Kilden Performing Arts Centre

Kilden Performing Arts Centre (in Norwegian: Kilden teater og konserthus) is a theater and concert hall on Odderøya in Kristiansand, Norway. It houses Kilden Teater, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (KSO), Kilden Opera and Kilden Culture Venue in a joint project never previously embarked upon.^[3] There is room for a variety of concerts and other forms of cultural expression.

Kilden Performing Arts Centre
Kilden teater og konserthus
General information
Type	Arts complex
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	Kristiansand, Norway
Coordinates	58°8′20.81″N 7°59′49.73″E
Completed	2012
Opened	6 January 2012
Technical details
Structural system	Characteristic Oak waves at the sea front.
Design and construction
Architect(s)	ALA Architects, Finland[1] and SMS Arkitekter, Norway[2]
Main contractor	AF group

The Company

The building is built and owned by the company "Kilden teater og konserthus IKS", and Kristiansand Municipality (60%) and Agder County (40%) are owners. The company was established in 2003 and the name Kilden (meaning "the source") specified in 2006.^[4]

The building

Work on the building began in 2007, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway laid the foundation stone in 2009. The opening was officially finished 6 January 2012. Its architects were Finnish ALA Architects and Norwegian SMS Arkitekter, acoustical consultants were Brekke & Strand, the acoustic design of the concert hall was by Arup and the main contractor was AF group. The building has a gross area of 16,000 square meters and a volume of 128,000 cubic meters. The building cost nearly 1.7 billion Norwegian krones.^[5]

Halls

The building has four stages:

• Concert Hall with 1 130 seats
• Theatre & Opera Hall with 700 seats, orchestra pit with space for 60 musicians
• Multi-room with 220 seats or 400 standing
• Intimate Hall with 100 seats