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The Cloud is an organism for living.The structure is mobile, the spacecan be modified. The buildingmaterials are air and dnamics.(Techniue is a means to an end but

not an end in itself. Architecture iscontent, not shell.)

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stud Living forms for the futureand was planned as a realizationfor the Documenta V. It wasthoroughl developed down to thesmallest detail in terms of concrete

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underconstruction

EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB)frankfurt, germanycompetition, 1st Prize20032014

House of Musicaalborg, denmarkcompetition, 1st prize2003/20082012

Dalian InternationalConference Centerdalian, chinacompetition, 1st prize20082011

BusanCinema Centerbusan, south koreacompetition, 1st prize20052011

Musedes Conuenceslyon, francecompetition, 1st prize20012014

Apartment BuildingLiesing Brewervienna, austria2002/20062011

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project data concept text

EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB)

Urbanism and ArchitectureThe location for the new headquarters of the European Central Bank

(ECB) in Frankfurts Ostend district has the potential of adding a new

landmark to the Frankfurt skyline that will be visible at great dis-

tances. The starting point for the design of the towers was the urban

perspectives of the city of Frankfurt.

At a height of around 185 meters, the double tower, with its polygo-nal shape and east-west orientation, has a striking prole that is

visible from all important reference points in Frankfurts city center,

as well as from the river Main. Thanks to its form and presence, the

double tower will become a characteristic feature of the Frankfurt

skyline.

Urban planning and integrationThe imposing form of the Grossmarkthalle (wholesale market), which

so strongly characterizes Frankfurts skyline and the north bank of

the river Main, unites with the vertical prole of the towers to form

a signicant ensemble that considers both the local urban design

environment and the general urban spatial context, thus creating a

tension between Frankfurts banking district and the Ostend area.

By concentrating the ECBs functions in the Grossmarkthalle, the

south side of the premises, facing the Main, can be largely kept free

of construction. The prominent view of the south side of the hall from

the Main embankment with the clearly visible prole of the high-rise

emphasizes its special position.

The architectural concept of the towerThe tower ensemble is the result of a design process inspired by the

urban links with the city of Frankfurt. Owing to its clear orientation

towards the important urban perspectives, the ensemble enters into

a dialogue with the important urban reference points in Frankfurt: the

Alte Oper, the Museumsufer and the nancial district. Starting withthe economical typology of a double-slab high-rise, a second design

step combines the urban planning specications with the geometric

transformation of the towers, in order to generate a multi-faceted

building structure while preserving its urban signicance.

The vertical citThe atrium between the oce towers becomes a vertical city.

Through platforms we are creating spaces, plazas and pathways

between the towers, just as they exist in a city. The connecting and

transferring levels divide the atrium horizontally into three sections

of dierent sizes, with heights ranging from around 45 to 60 meters.

These connecting platforms, bridges, ramps and stairs form a net-

work of links between the oce towers. They create short paths

between the individual oce oors in each tower and thus enable

larger, interconnected usable oce spaces on one or more oors in

both towers, thereby also promoting informal communication. Thisnew typology supports a dynamic development of form and enables

dierentiated oce spaces with dierent panoramic perspectives.

The Grossmarkthalle a forum for communicationOur design reinforces the Grossmarkthalles existing potential as an

urban foyer housing a conference and visitor center, as well as a

library and restaurant, through the incorporation of a building for the

press center which traverses the structure of the Grossmarkthalle.

This so-called entrance building, in which ECB press conferences will

be held, occupies a special position in content, form and space and

thereby marks the entrance to the ECB.

Since the western parts of the Grossmarkthalle were reconstructed

after being destroyed during the Second World War and do not, there-

fore, represent part of the substance of the original building even

in the way they are constructed we propose, as agreed with the

historic preservation authority, that the incision for the new entrance

to the ECB be in this part of the hall.

We continued to develop the concept of integrating the extensive

functional areas into the Grossmarkthalle, as suggested during the

Optimisation Phase. As before, the required new facilities are being

placed in the spacious interior of the hall as i ndependent building

structures (the house within a house concept). The building struc-

tures, which are at diagonal angles to the Grossmarkthalle, allow the

hall to be experienced along dynamic spatial sequences and this

not only in the public areas of the halls ground oor, but also on theupper levels, which, with their conference and restaurant facilities,

are largely reserved for employees of the ECB. T he restaurant struc-

ture, as a visible sign of the new functional areas in the hall, gener-

ously orients the employee restaurant and terrace towards the Main

in the south.

