TheaterHangaar – Soldaat van Oranje – Katwijk

Repurposing Valkenburg military airfield for a musical theatre

Client

Production Soldaat van Oranje

Hall

Large Hall

Architect

Floor Area

approximately 6,000 m2 GFA

Project Description

The TheaterHangaar is originally an aircraft hangar at the former Valkenburg military airport. The hangar was converted into a theatre for the musical Soldaat van Oranje.

The performance takes place in a 360-degree rotating auditorium. The stand on which the audience sits in 1100 comfortable theater seats rotates from set to set, accompanied by huge projections.

Our advice

  • Making acoustics of highly reverberant empty hall suitable for theatre use
  • Construction of the stand
  • 3D Line of sight study
  • Rain noise mitigation on the steel roof
  • Environmental noise permit application guidance
  • Ventilation, hot and cold tap water installation, central heating and air conditioning technology, measurement and control technology, swimming pool technology (wave effects decor!), fire extinguishing systems, evacuation and fire alarm system, intrusion protection, power supply (new transformers), grounding and potential equalization/static electricity, lighting, theatre sound system, mechanisation, theatre lighting, construction techniques, seating plan.

Result
Soldaat van Oranje has been running for 15 years so far, fully packed!