Haus der Musik design by Gustav Düsing
Project: Haus der Musik .
Location: Braunschweig, Germany
Architects: Gustav Düsing
Location: Braunschweig, Germany
Architects: Gustav Düsing
Amid the shifting landscape of the inner city and the retreat of retail, the House of Music emerges as a new kind of public resonance space for Braunschweig. The iconic building by Elisabeth and Gottfried Böhm is not replaced but carefully reimagined — a continuation that honours the original while translating it into a contemporary language. The architecture remains legible, yet is gently remixed, restructured, and enriched through new materials, spatial strategies, and construction methods.
At the heart of the project lies the central atrium — a porous, open, and inclusive interior that functions as a shared urban living room. It draws urban logic into the building, creating a spatial infrastructure for encounter, visibility, and informal use. The music school unfolds along the façades, opening itself to the city. Rehearsal rooms with deep-set dormers offer views across to the Gewandhaus, while the act of music-making becomes visible from the street. Music returns to the centre of everyday life — not as something hidden, but as a shared and accessible cultural presence.
The building culminates in a light-filled concert hall suspended above the city. Floating above the rooftops, it forms the final point in a spatial sequence that begins at street level and gradually rises through terraces, balconies, and circulation. Entered via repurposed escalators and wrapped in a translucent acoustic skin, the hall offers space for up to 1,200 visitors and completes the project with a gesture of generosity — a space for collective experience, held high above the daily rhythm of the city.
The building culminates in a light-filled concert hall suspended above the city. Floating above the rooftops, it forms the final point in a spatial sequence that begins at street level and gradually rises through terraces, balconies, and circulation. Entered via repurposed escalators and wrapped in a translucent acoustic skin, the hall offers space for up to 1,200 visitors and completes the project with a gesture of generosity — a space for collective experience, held high above the daily rhythm of the city.
Source: Gustav Düsing
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