Program: Oce

Competition Phase 1: 2003, 1st Prize

Competition Phase 2: 20032004

Revision Phase: 2004

Optimization Phase: 2005

Start of Planning: 2004

Scheduled Opening: 2014Site Area: 120,000 m

Gross Floor Area: 185,000 m

Client: European Central Bank (ECB),

Frankfurt/M., Germany

frankfurt, german

20032014

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View from West, Gossmarktha lle and Tower / Isochrom.com

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COOP HIMMELB(L)AUs design for The House of Music in Aalborg com-

bines Cultural and Educational functions with shared public spaces,

performance spaces and infrastructure in an open system enabling

synergy and exchange between the public, artists, students and edu-

cators a shared Hybrid space.

Music, Creativity and Art are the centers of inspiration, both of theshared-synergetic behavior and of the form and expression of the

architecture.

Formal and informal encounters and exchanges are enabled via

public spaces that are oriented towards the adjacent Culture Square

and Fjord, and are designed to serve as interchange platforms con-

necting the semi-public and private functions of the multiple institu-

tions housed within, and providing areas of exchange of information,

knowledge and inspiration for the various residents and the public in

the House of Music.

A 1,300 seat, world class, symphonic concert hall is at the core of

a compact U-shaped block of music, educational and performance

support spaces which wrap around the Main Hall on three sides. The

Building composition opens to the north in a vertical public foyerwith views over the fjord and adjacent Culture Square. Three addi-

tional halls of various sizes and functions complement the Main Hall

and are organized below the Foyer in a vertical inversion of the classi-

cal front-of-house / back-of-house horizontal orientation, optimizing

oor space and providing a lively vertical social space with a mix of

users and visitors.

House of Music

aalborg, denmark

2003/20082012

Program: Concert Hall, Education

Competition (1st Prize): 2003

Start of Planning: Hom II: Feb.2008

Net Area: 11,896 m

Gross Area: 12,052 m

Client: North Jutland House of Music

Foundation, Aalborg, Denmark

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Main Entrance & Restaurant / COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

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Architectural ConceptThe building has both to reect the promising modern future of

Dalian and its tradition as an important port, trade, industry and

tourism city.

The formal language of our project is not pictographic, but associa-

tive; it will combine and merge the rational structure and organi-

zation of its modern conference center typology with the oatingspaces of traditional Asian architecture as well as with a design remi-

nescent of the soft surfaces generated by the forces of the sea.

The project combines the following functions within one hybrid build-

ing with synergetic eects of functionality and spatial richness.

ConferenceCenter

TheaterandOperaHouse

ExhibitionCenter

Parking,DeliveryandDisposal

A public zone at ground level allows for dierentiating accessibility

for the dierent groups of users, with the shopping and exhibition

facilities directly connected to the conference center providing dra-

matic sight axis within the building. The actual performance and

conference spaces are situated at +15 m above the entrance hall.

The grand theater, with a capacity of 1,600 seats and a stage tower,

directly opposite of a exible conference hall for 2,500 seats, is

positioned at the core in the center of the building.

With this arrangement the main stage can be used for the classical

theater auditorium as well as for the exible multipurpose hall. The

main auditorium is additionally equipped with backstage areas like

in traditional theaters and opera houses. This scheme is appropri-

ate to broaden the range of options for the use of this space: from

convention, musical, theater even up to classical opera, with very

little additional investment. The main auditorium has the option to

get equipped with a exible oor providing all possible utilization

from banquet to parliamentary seating.The smaller conference spaces are arranged like pearls around this

core, providing very short connections between the dierent areas,

thus saving time while changing between the dierent units. Most

conference rooms and the circulation areas have direct daylight

from above.

Through this open and uid arrangement the theater and confer-

ence spaces on the main level establish a kind of urban structure

with squares and street spaces, which facilitates on the one

hand user orientation within the building by identiable address-

es, and on the other hand provides also the required informal

meeting places, chill-out and catering zones in between the halls,

with view on the outside an ideal atmosphere for modern confer-

ence utilization.

The access to the basement parking garage, truck delivery and

waste disposal is located at the southwestern part of the site, thus

freeing the front driveway to the entrances from transit trac. The

main entrance from the sea side corresponds to the future develop-

ments, including the connection to the future cruise terminal.

