171-BLZ
Blitz Club
Next Project
The former congress hall is located in the northernmost part of the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Until the planned general renovation, it has been used as an event space with gastronomy and club areas since 2017. Our task was to realize the vision of a unique spatial and acoustic experience for the Blitz Club together with the clients, combining design and acoustic requirements. The approximately 600 m² area of the music club is divided into two dance floors of different sizes and a bar room. The first dance floor "Blitz," which is 35 meters long and eight meters wide, is dominated by a technical-functional aesthetic of wood and steel. In collaboration with the room acoustician, we developed modular, freestanding dance niches that fit into the existing column grid and zone the space. A key element here were specially, algorithm-based developed 3D-milled wall and ceiling panels. In the main floor area, special attention is paid to the geometry of the inclined back walls. While the front edges follow a straight-lined triangular structure, the fields develop into concavely curved pockets with varying cross and undercuts in depth. This causes the sound to be broken upon hitting the surface and scattered in all directions.
The second dance floor "Plus" is acoustically decoupled and speaks its own formal language. Without a recognizable beginning or end, a continuous flow of "indentations" runs across the walls. The light that changes with the music floods the relief of this landscape and brings it to life. Visitors should immerse themselves deeply in the world of music, light, and abstract forms. To achieve this, we developed an algorithm to distribute more than 10,000 "valleys" and "ridges" over a total length of approximately 25 meters. It is based on the swarm behavior of fish, birds, and insects. The pattern does not repeat itself at any point. Acoustically, the surface made of black-painted MDF also has its justification. Its irregularly broken structure provides the necessary acoustic diffusivity. The degree of perforation and layer thickness vary to ensure uniform sound absorption across the entire frequency spectrum. Since its opening on April 22, 2017, the club has firmly established itself in Munich's nightlife and has been extensively recognized in professional journals such as Groove, Mixmag, and Baunetz Wissen.Project
Client
Formation
Services
Typology
Partners
Location
Status
Year Blitz Club
Blitz Club GmbH
Vorhammer
Computational Design
Installations
Studio Knack
Munich (DE)
Completed
2017