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Hamburg State Opera

Hamburg, Germany

Typology

Culture

Size m2/ft2

45,000 / 525,000

Status

In Design

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“The new Hamburg State Opera inhabits an island at the heart of HafenCity bookended by the vertical landmarks of Elbturm and Elbphilharmonie. The opera will appear like a landscape of concentric terraces – emanating like soundwaves from a central beating heart of music, expanding outward into the harbor like ripples on the surface of the sea. The result is a three-dimensional public park open and accessible from all sides, with expansive views in all directions – to the old city and the new, to Lohse Park and the industrial port. We are honored to have been chosen to imagine this key puzzle piece of the transformation of Hamburg’s HafenCity, and we are deeply grateful to Herr und Frau Kühne to be entrusted to turn their generosity into the city’s new epicenter for the performing arts.”
Bjarke Ingels - Founder & Creative Director, BIG
Hamburg State Opera image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Hamburg State Opera image | Bjarke Ingels Group
“The main hall is the heart of the project - a space with state-of-the-art acoustics and perfect sightlines to the stage. Immersive concentric wooden rings shape the hall and its balconies, dissolve the boundaries between spectators and artists, between reality and fiction.”
Jakob Sand - Partner, BIG
Hamburg State Opera image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Hamburg State Opera image | Bjarke Ingels Group
“The new state opera is an invitation to the public to experience their city, the harbor and the opera from a new perspective. Visitors can move along the facades and glimpse into the foyer, rehearsal rooms, backstage areas and offices, revealing the complexity behind a working opera house. With no back side and indoor levels connected to the three-dimensional landscape, the building is open toward its surroundings on all fronts.”
David Zahle - Partner, BIG
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Partner in Charge

Bjarke Ingels

Jakob Sand

David Zahle

Design Lead

Sarkis Sarkisyan

Michael Leef

Project Team

Adrianna Karnaszewska

Carlos Ramos Tenorio

Derek John Lange

Teodor Cristian Fratila

Martino Hutz

Mathis Paul Gebauer

Monika Dauksaite

Celia de la Osa Muñoz

Veronica Hamilton

Gilana Antonova

Fabio Sala

Giovanni Vergantini

David Wilden

Jacob Engelbrecht Ødum

Mariia Nakonechnaia

Matthew Houming Ng

Jason Xuan

BIG Landscape

Giulia Frittoli

Ulla Hornsyld

Lucia Ayala

Gaspard Del Marmol

Collaborators

Theatre Projects

Bollinger+Grohmann

Transsolar

K+H

Yanis Amasri