Dalian InternationalConference Center

Program: Conference Center

Competition: 03/2008, 1st Prize

Start of Planning: 07/2008

Start of Construction: 11/2008

Groundbreaking: 15 November 2008

Completion: 2011

Site Area: 40,000 m

Gross Floor Area Total: 117,650 m

Client: Dalian Municipal People's

Government, P.R. China

dalian, china

20082011

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BusanCinema Centerbusan, south korea20052011

The Busan Cinema Center A multifunctional urban plazaCOOP HIMMELB(L)AUs design for the Busan Cinema Center and

home of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) provides a new

intersection between public space, cultural programs, entertainment,

technology and architecture creating vibrant landmarks within the

urban landscape.

LED saturated outdoor roof elements acting as a virtual sky connect

building-objects and plaza-zones into a continuous, multifunctional

public urban space.

Media, technology, entertainment and leisure are merged in an open-

architecture of changeable and tailored event experiences. The result

is a responsive and changing space of ows acting as an urban cata-

lyst for cultural exchange and transformation.

Project DescriptionThe concept envisions an urban plaza of overlapping zones includ-

ing an Urban Valley, a Red Carpet Zone, a Walk of Fame and the PIFF

Canal Park. The urban plaza is formed by building and plaza ele-

ments sheltered by two large roofs that are enabled with computer

programmed LED outdoor ceiling surfaces. The larger of the roofs

includes a column-free cantilever of 85 meters over a multifunctional

Memorial Court event plaza. The urban zones of the complex are

formed by individual and recognizable building objects placed below

the outdoor roofs. The building objects contain theater, indoor and

outdoor cinemas, convention halls, oce spaces, creative studios

and dining areas in a mixture of sheltered and linked indoor and

outdoor public spaces. The design of these spaces supports exible,

hybrid functionality that can be used both during the annual festival

period and day-to-day use without interruption.

The urban zones dened by functional surfaces in plan are further ar-

ticulated in a sectional dialogue between stone-clad ground forms

of the CineMountain and PIFF Hill, and the metal and LED clad sky

elements of the roofs. The materiality of the building objects dieren-

tiates the spaces and articulates the architectural concept. Through

their shape, placement and materiality, the various parts create a

dynamic and informal tension between the ground and the roof.

Program: Commercial Cinema, Outdoor

Cinema, Public Plaza and Home of Film

Festival

Competition: 11/2005, 1st Pr ize

Site Area: 32,100 m

Gross Floor Area: 57,981 m (interior)

Built-up Area: 10,005 m

Volume: 349,700 m



Completion: 10/2011 (estimated );

Scheduled Opening: 11/2011

Building Costs: EUR 100 Mio (budget)

Client: P(B)usan International Film

Festival Organizing Committee

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Crstal Cloud of KnowledgeThe future society will be a society of knowledge. However this

knowledge can hardly be split into clearly dened elds.

Innovations develop within interspaces, within indistinctness, within

the overlapping and hybridising. Questions regarding the future will

be decided within transitional elds situated between technology,

biology and ethics that are the central themes of the Muse des Con-

uences. Mutations of form, penetrations, deformations, simultanei-

ties, breakdowns and variabilities have an eect on architecture. The

resulting architecture is characterised by the interactions, the fusion

and mutation of dierent entities constituting a new shape.

The Muse des Conuences does not consider itself as an exclusive

temple for the intellectual bourgeoisie but as a public place providing

access to the knowledge of our age.

Stimulating a direct and active use, it is not only a museum site but

also a venue in town. The architecture hybridises the typology of a

museum with the typology of an urban leisure space.

Hard Space Soft SpaceThe concept of two complexly connected architectural units are a

result of the striking interface-like situation of the building site.

The crystal rising towards the side of the town is conceived as an

urban forum and entrance hall for visitors. Its shape that can be read

clearly stands for the everyday world. In contrast to this the cloud

hides the knowledge about the future; it is a soft space of hidden

streams and countless transitions.

Within the Muse des Conuences the present and the future, the

known and the still unknown are conceived as a spatial arrangement

trying to spur public curiosity. As an extension of the park located

on the Southern top of the island a new urban space formulates

itself; a landscape consisting of ramps and surfaces merging the

inside and the outside and resulting in a dynamic sequence of spatial

events.

This movement is also followed by the alternating spatial structure

of the exhibition halls. Closed Black Boxes and free exhibition areas

alternate by exploiting the double room height of two levels. The

architecture is as changeable as the content entrusted.

