Steven Holl Architects

Herning Center Of The Arts

Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal

HERNING CENTER OF THE ARTS 

Steven Holl Architects

DESIGN ARCHITECT
Steven Holl

MANUFACTURERS
Hamari

PROGRAM
Temporary Exhibition Galleries, 150 Seat Auditorium, Music Rehearsal Rooms, Restaurant,
Media Library And Administrative Offices

PROJECT TEAM
Lesley Chang, JongSeo Lee, Julia Radcliffe, Filipe Taboada, Christina Yessios

PROJECT ADVISOR
Chris McVoy

ASSOCIATE IN CHARGE
Noah Yaffe

COMPETITION TEAM
Cosimo Caggiula, Martin Cox, Alessandro Orsini

CLIENT
Herning Center of the Arts

PHOTOGRAPHS
Steen Gyldendal

AREA
5600.0 m2

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Herning, Denmark

CATEGORY
Visual Arts Center

Text description provided by the architects.

The Herning Center of the Arts unites, for the first time, three distinct cultural institutions:

Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal

the Herning Art Museum, the MidWest Ensemble and the Socle du Monde.

The new Center is intended to be an innovative forum combining visual art and music.

The design fuses landscape and architecture in a one-level building that will include permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, a 150-seat auditorium, music rehearsal rooms, a restaurant, a media library, administrative offices and an active landscape.

Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal

The design for the center aims at "building the site".

In transforming the flat field, a new 40,000 sf. landscape of grass mounds and pools conceals all the parking and service areas while shaping inspiring bermed landscape spaces focused on reflecting pools positioned in the south sun.

Herning's prominent relationship with textiles and art formed the inspiration for the design concept.

Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal

Steven Holl states: 'Part of the current art collection is housed in an old shirt factory in Herning.

This 1960s building was designed in the form of a shirt collar and is across the street from the site.

It was the interaction between the factory owner and Arte Povera artists such as Piero Manzoni that enabled such a special collection of art to exist in Herning."

Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal

A fabric theme is carried throughout the project from the shape of the building which resembles a collection of shirtsleeves viewed from above, through the wall finishes.

Fabric tarps were inserted into the formwork to yield a fabric texture to the buildings exterior walls of white concrete.


Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal
Herning Center Of The Arts
© Steen Gyldendal


Herning Center Of The Arts
Section
Herning Center Of The Arts
Section
Herning Center Of The Arts
Section
Herning Center Of The Arts
Section


Herning Center Of The Arts
Elevation
Herning Center Of The Arts
Elevation
Herning Center Of The Arts
Elevation
Herning Center Of The Arts
Elevation


Herning Center Of The Arts
Diagram
Herning Center Of The Arts
Diagram


Herning Center Of The Arts
Plan
Herning Center Of The Arts
Plan
Herning Center Of The Arts
Plan
Herning Center Of The Arts
Plan

Steven Holl Architects
T +1 212 6297262 F +1 212 6297312
Steven Holl Architects
450 W 31st St 11th floor, New York, NY 10001, United States