https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2156 en-us The CKK Jordanki concert hall emerges like an outcrop of weathered rock from an urban park in Toruń, in northern Poland. Its Spanish architect, Fernando Menis, has yoked such imagery to local architectural references and technical ingenuity to establish a strong character for the building while deferring to its sensitive setting on the edge of the medieval Old Town.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11544 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11544-ckk-jordanki CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Red “picado” brickwork in the facade recurs in the chamber hall and the main concert hall. Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall The hall can be tuned by lowering five large white concrete shells, known as cupolas, to vary the reverberation times between 1.85 and 1.2 seconds. Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall The halls share foyers, where “picado” stonework peels away from the poured-in-place concrete structure, whose thermal mass regulates temperature. Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Stairs descending to the basement level from the street and park form a top-lit route through the building. Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Joradanki Concert Hal Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hal Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Photo © Iwan Baan CKK Jordanki Concert Hall Image courtesy Fernando Menis CKK Jordanki Concert Hall