Chamber Music Hall at Manchester Art Gallery

Case Study

Overview

Zaha Hadid Architects have devised a concert space for the Manchester Art Gallery that acoustically improves solo concerts of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. A single strip of fabric surrounds both the pianist and the audience like a cocoon, which helps to create the perfect conditions for the music to be heard. The dynamics of the concept are also applied to the furniture - with the use of Panton Chairs.