See project information on Kongsberg Jazzfestival’s unique main stage Tubaloon below.

Tubaloon flushed clean by Kongsberg fire brigade before each festival.See pictures from this year's flushing here

Project Information
Project name: The Tubaloon
Address: Church Square, Kongsberg, Norway
Municipality: Kongsberg
Completed: July, 2006
Client: Kongsberg Jazz Festival / Kongsberg Jazz Scenes AS
Architect: Snøhetta AS
Architect responsible: Joshua Teas
Interior architect responsible: Heidi Petter Violence
Landscape architect responsible: Jenny Osuldsen
Structural engineer: Airlight SA, Switzerland
Membrane patterning: FormTL, Radolfzell, Germany
Clerk of works: Geir Kasin
Manufacturer: Canobbio SPA, Italy
Servicing contractor: Per Anderssen, Norway
Dimensions (LxWxH): 38x22x20m
Surface area: 1000 m2
Project cost: 4.5 million NOK
Membrane material: PVC fabric
Structure type: Pneumatically tensioned membrane w/galvanized steel frame