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SONOROUS MUSEUM BY ADEPT

A museum that revisits the relationship between architecture and acoustic

Over the years we’ve seen with countless projects how architecture and sound are deeply linked to each other. Recently, we mentioned an underground concert hall. The relationship between architecture and sound has been developed even further with the Sonorous Museum designed by ADEPT in Copenhagen.

Now, the Danish National Museum has just re-opened its collection of historical musical instruments in the Radio House of Copenhagen, an old and elegant 1950s building, ADEPT’s job was to give the building a second lease of life. The classic touch of the original building has been preserved while the newly refurbished interior adds a hint of modernity, thus bringing back the exposed instruments to life in our present time. But the real catch is elsewhere.

Indeed, the whole concept of this museum is to work on the complex relationship that exists between architecture and acoustic. And if the interiors have been refreshed, they also include four different concepts of space dedicated to sound, with four different kinds of acoustic. Each space has its own architectural and graphic approach linked to specific acoustical properties of strings, brass, percussion and mixed instruments. These little studios are designed as interactive classrooms that can welcome visiting school groups. While the four spaces are all very different, they’re linked together by the same spatial and aesthetic theme. They’re all clad in wood veneer designed to create the optimal acoustic settings for each instrumental configuration.

SONOROUS MUSEUM BY ADEPT

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  • Copenhagen, Denmark
  • ADEPT