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Helsinki Music Centre

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Helsinki Music Centre

Helsinki Music Centre

Acoustic Consultant: Nagata Acoustics Architect: Arkkitehtitoimisto Laiho-Pulkkinen-Raunio Owner: Kiinteist Oy: State of Finland (48%) City of Helsinki (28%) Finish Broadcasting Company (26%) Main User: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) Sibelius Academy (SibA)

PurposeClassical musicians in Helsinki had desired a purpose-built concert hall at least since the hall of the University of Helsinki, whereJean Sibeliusconducted some of his works, was damaged in World War II. Eventually Finlandia Hall, designed byAlvar Aalto, was completed in 1971 and it became one of the major venues for concerts, but the building was conceived as a mixed use conference centre and the acoustics of the main hall were never satisfactory. The Sibelius Academy expressed interest in a new concert hall in 1992, and formal planning started 1994 as the two major symphony orchestras of Helsinki, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic joined the project. A two-part architectural competition on the design was held in 1999 and 2000 for a site at Tlnlahti, opposite the Parliament House. The competition was won by theTurku-basedLPR Architects, with then 30-year-old architect Marko Kivist as chief designer.

Helsinki Music Centreis aconcert halland amusic center inTlnlahti,Helsinki. The building is home toSibelius Academyand two symphony orchestras, theFinnish Radio Symphony Orchestraand theHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.The 1,704-seat concert hall forms the core of the building. In addition to the concert hall, there are six small halls ranging from 140400 seats and the Sibelius Academy premises. The function and acoustics in each small hall has been designed to serve a different program.

The Music Centres materials have not only a visual but also a symbolic function. The primary interior materials are solid wood varnished with a dark colour, CNC-perforated MDF board, powder coated stainless steel and aluminium, natural stone, epoxy floors and fibre glass cladding. Colours are used to accent space. Faade materials are glass, natural stone and pre-patinated copper elements. The glass wall structure, suspended and reinforced with glass plates and steel rods, is technologically progressive.