Architects:Allied Works Architecture

Area :181400 ft²

Year :2016

Photographs :Jeremy Bittermann

Manufacturers :  FUJITEC, Kaswell, Koninklijke Tichelaar, MOEDING, Stone TileFUJITEC

Mechanical Engineer :Stantec Consulting

Day Lighting :Arup

General Contractor :Cana Construction

Project Manager :Chelsea Grassinger

Civil Engineer :D.A. Watt Consulting

Sustainability :MMM Group

Structural Engineer :Read Jones Christoffersen

Electrical Engineer :SMP Engineering

Lighting :SMP Engineering

Project Architect : Dan Koch

Job Captain : Daniel Richmond

Design Team : Brad Cloepfil, Kyle Lommen, Daniel Koch, Daniel Richmond, Brent Linden, Kyle Caldwell, Björn Nelson, Thea von Geldern, Philip Balsiger, Emily Kappes, Keith Alnwick, Brock Hinze, Chelsea Grassinger

Associate Architect : Kasian

Exhibit Design : Haley Sharpe Design

Theater : Fisher Dachs Associates

Landscape : Carson McCulloch Associates

Heritage : Facet Group

Envelope : WSP

Cost Estimator : AECOM

Project Collaborator : Second Story Interactive Studios

Design Principal : Brad Cloepfil

Principal In Charge : Kyle Lommen

City : Calgary

Country : Canada

Designed by Allied Works Architecture (AWA), Studio Bell, home the National Music Centre (NMC) is the first facility of its kind in North America. At once a museum, performance hall, live music venue, recording facility, and broadcast studio, the NMC is a major state-of-the-art cultural institution that marks AWA’s most ambitious project to-date. The 160,000 square-foot cultural centre takes inspiration from the curvilinear shapes of musical instruments, and from the surrounding, indigenous landscape of Calgary, Alberta.

Inspired by the light, landscape and geography of the northern prairie, Studio Bell was created to amplify the rich history and future possibilities of Canadian music. The building aspires to create a sense of wonder and mystery, inspiring the visitor to explore. The building is alive with the life of music throughout its exhibition, recording, editing, performance and education spaces. The distinct vessels of music are bound together by the space between them, moments of silence filled with light and views out into the city and beyond. The interwoven structure of the building envelops the visitor, with surfaces of metallic and earthen tile crafting an architectural instrument of light, space and music.

This new facility is an architectural and cultural focal point for the region, incorporating and revitalizing the East Village district while serving as a powerful instrument in its own right, emanating music and light.

Product Description. The selection of the building’s façade material was based both on it’s need to negotiate the complex wall geometries in a smooth fashion and the goal that it have a visually rich quality to magnify the varied natural light conditions of Calgary.  The small module and concealed clip system of the Moeding terracotta tile rainscreen successfully achieve the desired smooth surface appearance and the custom glazes developed by Tichelaar Makkum impart a varied richness that gives the building a dignified presence within its urban landscape.

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