Concert Hall

Munich
Concert Hall

facade design, special structures  Services

Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten  Architect

Two concert halls behind a gown of glass

Project

The design for the new Munich Concert Hall is located in the Werksviertel, an up-and-coming creative district in the eastern part of Munich's city center. With excellent acoustics in two concert halls, spectacular architecture and a forward-looking artistic profile, it is planned as a center for shared musical life. With a glass façade that acts as a projection screen to show the interior of the building to the outside, the design invites everyone to participate in art and culture. The building concept pursues a holistic approach to sustainability - energy efficiency, durability and the responsible use of resources are the central guidelines.

The inner facade layer is comprised of a technically optimized double-skin unitized façade behind a glass-louvre shading system

Inner Façade Layer Construction
The inner façade, also known as the “weather façade”, forms one of two façade levels and is optimally designed for its various uses: In the public areas and office spaces, its transparency ensures maximum use of daylight and opens up wide views, while in the concert hall, technical areas and other functional spaces, an opaque design provides the necessary screening. In order to achieve maximum transparency and at the same time meet the strict requirements for sound insulation and solar shading, the inner façade level was planned as a state-of-the-art closed-cavity façade in a unitized design.

The outer façade level envelops the building as a gown of glass and forms a projection surface for the uses in the interior

Outer Façade Layer Construction
The outer façade of the building, known as the “glass dress”, forms the second façade level. This all-glass construction consists of glass fins and stainless-steel connecting nodes, which are attached to horizontal steel beams on each storey. With printed and coated surfaces, the glass dress supports the shading performance of the entire façade. At the same time, it creates a homogeneous appearance that blurs the boundaries between opaque and transparent areas of the inner façade and makes the inner uses diffusely recognizable. In the dark, the façade also serves as a projection surface for an artistic light installation that makes the life of the interior spaces visible to the outside.

With the help of simulations, the all-glass construction was structurally and physically optimized

Radiation analysis and structural simulations
For the concept development of the façade, approximate radiation simulations were carried out to identify areas with high solar radiation on the façade surface. These analyses supported the concept development for the integration of photovoltaics and the planning of shading elements. In addition, an angle-dependent solar radiation simulation of a detailed façade model was created in order to precisely map the shading performance of the glass dress with different surface variants in the whole-building simulation of the building physics planning. To check the structural feasibility of the construction, the performance was simulated using three-dimensional FE modeling.

Project data

Client Staatliches Bauamt München 1

Architect Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten

Services facade design, special structures