{"id":32345,"date":"2025-09-09T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burckhardt.swiss\/?post_type=project&p=32345"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:46:35","slug":"reinach-music-school","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/burckhardt.swiss\/en\/project\/reinach-music-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinach Music School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Reinach Music School\n <\/h1>\n

In Reinach, a simple functional building from the late 1980s is being turned into a music school. The project is part of the Hinterkirch housing development, which is being realized in Burckhardt\u2019s own name. Remodelling and refurbishment follow the guiding principle of minimum demolition with the maximum use of regenerative, recycled, and existing materials and components. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Burckhardt Developments<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Municipality of Reinach<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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2024-2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Beat B\u00fchler<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Leisure & Culture, Transformation & Renovation<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Reinach is one of the largest municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft with good transport connections to the city. Burckhardt acquired the site of the tube manufacturer \u00abObrist Verpackungen\u00bb with the vision of transforming it into the \u00abHinterkirch\u00bb, an open residential development interspersed with green spaces. Between the two public squares, the municipality is bringing together the music school rooms that were previously spread across different locations and creating an informal gathering space.
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The most outwardly visible sign of the remodeling is the relocation of the entrance: Where warehouses were once attached to the office building, the school now has its new address. The rear-ventilated timber fa\u00e7ade accentuates this part of the ground floor as a base building. A long bench serves as seating for visitors. The large porthole in the wooden fa\u00e7ade affords initial impressions of the interior. One part of the west-facing side fa\u00e7ade will be greened, with climbing plants gradually growing up the three floors of the music school from the ground floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The main hall<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The heart of the music school will be the large hall for up to 90 people on the ground floor, which can be used flexibly: When public events are held, it becomes a concert hall. In everyday use, it serves as teaching space. Larger rehearsals can also take place here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rooms for making music<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spread over the five floors of the building, there are various instrumental and drum rooms, band rooms with control rooms, and soundproofed \u2018silent rooms\u2019 where students can practice individually. In between, on the 2nd floor, are the teaching staff and school management rooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Children as the measure of things<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the upper floors, the access areas are designed with niches on a scale tailored to children\u2019s needs. Music students can lean against round bookshelves, for example, or hide away in a cubbyhole to read in peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Layers for acoustics<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Achieving the special acoustic requirements of a music school in a functional building from the 1980s requires precisely tailored measures: A second layer of wooden windows behind the existing windows acts as sound insulation. A room-in-room concept is also planned for the ground and first floors, separating the music rooms with high noise levels from the other instrumental rooms. In addition, three practice rooms will be set up in the basement, which can be hired by external parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Instead of demolishing the office building, we are focusing on sustainable construction in existing buildings. Our concept is based on the greatest possible use of natural, renewable, and reusable materials. <\/p>\n\n