The idea of the p ermanent reinvention of an urban event enables

Lyon to perfectly position itself within a regional as well as within a

global context.

lon, france20012014

Musedes Conuences

Program: Museum

Competition: 2001, 1st Prize



Scheduled Completion: 2014

Site Area: 20,975 m

Floor Area: 26,700 m

Building Costs: EUR 100 Mio

Client: Dpartement du Rhne,

Lyon, France

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Apartment BuildingLiesing Brewer

The designs urban planning concept develops from the distinc-

tive topography of an east-west ridge along the Liesing River.

In a zone between urban and suburban structures, the planning

area is characterized by the transition from enclosed building

blocks south of the Breitenfurter Strae, an open, fragmented ur-

ban fabric in the north, the l ong-stretched Liesinger Platz square

to the east, and the aqueduct in the west.

Planned as a backbone of the design is a distinctive, space form-

ing, snake-shaped structure that redenes the urban space along

the existing topography as it stretches between the aqueduct and

the enclosed building fronts on the north side of Liesinger Platz; a

vertical connection is created between the levels of Breitenfurter

Strae and the levels of the old brewery cellar. The structure thus

becomes a built topography, which allows for a multilevel city

district.

A linear, southwardly terraced building extends between this

structure and Breitenfurter Strae, which through projections

and recesses adds dynamic to the spatial ow along the street.

The building height of the terraced houses diminishes toward

the west; a high building in the east denes Liesinger Platz andsimultaneously marks the entry to the shopping center and the

entire complex.

Between these two building structures variable, owing public

squares and spatial sequences are created, which through the

shopping center are interwoven with the newly designed Liesing-

er Platz into an accentuated multi-level spatial continuum, den-

ing the shopping center as an indoor shopping street.

At several strategic points this new east- west stretching urban

fabric is interrupted through broad gaps, so that on the one hand

the green spaces in the north and on the other the urban spaces

in the south can freely ow through. This creates a connection

of the existing housing south of the Liesing River with the public

spaces of the complex and the natural landscape in the north and

enables generous visual connections between the various urban

spaces.

Through the manifold connections between existing structures,

free spaces, and the topography of the natural green space, the

entire complex becomes a built urban landscape.

Program: Residential, Shopping, Oce,

Landscape

Expert Stud: 20002001

Masterplan: 20012002

Design And Site Development

Competition: 20052006

Masterplan Subarea Implementation:


Completion: 2011

The Mixed Use Program contains:;

Housing: 23,000 m BGF

Oce: 4,300 m BGF

Special Form of Housing/Housing For

The Elderl: 8.700 m BGF

Total: 36,000m BGF

Landscape Design:

Plaza: 13,200 m

Design of the Shopping Front:

Extile Front: 3,000 m (in Cooperation

with Artist Peter Kogler)

Glasfront Shopping: 1,300 m

Total Building Costs: EUR 32 Mio

Client: ARWAG Bautrger Gesellschaft

m.b.H. / WIEN SD Gemeinntzige Bau-

und Wohnungsgenossenschaft

vienna, austria2002/20062011

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inplanning

The Open Parliamentof Albaniatirana, albaniacompetition, 1st Prize2011

Energ RoofPerugiaperugia, italy2009

StrongoliArt Museumstrongoli, italy

20092012

Museum ofContemporar Art& Planning Exhibitionshenzhen, chinacompetition, 1st prize20072013

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The Open Parliamentof Albania

Architectural and urban design strategiesAs the future political center of the Albanian Republic, the Open

Parliament of Albania creates an outstanding architectural landmark

in one of the main parts of Tiranas urban fabric. Situated along the

compositional axis of the city, it is located in vicinity to the major

governmental institutions.

The design for the Open Parliament of Albania relies on three main

ideas:

To provide a strong urban statement in this exposed part of Tiranas

urban fabric;

To assemble the dierent functions in one building ensemble

that is compact enough to create a public forum and a park on the

southern part of the site;

To create a unique building for the most important public institu-

tion of the Albanian Republic with a contemporary architectural

approach shaped to optimize active and passive energy use.

The design incorporates fundamental democratic values such as

openness, transparency and public co-determination. The simulta-

neity of competing political concepts within a democratic society is

translated into the design concept: Dierent building elements are

not opposed, but coexist in one building ensemble with a contempo-

rary aesthetic that allows visualizing new functions and meanings.

