 2020
Image #3: Photographer Bartek Barczyk, Concert Hall in Warsaw, 2020
Image #4: Photographer Piotr Krajewski, Concert Hall in Warsaw, 2020
Image #5: Photographer Piotr Krajewski, Concert Hall in Warsaw, 2020
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