Muziekkwartier

This cultural cluster gathers concert and music-related institutions under one roof, making the building function as an urban condenser as much as a performance venue. Its internal organisation had to reconcile very different acoustic and public requirements, which gives the project a layered and infrastructural quality. The architecture is less about one iconic outer gesture than about the way multiple halls, foyers and circulation systems are woven together. It plays a key role in making the city centre feel culturally concentrated and active.