Samenvatting

The concert hall of Tilburg shares its premises with the Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, in a combined design by Jo Coenen. They function separately, the concertgoer experiences another building than the student, yet an open-air courtyard in the center of the quadrangular building forms a uniting link between them, as well as with the city floor in front and the Muzentuin at the rear. New demands in their public and educational role make both the concert hall, part of the Theatres Tilburg, and the FHK sensitive for opening, and create wider relations with the city and their public. In this design the quadrangular building is redefined around an interiorized courtyard. Spaces are shared under the banner ‘democratizing the arts’, and accessibility and routings are increased to improve relations internally and with the city floor. In the new lay-out Bach and Rock sound in the same environment, students and residents find practice and performance spaces, and the building can house events and happenings in rhyme with the city calendar or by itself.