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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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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