ELBPHILHARMONIE
Hamburg, Germany
The Elbphilharmonie consists of a 2,150-seat concert hall, a chamber music hall with up to 550 seats, and a choir rehearsal room for 150 singers. The project has become the second home of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, and includes extensive recording and broadcast facilities.
While at Ducks Scéno, Frans Swarte was scenographer and project manager for the Elbphilharmonie. During the final 30 months of the Construction Administration phase, The Space Factory was acting scenography consultant and keeper of project memory for Herzog & de Meuron.