Kilden Performing Arts Centre Kristiansand, Theatre Norway, Norwegian Concert Hall Building Design

Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Norway

Contemporary Kristiansand Building – design by ALA Architects / SMS Arkitekter

13 Feb 2013 + 20 Apr 2012

Kilden Performing Arts Centre Kristiansand

Kilden

Design: ALA Architects in collaboration with SMS Arkitekter

New Images 13 Feb 2013:

photograph : Iwan Baan

photos : Iwan Baan

photo : Hufton + Crow

20 Apr 2012

Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand

picture : Tuomas Uusheimo

Kilden, a theatre and concert hall in Kristiansand, Norway, has brought together all the city’s institutions of performing arts. Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra now has a concert hall accommodating 1200 attendees. Agder Theater, a regional group, is performing in a theater with a capacity of 700. The theater hall can be transformed to accommodate opera performances to house the ensemble Opera South. In addition, there is a stage for experimental theater and a multi-purpose hall with a level floor.

pictures : Tuomas Uusheimo

Kilden produces experiences. The core of its architecture is the way the concert, theater and multi-purpose halls are serviced efficiently and without interference. The monumental abstract form of the wall of local oak, separates reality from fantasy. Passing through, the audience will move from natural landscape to the realm of performing arts. The wall allures the audience and expresses the diversity of artistic performances housed by the building as well as the power induced by their combination.

The wall made of wedged CNC milled solid planks is not only a disguised theatrical effect but a concrete tactile artifact, which also improves the acoustics of the foyer. The infinite blackness of the other facades emphasizes the spectacle of the foyer.

pictures : Tuomas Uusheimo

Kilden Performing Arts Centre Kristiansand – Building Information

NAME: Kilden Performing Arts Centre
TYPE: Competition 1st prize
STATUS: Built
PROGRAM: 24.600m2: Concert hall with 1200 seats, Theatre-/Opera hall with 750 seats, multipurpose hall and small theatre hall, offices, workshops, rehearsal spaces, car park for 400 cars

LOCATION: Kristiansand, Norway
CLIENT: Teater og Konserthus for Sørlandet IKS www.kilden.com
TEAM: ALA Architects in collaboration with SMS Arkitekter. ALA: Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, Janne Teräsvirta, Samuli Woolston with Niklas Mahlberg (project architect at construction phase), Pekka Sivula, Pauliina Rossi, Julia Hertell, Pauliina Skyttä, Sami Mikonheimo, Jani Koivula,Auvo Lindroos, Aleksi Niemeläinen, Erling Sommerfeldt, Tomi Henttinen, Harri Ahokas, Anniina Koskela. SMS: Erik Sandsmark, Wenche Aabel, Jan Tørres B. Grønningsæter, Eirin Zachariassen, Hanne Alnes. Ext: Birger Grönholm (comp.phase theatre expertise), Julle Oksanen (lighting concept) & Klaus Stolt (scale models).

COLLABORATORS: WSP Multiconsult AS (structural engineering)Arup Acoustics (concert hall acoustics)Brekke Strand Acoustics (acoustics)Sweco Grøner (mechanical engineering) Cowi (electrical engineering)TPC (theater technical engineering)

picture : Tuomas Uusheimo