Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr

The Music Forum integrates St. Mary‘s Church into a complete ensemble, in which the church is clearly dominates the urban space.

For this reason, the church interior becomes the central foyer and meeting place in the Music Forum.

Also from the exterior, the church becomes the central building block of the Musikforum. Structures are arranged on both sides of the church building, oriented directly on the side of the nave and interlocking with it on the interior. On the south side of the church is the concert hall, on its north side the multifunctional space. The concert hall itself is an expression of the particularly intimate relationship between the Bochum Symphony Orchestra and the audience. The audience is divided into several smaller units, as is common in “vineyard” halls. These units surround the stage on all sides, generating multiple “first rows” and therefore a sense of closeness to the stage and the sound.

Award
best architects 18
Fritz-Höger-Prize 2017
Award for good buildings BDA 2017
German Design Award Winner 18
DAM Prize - finalist

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Project manager: Dipl.-Ing. Gudrun Keller