Barozzi / Veiga
The Szczecin Philharmonic
Photo: (c) Simon Menges

Project credits:
IN SZCZECIN
Address:
Malopolska 48, Szczecin. Poland
Client:
City of Szczecin
Authors:
BAROZZI / VEIGA
Fabrizio Barozzi, Alberto Veiga
Project leaders:
Pieter Janssens, Agnieszka Samsel
Project team:
Marta Grzadziel, Isak Mayor, Petra Jossen, Cristina Lucena, Cristina Porta, Ruben Sousa
Local architect:
STUDIO A4 Sp. z o.o.
Jacek Lenart
Structural engineers:
BOMA S.L., FORT POLSKA Sp. z o.o.
Installations:
GLA Engineering Sp. z o.o.
ELSECO Sp. z o.o.
ANOCHE Iluminación Arquitectónica
Acoustics:
ARAU ACUSTICA
Facade:
FERRÉS ARQUITECTOS Y CONSULTORES
General contractor:
WARBUD S.A.
Site area:
3.800 m2
Usable floor area:
13.000 m2
Volume:
98.200 m3
Concert Halls Audience:
Symphony Hall 951
Chamber Hall 192
Competition:
2007
Project:
2009
Construction:
2014
Budget:
118.918.000 Zloty (aprox. 30.000.000 Euro)

SZCZECIN PHILHARMONIC HALL GLOWS IN POLAND

The new Philharmonic Hall of Szczecin is located (arises) on the historical site of the “Konzerthaus”, which was destroyed during Second World War and recomposes an urban corner in a neighborhood near to the historic city. The building houses a symphony hall for 1.000 spectators, a hall for chamber music for 200 spectators, a multifunctional space for exhibitions and conferences, and a wide foyer, which can also be used to host events.

Posted 23 January 2015

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The building is configured by a synthetic, but at the same time complex volume, which is resolved through a continuous promenade, which connects all these functions along a single public path through all the levels of the building. Externally, as in the adjacent preexistence, the verticality and geometry of the roof prevail. These characteristics identify the Philharmonic Hall with its surrounding context.

Barozzi / Veiga The Szczecin Philharmonic Photo: (c) Simon Menges

The plan composition is defined by a perimetral ring. This element mostly hosts service spaces. On the one hand this allows to define a large void within which gravitate the symphony hall and the hall for chamber music, on the other hand to shape the relationship of the building with its surroundings. The serial modulation of the roof represents the only other expressive element, that permits the integration of the new building within the fragmented urban profile of the city.

In its materiality, the building is perceived as a light element: the glass facade, illuminated from inside, depending on the use allows different perceptions. The exterior austerity and the simple composition of the interior circulation spaces contrast with the expressiveness of the main hall. In accordance with the central European tradition of the classical concert halls, decoration becomes ornament and function. The hall is composed following a Fibonacci sequence whose fragmentation increases with the distance from the scene, and gives shape to an ornamental space which reminds of the classical tradition through its gold-leaf covering.

Architects:
Barozzi/Veiga
C. Bailén, 36 1º 2ª
E-08010 Barcelona, Spain
+34 (0)932-152761
mail@barozziveiga.com
http://www.barozziveiga.com

Barozzi / Veiga
The Szczecin Philharmonic
Photo: (c) Simon Menges