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Youth Music School Extension

This is a project by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT and it is located at Hamburg, Germany. Project's program: 400 seats auditorium. There are thirty three images for Youth Music School Extension.

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Project details

Project name: Youth Music School Extension
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Program: 400 seats auditorium
Area: Site Area: 12,000 m2 • Built-up Area: 1,000 m2
Year: Construction Start: 2009 • Completion: 2011
More details: Cost of Construction: 7,500,000 €
Client: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Behöre Für Schule und Berusfsildung (BSB)
Project by: Miralles Tagliabue EMBT
Team: Principal Designer: Benedetta Tagliabue • Competition (Project Leader): Karl Unglaub • Collaborators: Stefan Geenen, Verena Vogler, Max Gunst, Carmen Fischer, Gabriele Rotelli, Shavleg Chichishvili, Davide Argenteri, Kataryna Golab
Others: Construction: WTM Engineers • Acoustic Consultant: Beratungsbüro Für Bau-und Raumakustik, HCON, HILS Consult • Contractor: Billfinger+Berger

Project images

Designer's statement

The new auditorium with the main entrance foyer completes the program of the youth music school, finished in 2000.

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 irregular round shape with a gallery level.

The façade is covered by bricks, referring in material and shape to the existing buildings built ten years ago.

A visible ornamentation in the bricks refers to sound waves and indicates the content of the building in the exterior.