Haus Marteau Concert Hall | Peter Haimerl Architektur

The House Marteau is a music meeting place for international young talents. They receive instruction here in master classes covering all orchestral instruments and vocal training.

The building is a three-storey villa from the early 20th century, impresses with its unique structure. The villa is located in a park, which nestles harmoniously of its surroundings.

The existing building was only partially restructured at the ground floor and new garden level. The cellar, however, was extended by 60 cm in depth, creating additional room height for a full-fledged floor with space for three additional practice rooms, a lounge, a canteen, and a foyer. A newly installed lift also makes the building accessible. The architectural language, as well as the interior design in this part, are based on the architecture of the historical building.

The intention of the design was to leave the park and the building largely unchanged. The volume of
the new concert hall is integrated into the slope on the south side of the building and the historic ensemble. In the gently rolling landscape of the park, it can only be recognised by its two framed openings.

The formal language of the new building picks up on the mining past of the area and transforms the materials formerly mined here, which were often found in crystalline forms, into the architectural.

A narrow passageway links the two parts of the building, leading down like a tunnel and preparing the walkers for the new concert hall. The design idea is based on two opposing mountain explosions, which find their architectural realisation in large granite splinters. For this purpose, thin granite slabs were mounted on a steel substructure.

The New Hall is characterised by a central concert stage flanked by two stands arranged in dialogue with one another. They dynamise the space around the stage, with their powerful and expressive directionality whilst magically illuminating it through the backlighting of the splinters.

The hall offers 89 seats.