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University of Manitoba Desautels Concert Hall
University of Manitoba Desautels Concert Hall
Winnipeg, Canada
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University of Manitoba Desautels Concert Hall
Winnipeg, Canada
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
The Desautels Concert Hall is a state of the art performance venue that will enable the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Music to showcase a broad range of musical performances. As the final piece of the multi-phased Taché Arts Complex project, the 407 seat facility is carefully integrated into a tightly constrained, pre-existing context. To the North and West, the site is framed by the perpendicular wings of Taché Hall, an original campus building over 100 years old, recently renovated as part of the Arts Complex project. To the East, the Concert Hall connects to the more recent Taché Center Block building, making use of existing mechanical spaces and an elevator core.
The orientation of the hall was governed by the need to construct an orchestra pit below grade while avoiding a major underground utility tunnel running diagonally across the site. With the overall size and shape of the hall largely driven by performance requirements and site constraints, the exterior design of the building grew from a desire to ameliorate shadow impacts, while simultaneously creating a formalized sequence of arrival befitting a concert hall. With the aim of bringing as much daylight as possible into the courtyard beyond, the northwest corner of the building was lowered and the resultant volume canted toward the south.
To the West, MacLean Crescent serves as the main street frontage for the hall. With the theatre orientation running broadside to its main entrance, much attention was paid to establishing a strong visual identity and an inviting sense of arrival.
A landscaped forecourt draws visitors in while providing an outdoor gathering space to be used by patrons, students and residents of Pembina Hall, a major campus residence located to the immediate South.
Both the North and West entrances are conceived of as subtractive volumes, formed by the intersection of a barrel-vault with the sloped exterior walls. The L shaped lobby that spans between the two entrances extends the inner life of the building out towards the arrival forecourt. The barrel vault of the main entrance-way and the sloping roof line above will also serve to draw the eye into the hidden courtyard.
The hall is designed to create an optimal acoustical environment across a wide array of performance modes, ranging from large orchestral ensembles to small vocal recitals. Each performance mode requires specific reverberation times and hall size. With such a large range of performance configurations, the stage makes use of an adjustable concert shell system of moveable towers, pivoting panels and ceiling reflectors. This concert shell system is visually extended into the house through the seamless integration of matching millwork panels, merging audience and performer, and diminishing the presence of a fourth wall created by a traditional proscenium.
The orientation of the hall was governed by the need to construct an orchestra pit below grade while avoiding a major underground utility tunnel running diagonally across the site. With the overall size and shape of the hall largely driven by performance requirements and site constraints, the exterior design of the building grew from a desire to ameliorate shadow impacts, while simultaneously creating a formalized sequence of arrival befitting a concert hall. With the aim of bringing as much daylight as possible into the courtyard beyond, the northwest corner of the building was lowered and the resultant volume canted toward the south.
To the West, MacLean Crescent serves as the main street frontage for the hall. With the theatre orientation running broadside to its main entrance, much attention was paid to establishing a strong visual identity and an inviting sense of arrival.
A landscaped forecourt draws visitors in while providing an outdoor gathering space to be used by patrons, students and residents of Pembina Hall, a major campus residence located to the immediate South.
Both the North and West entrances are conceived of as subtractive volumes, formed by the intersection of a barrel-vault with the sloped exterior walls. The L shaped lobby that spans between the two entrances extends the inner life of the building out towards the arrival forecourt. The barrel vault of the main entrance-way and the sloping roof line above will also serve to draw the eye into the hidden courtyard.
The hall is designed to create an optimal acoustical environment across a wide array of performance modes, ranging from large orchestral ensembles to small vocal recitals. Each performance mode requires specific reverberation times and hall size. With such a large range of performance configurations, the stage makes use of an adjustable concert shell system of moveable towers, pivoting panels and ceiling reflectors. This concert shell system is visually extended into the house through the seamless integration of matching millwork panels, merging audience and performer, and diminishing the presence of a fourth wall created by a traditional proscenium.
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