Nuremberg Concert Hall
International Competition Proposal · 2018
The proposal for the new Nuremberg Concert Hall is rooted in a deep respect for the heritage value of the Meistersingerhalle, one of the city’s most emblematic buildings. Rather than attaching an extension, the project introduces an autonomous volume that acknowledges the corner condition and appears as a contemporary lantern, marking the beginning of the vast Luitpoldhain park where the opera house is located.
The new hall is conceived as a suspended prism — light and elevated above a generous, open ground-floor foyer. This porous and accessible space acts as a fluid transition between city, music and landscape, inviting the public to enter naturally. The lightness of the white exterior contrasts with the deep blue interior, creating a kind of acoustic capsule that transports the audience into another dimension: that of music.
Vertical circulation cores are strategically positioned at the corners, while access to the halls is organized through a large ascending spiral that captures void and air within it, transforming the journey into a choreographed and representative spatial experience.
The building is wrapped in a translucent glass skin — light and tensioned — offering a vaporous and permeable reading of the architecture while adapting delicately to the surrounding trees. The new structure is inserted with care and restraint, avoiding competition and establishing a balanced relationship between heritage and contemporaneity.
The project aims to complement the original building with a clear, autonomous and open architecture, capable of hosting music as a collective, urban and shared phenomenon.
