Performers House
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Performers House is a folk high school
in Silkeborg
, Denmark
, specialized in offering programs for young people with a special interest in music
, dance
and theatre
.
Performers House is situated at the revitalized industrial site of an old paper mill
in central Silkeborg. Facilities include spacious performance areas, teaching rooms, a canteen, student café, student accommodation and housing for teaching staff.
(Silkeborg Papirfabrik), rebuilt and extended to the design of Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen
.
The old Boiler Building has been redeveloped as a winter garden
, teaching room and performance area, while an adjacent plaza links the historic building with its modern counterpart.
The building is kept in a simple architectural style with a corten-steel cladding and visible installations, conmemorating the industrial heritage of the site.
The building is integrated in the surrounding urban environment in several ways. The façade is versatile
, window shutter
s on the main stage fold back and can slide to one side, while large glass sections can be opened up, affording passers-by a chance to hear fragments of music or catch a glimpse of theatrical performances. At ground level, the building is equally flexible, the border between interior and exterior and between the individual elements in the academy organism, are continually being redrawn. On the ground floor, internal folding walls and red curtains can be opened and closed, provide endless potential for varying learning environments
.
Folk high school
Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...
in Silkeborg
Silkeborg
Silkeborg is a city in central Denmark. Located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland, the city has a population of 42,724 . The development of Silkeborg as a modern city may be traced to the foundation of the paper mill by Michael Drewsen on the Gudenaa in 1844...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, specialized in offering programs for young people with a special interest in music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
Performers House is situated at the revitalized industrial site of an old paper mill
Paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier machine or other type of paper machine.- History :...
in central Silkeborg. Facilities include spacious performance areas, teaching rooms, a canteen, student café, student accommodation and housing for teaching staff.
Building
The school is hosed in the former buildings of a paper millPaper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier machine or other type of paper machine.- History :...
(Silkeborg Papirfabrik), rebuilt and extended to the design of Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen
Schmidt hammer lassen
Schmidt hammer lassen architects is an international architectural practice founded in 1986 in Aarhus, Denmark. It currently has four offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Oslo and London....
.
The old Boiler Building has been redeveloped as a winter garden
Winter garden
The origin of the winter garden dates back to the 17th to 19th centuries where European nobility would construct large conservatories that would house tropical and subtropical plants and would act as an extension of their living space. Many of these would be attached to their main palaces...
, teaching room and performance area, while an adjacent plaza links the historic building with its modern counterpart.
The building is kept in a simple architectural style with a corten-steel cladding and visible installations, conmemorating the industrial heritage of the site.
The building is integrated in the surrounding urban environment in several ways. The façade is versatile
Versatile
Versatile is a Canadian brand of agricultural equipment that has produced augers, swathers and combine harvester.In the 1970s, it was an independent operation, founded by Peter Pakosh and Roy Robinson, that had 70% of the 4WD tractor market and then was later owned by Ford and Fiat's New Holland,...
, window shutter
Window shutter
A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails...
s on the main stage fold back and can slide to one side, while large glass sections can be opened up, affording passers-by a chance to hear fragments of music or catch a glimpse of theatrical performances. At ground level, the building is equally flexible, the border between interior and exterior and between the individual elements in the academy organism, are continually being redrawn. On the ground floor, internal folding walls and red curtains can be opened and closed, provide endless potential for varying learning environments
.