Another Klanghaus vote
If the voters of St. Gallen say yes to the building project on June 30, construction work on the Klanghaus will start in 2021 after a first attempt failed politically. It is due to be completed in 2023.
The building is planned as a timber construction. The spatial program includes four sound rooms that can be tuned like an instrument. There are also two outdoor stages for outdoor music experiments. The Klanghaus is to be built on the current site of the Seegüetli Hotel on Lake Schwendi above Unterwasser. Compared to the hotel, the Klanghaus will be built further away from the lake. The demolition of the hotel and the special architecture will enhance the landscape conservation area on Lake Schwendi.
60 to 80 participants can use the sound house per course day. Three groups can work undisturbed at the same time. The general public will be able to experience the Klanghaus as part of guided tours. Workshop concerts are also planned, and it will be possible to use the rooms for educational, club and company events on the subject of sound.
The canton is planning the Klanghaus as the client. Klangwelt Toggenburg will operate the house at its own expense. The total cost of the project is 23.3 million francs. Klangwelt Toggenburg will finance CHF 1 million of this. A credit requirement of 22.3 million francs remains for the canton. In 2016, the first project to build the Klanghaus Toggenburg failed in the final vote of the St.Gallen cantonal parliament.
