Porsche Pavilion at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg / Henn Architekten
Architects: Henn Architekten
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Design: Martin Henn, Klaus Ransmayr Paul Langley
Principal: Prof. Dr. Gunter Henn
Quantity Surveying: Paul Lawrence Lars Becker, Wolfgang Malisius
Construction Management: Wolfgang Wrba, Siegfried Kruse, Hendrik Noack, Karl Rosebrock
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: HG Esch
72 Hour Urban Action Stuttgart 2012 Competition Winners
Completed July 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany, the winners of the 72 Hour Urban Action competition were recently announced. With only three days and nights to design and build interventions in public space, 120 creative people, working in 10 international teams stormed sites along the Wagenhallen area and Nordbahnhof street in the center of the city, where the much debated redevelopment plan of Stuttgart 21 has its most immediate and significant effect. The first prize went to team TÜFTLER, for creating a non-judgemental courtyard in response to their Toy Parking mission. More images and information on the winning teams after the break.
Tokyo-Berlin_Berlin-Tokyo / Toyo Ito, Florian Busch and Christoph Cellarius
Architects: Toyo Ito, Florian Busch and Christoph Cellarius
Location: Berlin, Germany
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Christian Gahl, Florian Busch Architects
‘Beyond Green! – Tall Buildings in a Sustainable Future’ Symposium
Focusing on the relationship between tall buildings and sustainability, the ‘Beyond Green! – Tall Buildings in a Sustainable Future’ international symposium will take place October 10-12 at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Due to urbanization and land being a fixed commodity, metropolitan areas become denser and can only respond with the typology of tall buildings to satisfy the demand for space. However, with respect to the provision of infrastructure, use of energy, shortage of resources and the demand for ecological compatibility there is the inevitable need to design green and sustainable cities. This seemingly contradicts the typology of tall buildings. The aim of the symposium, hosted by the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design at the university, is to evaluate and investigate in detail the green and sustainable credentials of tall buildings regarding their economy, ecology and functionality. More information on the event after the break.
House Lindau / k_m architektur
Architects: k_m architektur
Location: Lindau, Germany
Project Area: 190.0 sqm
Photographs: N. Athanasiou
“Line, Surface, Space“ Installation / Kawahara Krause Architects
The “Line, surface, space“ installation, by Kawahara Krause Architects, is displayed as part of the architectural triennale in Hamburg this summer. Erected on the plan of three interlocking twisted squares of different sizes, the threads of the outer square suggest the edges of an imaginary space, while the more densely arranged threads towards the middle seem to create surfaces. A fragile structure of threads stretching from floor to ceiling seems to dissolve in space and recompose to ever new appearances. Varying between transparent and closed surfaces, the spatial perception changes with each step taken through the installation. More images and architects’ description after the break.
‘Schaustelle’ Temporary Pavilion / J. Mayer H. Architects
Designed by J. MAYER H., the ‘Schaustelle’ or ‘show site’ will be a temporary pavilion and platform for the four collections housed at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Germany. The temporary closure has been seen as an opportunity that will give rise to a makeshift exhibition building – the Schaustelle. Set up to hold exhibitions, workshops, talks, performances, film screenings and video installations, and much more, the scheme has been initiated by the Pinakothek der Moderne Foundation. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Heike Hanada with Benedict Tonon to Design the New Bauhaus Museum in Weimar
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, host of the competition for the New Bauhaus Museum in Weimer, has announced that Berlin-based architect with Professor Benedict Tonon, has been selected as the winning proposal. Last March, ArchDaily announced the shortlist for the New Bauhaus Museum in Weimer design competition. The jury had provided the four finalists with recommendations to improve their proposals in preparation for the VOF Procedure (Contracting Regulations for the Awarding of Professional Services).
Thuringian Minister of Culture and Foundation Board Chairman Christoph Matschie congratulated the winner: “The Bauhaus is now finally being provided with a fitting location at its Weimar cradle. Once again, the Bauhaus will become a symbol of reawakening in the time to come. The building of the museum is providing animportant impulse for the entire development of the city of Weimar.”
Follow us after the break for more on the winning proposal.
