09.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings, conversion

Museum of Medical History, Ingolstadt

Extension of the Museum of Medical History, Ingolstadt, competition 2011 In the urban conservation area of the historic old town, "monument preservation" does not have to mean the direct application of the classical vocabulary of forms and traditional roof shapes. The objective of the approach is defined by a dialectic of old-new, heavy-light, open-closed. A contemporary interpretation of architecture with pitched roofs and a signal-like, sculptural appearance for the new, [...]

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09.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings

Prayer house on Petriplatz, Berlin

Bethaus am Petriplatz, Berlin, competition 2012 Transcendence and spirituality as overriding experiences can be enhanced beyond sensory perception through light as a design element. The interplay of daylight and artificial light with materiality, haptics, light direction and light color characterizes this spirituality, which cannot be explained rationally or academically. In the dignity of the simple rooms lies the unifying [...]

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09.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings

Kunsthaus S, Senden

Kunsthaus S, Senden, concept 2011 The art collection of a well-known accountant comprises several thousand works, most of which are accessible to employees and clients in the rooms of his office. A small part is now also to be exhibited in an "art house" on the private property. In combination with a guest apartment and as an addition to the ensemble with the existing residential building and [...]

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09.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings, administrative and commercial buildings

Aldi facade study

Façade study Aldi, 2012 Banal ? Aldi, known as a grocery chain in the low-cost segment, invites entries for a competition for the façade design of a main store with administration and parking garage in Munich. The leitmotif for the "cladding" of the existing building is the extension of the corporate identity (CI) to the corporate architecture (CA), through the transformation of the Aldi logo onto a vertical slatted façade, which [...]

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09.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings

Kindergarten and youth center, Göggingen

Kindergarten and youth center, Göggingen, competition, 2011 In the immediate vicinity of the office, there is an opportunity to construct a building for children. A social task with a limited budget requires a focus on a pragmatic, human-centered yet atmospheric approach. A single-storey compact structure, completely timber construction, large south-facing windows to the [...]

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08.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings, residential buildings

Occhio House

Occhio House concept study, 2008 This small study is the beginning of an exploration of the complex of themes "sequence - metamorphosis - transformation" (geometric versus organic). It is an example of an exhibition building for the brand "Occhio, light is evolution". The task and program are based on the overarching idea. The project is initially fictitious. The concept has the potential to radically [...]

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08.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings

Grammar school Bruckmühl

Gymnasium Bruckmühl, competition 2001 The competition entry takes a didactic approach to the interweaving of architecture and landscape. It takes up the agricultural plot structure and, with its special floor plan structure in the third dimension, attempts to make an independent contribution in terms of content, space and ecology. On the limited plot of land, clear zoning and a rhythm of [...]

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07.12.2013 - Concepts, special buildings, conversion

Elevator/ Tunnel Burghausen

Elevator/ tunnel Burghausen, concept 2007 In collaboration with the light artist James Turrell, concepts were developed to connect the old town of Burghausen with the fortress without barriers. Burghausen has the longest castle complex in Europe, to which so far only laborious, non-handicapped accessible footpaths lead from the old town to the castle. After an above-ground solution failed due to the veto of the citizens, [...]

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