Photo: ala.uk.comIn the relatively large competition of the received solutions, the team of the project studio Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A) from London was chosen as the winner of the international competition for the architectural conceptual design of the future concert hall of the Belgrade Philharmonic. The planned location of the facility is in New Belgrade next to the Palace of Serbia, in Block 13. The initiative for the construction of a new hall of the Belgrade Philharmonic was launched more than a decade ago by the longtime director of this renowned institution, Ivan Tasovac. The modern building should be the home of the leading orchestra in the region, but also a new symbol of Belgrade, and Serbia, and a meeting point for the whole world. The realization of the modern concert hall of the Belgrade Philharmonic would be the biggest investment in cultural facilities after several decades.
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Located next to the historic Palace of Serbia in New Belgrade, the project represents an exceptional commitment to building a brighter, more sustainable future for the city. With more rooms for performances, rehearsals and creative work, including a 1,600-seat symphony concert hall, the hall will be the first of its kind in the Balkans, an internationally recognized platform for world-class music performance that will contribute to Serbia's social and economic development.
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On behalf of the Government of Serbia, in 2021, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched an international design competition for the world's most famous architectural firms. The competition received 37 applications from 15 countries, and 8 candidates were invited to move to the next phase, according to beobuild.rs.
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An international jury, composed of architects, experts in concert halls and competitions, as well as representatives of the RS Government, the Ministry of Culture and Information, the City of Belgrade and the Belgrade Philharmonic, evaluated drafts developed according to detailed guidelines and technical concepts developed by strategic art planning consultants. and the culture of the British multinational company Arup, as well as according to the plan of detailed regulation of the City of Belgrade. The jury evaluated six proposals in the final phase of the competition, which will soon be available on the UNDP Serbia website.
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The award-winning architectural studio AL_A, founded by architect Amanda Levit, winner of the British RIBA Sterling Award, was chosen as the winning solution. Her completed projects include a new entrance, courtyard and gallery for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, as well as the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon. AL_A studio leads an international team that includes landscape designers from VDLA (Van Dyke Landscape Architects, Inc.), engineers from the Portuguese company AFA Consult and local architects from the Belgrade studio Zabriskie, while Arup is in charge of acoustic design.
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Explaining her concept, the head of the winning team, Amanda Levitt, says: “The landscape around the Danube River and the ambience of the park is our starting point. The use of the water surface to reflect the building and the surrounding nature conjures up a wetland area that originally enabled the Serbian people to develop successfully here. The return of the park to nature as an ambience for the new Concert Hall sends an advanced message about the need to transform our cities and make them greener, cleaner and more beautiful. Now more than ever, the tension between nature and cities must be reconciled. We do it here by imagining the Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall as an expression of harmony. Harmony between building and natural space, between east and west, between old and new, between generations and between cultures. ”
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As a next step, the AL_A team will work on the preparation of technical documentation, which is divided into three phases, in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Serbia on Construction and Planning. In the attachment, see 3D views of the selected conceptual design of the new Philharmonic building.
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