Site
Location: Rakvere, Estonia

Building
Use: Concert Hall 
Floor Area: 2,000m2

Arvo Part Concert Hall

The future concert hall, together with the existing building will give the whole area a more monumental 
relevance. But current square is too vast to be enjoyed as a urban space. For that reason the future public 
building is placed at the eastern boundary of Vabaduse Square, beyond Koidula Street. The future building 
should work as a border for the new square, defining its shape.

The new volume is designed in way that should not obstruct the view from the square to the monuments of 
Second World War Memorial and of Estonian Independence. The main concert hall is located inside the new 
annex, in order to reach the best performance quality with the design of a whole new structure and to facilitate
communications with services and technical functions. The annex is mainly constituted by an irregular glass 
box in which functions and services are taking place. At south, a more closed and intimate volume hosts 
performers’ dressing rooms and technical services. Backstage facilities, even located in the new annex, are 
directly linked to the old building to serve also the small concert hall. 

Main hall, like a floating egg, stands from the first floor, where main entrance is located. At the ground floor,
just beyond the main hall, there are offices and the multifunctional practice rooms. Office is directly connected 
to the entrance hall, facilitating access and communication. The position of the practice rooms at the ground 
floor permits to open this space to the public even if the main hall is not being used, for events or trainings, 
and also for the students of the near schools.

The lobby, in the northern side of the building facing the square, is an open space characterized by three-floors
high. In the different levels are disposed restorooms and services for audience, such as the cloacking room, 
café and shop. Metal pillars curving at the top, making the wide space similar to a gothic cathedral, support 
the roof, constituted by triangular shapes. Also the structure of the roof is made by metal beams and coverd by
metal panels.

The restored church hosts the small concert hall, positioned at the centre of the nave and made by glass 
walls. In that way from the top of lateral galleries is possible to have a free view all over the nave. Inside the
church find place also the art gallery and the Arvo Pärt music room.