A new concert hall for the city of Eindhoven—Design and model tests

Abstract

A music centre containing a large (1300 seats) and a small (400 seats) concert hall has been built in the city of Eindhoven. The music centre is integrated into a larger building complex, called the ‘Heuvel-Galerie’, with shopping area (malls), recreational facilities, parking, offices and apartments. In this article the authors sketch their solutions for the acoustics of the large concert hall. To review the acoustics of the concert hall, pulse response diagrams were made in a scale model. The scale model test (scale 1:10) is described and the first results are shown.