Royal Conservatory of Music ON, Canada

AMPC initiated the raising of Concert Hall by one floor to increase back stage areas and improve the get-in due to the tight narrow site.

AMPC interpreted Marianne McKenna’s vision for a veiled ceiling with the client requirement to conceal all technical equipment: above the timber ribboned veil the concert lighting, stage acoustic canopy, rigging positions, structural hangers, production lighting loudspeaker outlets are neatly hidden.

With Sound Space Design and KPMB, AMPC created functional modulation forms for lighting with rigging above.

AMPC also shaped the balcony front geometry on three levels in plan and section to maximise the seat count and intimacy of the concert hall.

With Sound Space Design, we placed people and reflecting surfaces in the space in acoustically advantageous relation to each other.

Opening in 2009 to critical acclaim the client has a multi award winning hall with a high reputation acoustically technically and architecturally that musicians and audiences flock to.

The world’s great musicians have given unique experiences to capacity audiences. Because the hall is immediately responsive the standard of playing of the conservatory students has improved exponentially.

Intense programming has been made possible due to the inbuilt flexibility – several different uses can be made of it in one day.