Since Akustikon was founded in 1984, we have accumulated a long list of references. We are proud of our many major projects, which include the Gothenburg Opera (GöteborgsOperan), the Reykjavik City Theatre, the School of Theatre, Opera and Music in Gothenburg (Artisten), the Växjö Concert Hall (Växjö Konserthus) and the Norrköping Concert Hall (Norrköpings Konserthus).
Below, you can read about three of our most recent finished projects.

Please contact us for more up-to-date information. (These pages are under reconstruction)
 

The Concert Hall in Västerås - the flexible hall
This hall opened in September 2002 and has been very much appreciated by the listeners in the auditorium as well as the musicians on the stage. Recording engineers also praise it for the acoustics. It was constructed and built in a short time with very small expenses, yet it turned out to become one of the best concert halls in Scandinavia. There are 917 seats and the size of the stage is 200 m2. The hall is one of few music halls in the world that really works for all different kinds of music, partly because of the acoustical flexibility, including stage reflectors that are adjustable in height and 220 doors into diffusing chambers. The doors can be rotated and will work as diffusing elements and behind them curtains can be withdrawn to increase the damping effect. The building also holds a small hall for chamber music, jazz etc. Also this hall has become a success thanks to its acoustics.

The Community Cultural centre "Dunkers Kulturhus" in Helsingborg
The Danish architect Kim Utzon designed this building and it has attracted much attention for its architecture as well as for its capacities. It includes facilities for a large city music school with practice rooms, small rehearsal rooms and a recording studio. Besides, there are large exhibition halls, a flexible theatre with 120 seats and much more. The picture shows the concert hall, a chamber music hall with 330 seats, which is very much appreciated for its good acoustical qualities and for its flexibility. The reverberation time can be varied between 1,2 and 1,7 seconds using acoustic curtains. The planning is quite special with the audience placed on three sides of the stage. The picture shows the chamber music orchestra "Huaröds kammarorkester" on the stage. From the windows by the stage there is a fine prospect towards Öresund.

The City Theatre in Göteborg - rebuilding and expansion
The Göteborg City Theatre has been rebuilt in an important way, where the audience area has been much altered in order to, among other targets, enhance the acoustics. With a totally new shape of the reflectors, the covering of walls with textiles, and other actions taken, the acoustics of the auditorium has been improved to a much higher quality. The speech intelligibility is very good even in areas where speech apprehension used to be poor. New sound-equipment and a stage control planned by Akustikon AB was installed on the main stage.

Auditorium/concert hall, Karlstad University Library
Karlstad University wanted a hall that was suitable for both speech and music, and this was realised as a combination of a concert hall and an auditorium, with room for 600 people. Hence, the reverberation time is rather long, approximately 1,9 seconds, which can be reduced to 1,4 seconds using acoustical curtains, situated along the upper parts of the walls. This stage has already become the main stage for the performances of Värmland Classic Festival, and the Värmlands Sinfonietta gives a great deal of its concerts here.

The Cultural Centre "Kulturbruket" in Mellerud
The new secondary school in "Kulturbruket" includes much more than just a school, for example a concert hall for both the local music activities and performances of visiting groups and artists. This small concert hall for approximately 300 people with its nice acoustics has become a real success for the small town Mellerud.