Energ ConceptThe new parliamentary building for the Republic of Albania is de-

signed to capture the natural resources and energy ows of its sur-

roundings and employ them to provide optimal environmental condi-

tions for its occupants. The spatial conguration of the building form

and the optimization of the building envelope together with the use

of renewable energy sources ensure an energy ecient design and

reduce dependence on fossil fuel energy sources.

The Parliamentar HallSpatially, the new Parliaments Chamber reects a basic democratic

principle, the power of the electorate, by situating the public above

the elected assembly members while placing the chamber hall at the

physical and metaphorical center of the building ensemble.

Program: Oce, Parliament

Competition: 2010/11, 1st Prize

Site Area: 28,000 m


Client: The Republic of Albania, The

Parliament

tirana, albania2011-

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Energ RoofPerugia

LocationThe new glass gallery along Via Mazzini in the center of Perugia cov-

ered by the Energy Roof creates the entry point to the archaeological

underground passage that connects the city center with the mini

metro station Pincetto.

Urban Strateg

By means of a glass gallery along Via Mazzini, a new public space

and attractor is created. The place is dened by its history, dynamic

circulation ows and urban liveliness. The new paradigmatic design

of the Energy Roof creates a distinctive and highly recognizable icon

for the city and a statement for aesthetic sustainability correspond-

ing with the ancient buildings of Via Mazzini. It assigns the entrance

to the archaeological underground passage leading through the his-

tory of Perugia.

Walking through historThe underground passage is not only a shortcut in between the city

center at Via Mazzini and the arrival point of the Mini Metro station

Pincetto but also an exhibition space. Historical documents show theexistence of the old Etruscan city wall in the area bellow Piazza Gia-

como Matteotti which COOP HIMMELB(L)AU proposes to excavate as

part of an underground public gallery space exhibiting the history of

Perugia. Controlled views and look-out points make orientation easy.

Openings in the ground of the Piazza Giacomo Matteotti visually con-

nect the underground passage with the Energy Roof.

Energ RoofThe roof design is driven by the generation of energy for the city.

While the orientation of the west wing is optimized in relation to solar

radiation, the east wing captures wind. The roof consists of 3 layers:

the energy generating top layer, the structural layer in the mi ddleand a layer on the bottom as a combination of laminated glazing and

translucent pneumatic cushions.

The top layer includes transparent photovoltaic cells to generate

electricity and shade the sun. The orientation of the individual cells

is generated and optimized by a computer driven scripting program.

Furthermore 5 wind turbines that are placed inside the structural

layer are generating additional energy. Both the roof and the under-

ground passage are energy self-sucient.

Generation of Energ - PhotovoltaicDuring the design process of the energy roof a special focus has been

put on using photovoltaic cells as functional and aesthetic elements.

To maintain visual connections to the surroundings we propose to

use frameless glass elements with integrated transparent photovol-

taic cells for the top layer of the roof. Therefore sun-shading, energy

generation and architectural integration are all combined in one ele-

ment.The chosen geometry of the panels follows the overall shape of the

Energy Roof, and curved lines made of photovoltaic cells are created.

The photovoltaic elements are peeling o the surface and tilted to-

wards the sun where the roof area is oriented to the North East. The

resulting gaps are closed by passive glass panels which appear simi-

lar to the active panels.

This installation creates a photovoltaic energy generator with a per-

formance of around 73 kWp. The annual output of 100 MWh provides

a major contribution to environmentally friendly generation of ener-

gy. With the wind turbines and an additional performance of around

25 kWp a peak performance of around 100KWp is reached.

Structural Description - PreliminarThe roof consists of three layers with the structural layer in the

middle. The other two layers are the e nergy generating layer on the

top and the glazing layer on the bottom. In the summer, the east wing

of the roof, forming a rotor blade, captures wind, thus providing air

ventilation for cooling. The structure therefore has to be suciently

open to drive the fresh air to the street level from above.

The roof structure is approximately 80 meters long supported by

a tripod in the mi ddle. There are ten members connecting the roof

structure and the tripod. The structure, forming a rotor blade, is 16

meters wide at the ends while in the middle part, around the support-

ing points, the roof slims.The geometry of the structure is determined by crossed planes that

are arrayed in longitudinal direction. The intersection of the planes

and the geometry of the propeller describe the perimeter of the

load bearing structure. To provide the sucient air-ventilation and to

reduce the self-weight of the structure holes are cut in the plane of

the planes in a way that the remaining areas are connected and are

performing as a rigid and optimized composition. These connected

planes consist of single beams and act as trusses.

