Kilden Performing Arts Centre

Kilden Performing Arts Centre (in Norwegian: Kilden teater og konserthus) is a theater and concert hall on Odderøya in Kristiansand, Norway. It houses Kilden Teater, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (KSO) and Opera Sør in a joint project never previously embarked upon.[3] There is room for a variety of concerts and other forms of cultural expression.

Kilden Performing Arts Centre
Kilden teater og konserthus
General information
TypeArts complex
Architectural styleModernism
LocationKristiansand, Norway
Completed2012
Opened6. January 2012
Technical details
Structural systemCharacteristic Oak waves at the sea front.
Design and construction
ArchitectALA Architects, Finland [1] and SMS Arkitekter, Norway [2]
Main contractorAF group

The Company

The building is built and owned by the company "Kilden teater- og konserthus for Sørlandet IKS", and Kristiansand Municipality (80%) and Vest-Agder County (20%) are owners. The company was established in 2003 and the name Kilden (meaning "the source") specified in 2006.[4]

The building

Work on the building began in 2007, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway laid the foundation stone in 2009. The opening was officially finished 6 January 2012. Its architects were Finnish ALA Architects and Norwegian SMS Arkitekter, acoustical consultants were Brekke & Strand, the acoustic design of the concert hall was by Arup and the main contractor was AF group. The building has a gross area of 16,000 square meters and a volume of 128,000 cubic meters. The building cost nearly 1.7 billion Norwegian krones.[5]

Halls

The building has four stages:

  • Concert Hall with 1 185 seats
  • Theatre & Opera Hall with 708 seats, orchestra pit with space for 70 musicians
  • Multi-room with 234 seats or 400 standing
  • Intimate Hall with 150 seats

References
  1. ALA Architects, official website (in English)
  2. SMS Arkitekter, official website (in Norwegian)
  3. About Kilden www.kilden.com (in English)
  4. Kilden Teater- og Konserthus for Sørlandet Iks hos purehelp.no (in Norwegian)
  5. History Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine in English, at the official website
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