The Elbe Philharmonic Concert Hall in Hamburg
A vision from Arndt Tomás
While the new concert hall in Hamburg, the Elbe Philharmonic concert hall, was being planned I was fascinated by it in many ways. When the foundation stone was laid I decided to create a drawing to present my vision of the building and its importance for the second biggest city in Germany.
With permission from the project architects Herzog & Meuron I am the first artist that is involved. The planning includes two parts of the Elbe Philharmonic: The existing foundation of an old coffee warehouse from the 60s called Kaispeicher and the upper "wave of cristal" shall be designed on top of it like a sail to welcome entering ships in the harbor of Hamburg.
The brick base part symbolizes the Hamburg traditional values such as trade and harbour. The glass façade built upon it mirrors the sky and stands for the diversity of Hamburg music life. The building combines tradition and modernity and is trendsetting for Hamburg's future. The topping-out ceremony is scheduled for early 2008, the opening for 2010.
Arndt Tomás
HAMBURG, Germany, May 2007
Hamburg just laid the foundation stone for the new Elbe
Philharmonic concert hall, a spectacular glass-fronted
structure that will tower over the city's harbour and southern
city. Arndt Tomás as the first artist has drawn his vision of
the new symbol of Hamburg. On his website
http://worldpaintings.eu/en/thomas he presents the first oil
paintings drawn from different perspectives.
Built on top of an old coffee warehouse from the 1960s, the
futuristic new complex located at the end of southern Hamburg
right beside the river Elbe will welcome entering ships in the
second biggest harbour of Europe. Based on plans by the well
known Swiss architects Herzog & Meuron the approximately
250 million Euro ($330) building is planned to be completed in
the beginning of 2010. The building will be 360 feet
tall.
Supporters of the new building have announced that the Elbe
Philharmonic concert hall will take a place among the world's
10 best concert halls. City mayor Ole von Beust said he expects
it to raise the profile of Germany's prosperous second-biggest
city. Hamburg will therefore develop its image from a big city
to a metropolis that will be well known in the world.
More versions of the drawing are being worked upon ...
For more informations on the topic visit the oficial website Elbphilharmonie.
Die Elbphilharmonie wird auf spektakuläre Weise Alt und Neu verbinden. Ein gelungenes Spiel mit Kontrasten. Das spiegelt auch das Logo der Elbphilharmonie wieder. Hier treffen nicht nur alt und neu, sondern auch schwer und leicht, dunkel und hell aufeinander. Der leichte gläserne Aufbau scheint auf dem dunklen Kaispeicher zu schweben. Die hell strahlende Schnittmenge dieser Formen ist die Plaza und das Herz der Elbphilharmonie sind die Konzertsäle.
Design: Uli Gürtler
Kunstinteresse.de, Worldpaintings.eu,
Arndtelier.de
Thomas Arndt, domain owner
Hochallee 108
20149 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: +49/40/451082
Fax: +49/40/41469860
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