La Philharmonie de Paris concert hall competition: part 2: the competition

An international architectural competition was organized for a new 2�400 seat concert hall to be constructed on the site of the Parc de la Villette, next to the existing Cite de la Musique. Six teams were invited to participate in the second round of the competition and present their design concepts. As French legislation defines architectural competitions as being design team competitions, it was required for each architect entering the competition to have their own acoustic consultant and theatre planner. The different competition entries are presented and briefly discussed from an architectural, theatre planning and acoustic point of view. Studying the entries shows both similarities and differences in the lines of thought of current architects, theatre planners and acoustic consultants in how to respond to a challenging, innovative architectural and user brief.