EVE Music Hall | BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group

EVE Music Hall is part of the broader ambition to create a new cultural and social destination in Slavonia. The 10,000 m² venue is designed to host concerts, conferences, exhibitions, and other activities, accommodating nearly 4,000 guests indoors and up to 25,000 outdoors.

The vision for the project was presented during an event on site, where guests were invited to experience the construction in progress, discover the architectural vision, and attend a special live performance by pianist Peter Bence.

Set within the open agricultural landscape, EVE appears as a pair of distinct volumes emerging from the surrounding fields and tree lines. Clad in slabs of local limestone, the facade drapes toward the ground like theatrical curtains, referencing the performances taking place inside while creating curved openings that reveal glimpses of the foyer and interior activity from across the site.

Visitors arrive through landscaped pedestrian routes leading to the foyer between the two halls. Inside, curved suspended timber beams span the central gathering space and extend downward into integrated seating. Mirrored walls reflect light and movement, extending views across the interior and surrounding landscape while guiding visitors toward the music hall, congress spaces, rooftop event areas, and other public functions.

The larger volume houses the live music hall, while the smaller volume contains the congress hall and supporting programs. Each hall is conceived as an independent venue, acoustically separated and optimized for different uses, allowing them to operate simultaneously or independently.

EVE is designed to accommodate multiple performance formats, from seated concerts and orchestral events to standing audiences and large-scale productions, while the congress hall provides flexible space for conferences, presentations, and exhibitions. Beyond the building, outdoor gathering areas extend the venue into the surrounding landscape for festivals, performances, and open-air events.

PROJECT INFORMATION

PROJECT TEAM

Partner-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels, João Albuquerque

Project Manager: Igor Russo

Design Lead: Stefani Fachini De Araujo

Team: Agata Anna Budzik, Camila Antonella Mina, Carlos González Acedo, Carlo Basile, Deniz İpek Karataş, Dominika Kłopotek, Elias Lont, Eleni Kanellopoulou, Emma Lomas, German Otto Bodenbender, Giuseppe Laudante, Javier Moran, Jeroni Mach, Julia Salman, Juan Carpio, Kamil Murgrabia, Laurens Boeve, Leticia Evelyn Soares Porto, Lorena Trinidad, Lorenzo Farchione, Luca Rondanini, Marco Dell'Agli Valletti, Maria Francisca Parreira, Maria Sivakov, Michele Archetti, Nir Leshem, Noemi Mastalli, Ole Elkjær-Larsen, Olivia Sarrà Gómez, Rodrigo Iglesias Murrieta, Tejaswini Challa

Collaborators: SIRRAH projekt, Theatre Projects

Renders by BIG

Photographs by SIRRAH projekt