The rooms of the Klanghaus are built like an instrument and offer visitors the opportunity to experience sound and its resonances in a remarkable way. Two outdoor stages invite musical experiments and concerts in the open air by Lake Schwendi.
With its unrivaled acoustics, the Klanghaus will attract musicians from near and far for rehearsals, courses, workshops and seminars.
Klanghaus Toggenburg
Vordere Schwendistrasse 61
9657 Unterwasser
Book details
With theses by Marcel Meili, as well as text and image contributions by Ladina Bischof, Erol Doguoglu, Mirjam Fischer, Sabine von Fischer Ramakrishnan, Christian Gressbach, Lea Hagmann, Susanna Koeberle, Eva Kuss, Axel Langer, Alfred Messerli, Peter Roth, Matthias Ruf, Viviane Sonderegger, Astrid Staufer, Ueli Steingruber, Andrea Wiegelmann, Christian Zehnder.
The Klanghaus Toggenburg is a place where architecture, sound and nature can be experienced in a unique symbiosis. The foundation is formed by the thesis papers of Marcel Meili from the thesis competition in 2010. As a 'projection or focus figure' the Klanghaus provides a variety of approaches from a wide range of perspectives. Like the construction project itself, the publication sees itself as a 'research experiment' and is intended to reveal insights. It focuses on architectural aspects and constructive solutions for the extraordinary room acoustics as well as the interaction of the landscape with the natural yodel or the soundscape with the building of the Klanghaus.
The publication combines experienced voices and perspectives from proven experts in architecture, sound art, acoustics, ethnomusicology, art history, philosophy, history and tourism with those of newcomers. It includes self-explanatory 3D architectural and construction drawings, extensive documentation material and various photo series, scores and lyrics.