Program: Energy Roof

Local Partner: Heliopolis 21

Architetti Associati, San Giuliano Terme

(Pisa), Italy

Civil & Structural Engineer: B+G

Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann

GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

Energ Design: Baumgartner GmbH,

Germany

Client: Universit degli Sudi di Perugia/

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e

Ambientale, Italy

perugia, ital2009

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StrongoliArt Museum

Visible from far away on the top of the Motta Grande, a hill just out-

side of Strongoli, the new Art Museum Strongoli creates a remarkable

landmark for the city in the heart of Calabria.

Not only is the museum a cultural institution, but also a generator for

the future development of Calabria, a place of cultivated entertain-

ment and recreation and a destination for locals and tourists alike.

The hybrid form of the building is developed from the connection

of three functional bodies: an iconic, cone-shaped construction

with the public entrance, the main volume of a multifunctional hall

which houses the exhibitions, and a daringly cantilevered panoramic

restaurant. This sculpural merging of forms is enveloped by a cur-

vated outer skin, which responds dynamically to climatic forces like

the sun, wind and also the conditions of view on the surrounding

landscape.

The public entrance in the cone-shaped foyer area is oriented to-

wards the city. Its spiralling ramp which gives access to the exhibi-

tion zone makes it is also a spectacular event space. At the other

end of the building, the restaurant oers a great view to the sea

in the east and on the surrounding landscape from its panoramic

terrace. Between these two parts the visitors itinerary leads in a

loop through the two-storey exible exhibition area. The spaces for

regular exhibitions are situated on its upper level, below lies theVideoLab for contemporary media art. Both spaces are directly ac-

cessed by two elevators from the service area in the basement, which

includes also the administrative spaces lighted from the downhill

side. The multifunctional hall can also be used as lecture hall, audi-

torium, cinema, or just as an extension of the foyer when there are

public events. Thus the new Art Museum Strongoli is not only a place

to experience art, but also of cultural exchange, with the potential to

become one of the hippest destinations in southern Italy.

Program: Museum


Museum Curator: Carla Piscitelli

stongoli, ital20082014

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Museum of Contemporar Art& Planning Exhibition

The design is an urban meeting point and serves as a dynamic ele-

ment in the progressive system of the City of Shenzen in the middle

of their new center, the "Futian Cultural Center". The building inte-

grates itself in the language of the established master plan with a

site area of approximately 30.000 sqm and represents the discovery

of an individual exciting object.

The form of the 40 m high building is a result of a vertical extru-

sion and rotation from the rectangular ground oor through to theroof level. A new entry orientation has been achieved through this

rotation to the axial center of the cultural zone of the Futian Central

District and to the main circulatory ows. The resulting rotation gen-

erates a dynamic building in the form of an "active wave". By using

black anodized metal and black glass, the active wave is frozen into

an urban monolith.

Program: Museum

Competition (1st Prize): 2007


Start of Construction: 2010

Estimated Completion: 2013

Site Area: 21,688 m


Building Costs: 90 Mio.Building Height: 40 m

Number of Stories: 7

Max Building Length: 160m

Max Building Width: 140 m

Clients: Shenzhen Municipal

Culture Bureau, Shenzhen, China &

Shenzhen Municipal Planning Bureau,

Shenzhen, China

Structural Engineering: B+G


GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany; Mechanical

Engineering (Hvacs): Arup/ Brian Cody,Berlin, Germany

shenzhen, china20072013

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recent

competition/studies(selection)

ArchaeologicalMuseum Egpt

tell el-daba, egypt2010

Silver Cloudcairo, egypt2009

Mixed UseCenter Bakubaku, azerbaijan2008

Zorlu GatewaCenteristanbul, turkey2007

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ArchaeologicalMuseum Egpttell el-daba, egpt2010

This project for a new Archaeological Museum in Egypt is situated

near the excavation site of Tell el-Daba in the eastern Nile delta.

Here, Archeologists could locate the remains of major antique trading

centers dating from more than 3000 years ago, including Avaris, the

Hyksos capital of the Middle Kingdom, and Pi-Ramesse, the capital of

the New Kingdom. Surrounded by agricultural land, the new building

will stand out as a landmark on the bank of the Elhosania Fakos River.

