Djao-Rakitine

Nürnberg Concert HallNürnberg, Germany.Description: Public realm of the new concert hall
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Area: 1,25 hectares
Stage: Concept Design
Status: Competition / runner-up
Period: 2018
Client: C4C Berlin
Architects of the building: Gilles Restin + Stephan M.Albrecht
Engineers: Transolar
Djao-Rakitine Team: Irene Djao-Rakitine, Federica Terenzi The concert hall is located at the northern entrance of Luitpoldhein Park, to the south of the city centre of Nuremberg. The new building is based on an innovative wooden construction encased in a lightweight glass Façade. As an interaction with the new concert hall, we suggest creating a planted urban square that becomes the link between the city and the park.Its ground is mainly mineral to allow easy movements across the square with areas of lawn and meadow designed to provide porous ground and seating along their perimeter.Besides the retained modernist landscape located in front of the Meistersingerhalle entrance, we suggest creating circular planted areas which define the space and naturally lead pedestrian movements towards the different entrances of the site. One of them is a water pond including two existing mature Oak trees planted in 1879 and 1901. The main lawn area is dedicated to the new concert hall and its use. Its shape is a raised bowl, offering a leaning surface directed towards the building for informal seating, like an amphitheatre. Its raised perimeter lead pedestrian flows towards the concert hall and frames the views. It gently isolates the natural amphitheatre from the main road.In continuity with the glass box connecting the two concert halls is a patio, densely planted with small, colourful trees such as Japanese maples. This patio is highly decorative and offers privileged access to the park through a meandering path.More projects

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