Gothenburg Concert Hall

The Gothenburg Concert Hall comes from the Swedish architect Nils Einar Eriksson and was built in 1935 on Götaplatsen. With museums and other cultural institutions, the Concert Hall forms the frame of the Götaplatsen, whose center is the Poseidon sculpture by the sculptor Carl Milles. The large main hall, " Stora Salen ," provides places for 1,247 guests, the adjoining room, " Stenhammarsalen ", is used for small chamber concerts. The hall is used among others by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

History

The present building at Götaplatsen, was built in the amount of 700 000 SEK due to a large donation by Caroline Wijk. The new building was needed because the old concert hall of 1901 burnt down to the ground on January 13, 1928. Cause of the fire was a malfunction of the heater.

Specifications

The factual building has a rectangular base. The front of the Götaplatsen is horizontally divided into three parts. The ground floor with covered entrance in the middle " Stora Salen " and left " Stenhammarsalen ", as well as the non- covered access to ticket sales right. On the main floor, the foyer is housed, which is provided towards the square with a glass front. Previously, a balcony is located on the eight pillars stand that close to the facade. On the ground and main floor all the facades are clad with natural stone. The third area is the roof section. A patch clad with copper sheets body which has only half of the total width of the building. The side facades are faced with clinker and visible as lateral boundary of the front.

From the hall, " Stora Salen ", the visitors reach two staircases on the right and the left, the large foyer. This is also used for events and is known for its frescoes by Swedish artists. Direct from the foyer of the main dining room on two levels can be reached.

Acoustics

The concert hall is used because of its good acoustics for sound recordings. With an inventory of built until the war ended in 1945 acoustically best concert halls in the world, receives the deduction of the destroyed houses, the Gothenburg Concert Hall the rank 5 The hall has a volume of 11900 cubic meters and possesses when fully occupied a reverberation time of Tm = 1.7 seconds, and Tt = 1.9 seconds. To compare the post-war building has Beethoven Hall in Bonn from 1959 to 15700 cubic meters of volume reverberation time Tm = 1.7 seconds or Tt = 2.0 seconds.