Ulm Surgical Center / KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten
Architect: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten, Munich
Location: Ulm, Germany
Client: Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Competition: Awarded First Prize
Construction Date: April 2008
Completion Date: June 2012
Project Area: 68,500 m²
Photographer: Jean-Luc Valentin
KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten has recently finished a new surgical center in Ulm, Germany, which marks the largest hospital construction in the state of Baden Würtemberg. Opening this month, the building seeks to blend into the surrounding landscape, while catering to the demands and offering the functionality of a state-of-the-art medical facility.
More about the hospital design after the break.
Provincial Government Office / AllesWirdGut
The winning proposal for the Provincial Government Office, designed by AllesWirdGut, corresponds to the public use of the building and provides the public with an open space for collective appropriation. A cloverleaf-shaped structure defines several entrances, all of which drain into a common center. The development responds to local and regional links and forms a junction of important inter-urban links which are created on all sides of the forecourts and entrances that complement and enhance the quality of public space. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Farm house / k_m architektur
Architects: k_m architektur
Location: Langenargen, Germany
Architect In Charge: Daniel Sauter
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 16,431 sqm
Photographs: k_m architektur
Synagogue Church Mosque / Ağırbaş + Wienstroer
Architects: Ağırbaş Wienstroer, Architektur & Stadtplanung
Location: Bleckstraße, 45889 Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Project Team: Frank Eittorf, Gülşen Bayrak, Doris Lischnewski
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 160.0 sqm
Photographs: Thomas Mayer
Films & Architecture: “Æon Flux”
This week we propose you to see this interesting film that came to the big screen from the sci-fi animation serie of the same name. Locations for the movie were carefully selected to generate the futuristic environment where the story takes place. Recorded mainly in Germany, from a crematorium and parks, to an embassy and a world cultures centre were used in the different scenes.
I guess most of our readers already know this movie. If not, it is time for you to find it, enjoy a great film and tell us your thoughts!
Culture and Congress Center / gmp architekten
Architects: gmp architekten
Location: Worms, Germany
Design Team: Volkwin Marg, Hubert Nienhoff, Kristian Uthe-Spencker
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Marcus Bredt
Haws W / Kraus Schoenberg Architects
Architects: Kraus Schoenberg Architects
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Area: 130 sqm
Photographs: Ioana Marinescu
H27D / Kraus Schoenberg Architects
Architects: Kraus Schoenberg Architects
Location: Constance, Germany
Area: 930 sqm
Cost: 1,5 mio.€
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Ioana Marinescu
Wupper-Bridge Opladen / Ağırbaş & Wienstroer
Architects: Ağırbaş & Wienstroer
Location: Opladen, Leverkusen, Germany
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Thomas Mayer
‘Bambooline Berlin’ / Peter Ruge Architekten
Designed by Peter Ruge Architekten, the ‘Bambooline Berlin’ project, exhibited at Gallery DEN in Berline, explores the city’s urban development and proposes a new approach for the temporary, interim use of sustainable urban wasteland. This new, imaginary band complements the historically developed lines of the Berlin cityscape. More images and architects’ description after the break.
MyZeil Shopping Mall / Studio Fuksas
Architects: Studio Fuksas - Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Interior Design: Fuksas Design
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Address: Grosse Eschenheimer Strasse 10-14
Period: 2002-2009
Client: PalaisQuartier GmBH & CO., KG
Surface: Built Surface – 77,000 sq.m., Facade – 8,500 sq.m., Cover – 13,000 sq.m.
Engineering: Structures – Knippers-Helbig Beratende Ingenieure, Stuttgart; Krebs und Kiefer Beratende Ingenieure für das Bauwesen GmbH, Darmstadt | Realization of the façade and covering – Waagner Biro Stahlbau AG, Wien
JOH 3 / J. Mayer H. Architects
Architect: J. Mayer H. Architects
Location: Berlin, Germany
Project Architect: Hans Schneider
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Marcus Blum, Wilko Hoffmann, Filipa Frois Almeida
Competition Team: Juergen Mayer H., Thorsten Blatter, Marcus Blum
Completion: Spring 2012
Client: Euroboden Berlin GmbH
Architect on Site: Architekturbuero Wiesler, Stuttgart with Thomas Quinten Projektmanagement, Berlin
Structural Engineers: EiSat GmbH, Berlin
Photographs: Ludger Paffrath, Patricia Parinejad, Rick Jannack
