Hall For The "national Treasure"

2024 Author: David Durham | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-09 00:51

2020 will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, and in 2027 - the 200th anniversary of his death, so in Bonn, the composer's hometown, where the famous music festival dedicated to him is held, they began to think about construction of a new concert hall. In 2009, a competition was already held for the design of its building, and then it was even about the demolition of the existing building - 1959. But that competition ended in nothing, and it was also decided that it would be sacrilege to destroy this monument of modernism.

But the anniversary dates are approaching, and therefore a second competition was organized, which no longer threatens the modernist hall. Of the 50 bureaus that applied for participation, ten were selected to develop the project. Three finalists were selected from among them, who will now detail their work: these are the workshops of David Chipperfield (Great Britain), kadawittfeld (Germany) and Valentiny hvp architects (Luxembourg). This list, as well as a dozen "long lists", evoke a sense of déjà vu: many of the current participants have already tried their hand at the 2009 competition (including Chipperfield), and the Luxembourgers also made it to the finals. Last time their rival there was Zaha Hadid, this time eliminated in the second round. Besides her, gmp, Arata Isozaki, Helmut Jan and his bureau JAHN, Karl-Heinz Schommer, Snøhetta and UNStudio did not make it to the final.

The organizers emphasize that the only guaranteed way to implement a project for Beethoven's "national cultural treasure" is through private funding. The main sponsor is the € 30 million Deutsche Post DHL (its headquarters, designed by Helmut Jahn, is located in Bonn), and companies and individuals from all over Germany are participating in the project. The state at the federal and state level, however, promised the project support in the amount of 39 million euros.

It is assumed that in 2015 the winner of the tender will be selected, construction will begin in the 2nd quarter of 2016, and will be completed in the 2nd quarter of 2019.

Finalists

David Chipperfield

Kadawittfeldarchitektur

Valentiny hvp architects

2nd stage participants

gmp

Zaha Hadid

Arata Isozaki

Helmut Jan and the JAHN Bureau

Karl-Heinz Schommer

Snøhetta

UNStudio