Arts & culture

Museums, theatres and concert halls should be inspiring, safe and comfortable for visitors, enhance shows and carefully house art. We can help you with the balance between user experience and technical requirements, safety and security.

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A stage for art and shows

Cultural organisations face many different challenges. Take cuts in subsidies, increasing competition within the leisure market and the digitalisation of society, for instance: all these affect your business activities.

Acoustics, climate and lighting play an essential role in venues for art and culture. In concert halls and theatres, the acoustics need to be perfect and every seat should offer the best possible view. And in a museum, the climate must be optimal. Moreover, lighting can be used to guide visitors through exhibitions, highlight important pieces and even create a sense of drama.

We have global experience in optimising the value of cultural buildings and we understand that there are detailed regulations to be met. Our multidisciplinary teams work with you and your stakeholders to identify requirements, understand and analyse challenges and deliver innovative solutions that meet both immediate needs and long-term ambitions.

Multidisciplinary teams

From lighting and acoustics to building physics and sustainability: we have a team of experts ready to understand your challenges and find the right solution for your project.

Historic buildings or futuristic spaces

Art and cultural buildings come in many forms and we can help find the best design or upgrades that do justice to both the building and exhibitions or shows.

Self-evident flexibility

As requirements change, we will guide you towards the most appropriate solution.

Combining digital tools with real-life experiences

With the help of advanced digital tools, parametric modelling and proprietary algorithms, we can design and refine building structures. This brings benefits for the user, in terms of quality and costs. A few examples:

Creative solutions for climate control systems enable museums to meet climate control requirements and make visitors comfortable. Our patented method allows variable levels of climate control to operate in a single room.
We can use intelligent software to propose the right acoustic solution.
Our security experts can design a fully integrated system that meets both your needs and relevant regulations.

Improvement of historic buildings

Many of the world's most famous museums, galleries and theatres are housed in (national) listed buildings. Using modern technology, we can make these centuries-old buildings more sustainable in order to reduce energy consumption, increase comfort and comply with laws and regulations. We do this by applying our knowledge of structures, installation technology, building physics, sustainability, acoustics, lighting and costs.

Part of the process of making these buildings more sustainable includes, for example, addressing design challenges relating to the installation of new heating, cooling or ventilation systems. Or analysing airflow, together with internal or external architects, so that we can help maintain a consistent climate. Our team is ready to guide you through the process.