ConceptThe design of the museum, inuenced by the history of the site and

its specic conditions of topography and climate, and organized by

the functional program, lead to a unique architectural space which in

turn is responsive to its uses and the environment. The development

of the form, derived from the geometry of a truncated pyramid, has

been driven by four main strategies.

Accessible LandmarkThe building is a walkable monument. From the entrance plaza a spi-

ral ramp leads upwards as a loop around the museum embedded in

its sloped exterior surface, thereby oering a gradually changing andwidening panoramic view to the surrounding landscape. The walkway

ends at the top in front of a caf and a secondary entrance, which

allows the visitors to start their tour inside not only from ground oor,

but also from high above.

ProgramThe main entrance plaza on 5.00m can be reached by a straight

ramp set at a right angle to the building. Passing by the ticket coun-

ter, the visitors enter the exhibition hall, a large and tapered space

reaching right under the top of the building volume, thus allowing to

accomodate very large exhibits. The hall is framed by the bookshop

and the library, while all service functions are hidden at the back of

the building.

Starting on the ground oor, the exhibition continues on a large

ramp, corresponding to the exterior walkway and spiralling up to

the top level of the space, ending at the caf at the top level. To take

shortcuts the visitors can also use the elevators, which stand in the

middle of the hall as a towering multifaceted structure. The caf on

the top level can be opened to the general public. From here the visi-

tors can turn back, or complete the round tour on the outside.

Seeing b walkingThe exhibition concept follows the idea that the museum experience

will be more rewarding for the visitors when the round tour oers

more than rows of displays in a neutral space. While moving through

the subtle choreography stimulated by the uidly dierentiated se-

quence of spaces, the visitors of the Archeological Museum Egypt can

enjoy the continuous change of perception of perspective, lighting,

material texture and climate without disturbing the contemplation of

the excavation objects and documents.

The sun is cooling

The monolithic pyramid-like shape of the building maximizes the sur-face exposed to direct sunlight, which benets also its environmental

sustainability: the building envelope has been optimized by integrat-

ing parameters like wind and sun into a computer based model for

an energy-active faade, a system which allows to use the heat of the

outside air to create a pleasantly conditioned ambience. The energy

faade contains a thermal air plenum that makes use of the intense

solar energy through adiabatic cooling to modulate the temperature

and humidity of the interior. The concept aims for a building that gen-

erates more energy than it is using itself. The at top of the energy

faade also acts as a giant louvre, ltering down the bright desert

light to a diuse, even illumination of the exhibition hall.

Program: Archeological Museum

Client: sterreichisches Archo-

logisches Institut IA, Cairo, Egypt

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SilverCloudcairo, egpt2009

Urban Context and ConceptEgypt, with its strategic location, has become the second most popu-

lous country in Africa. Owing to its specic geographic conditions,

most urban development in Egypt has taken place in the Nile Valley

and Delta, which represent only 4 per cent of its total area.

Cairo has become the largest urban centre not only in Africa, but also

in the Middle East. The city's history has been closely related to that

of Egypt.In recent decades this led to a massive process of concentration, with

the result that Cairo today is not only the capital of Egypt but also its

economic, social, service, and administrative centre. The city's size

and rapid growth have resulted in serious problems in most aspects

of the life of its population.

The government has attempted both to decentralize population and

activities from Cairo and to reorganize and manage its growth at the

national, regional, and local levels.

The establishment of new cities, satellite or independent, were intro-

duced to be developed as growth centres in order to attract economic

activities and population from the core region. The cities are situated

along the major regional radials to tie the greater Cairo region toother economic regions such as Suez, Ismailia, and Alexandria.

Their size is intended to be large enough to guarantee an adequate

level of self-suciency in terms of employment and services.

If these settlements continue to grow at the same rate, in a few years

an extensive urban corridor may appear along this regional road and

a new megalopolitan area may emerge. Such a metropolitan area

would house almost half of the Egyptian population.

The task of our project is to create a focal point, an instantly recogniz-

able landmark of one part of the above mentioned urban develop-

ment in an area called New Cairo.

The new settlements need to establish their own urban identity and

identication points to avoid the risk of just being faceless and ex-

changeable.

The outer skin of the building consists of three dimensional deformed

steel frames covered with stainless steel or aluminium panels to cre-

ate a instantly recognise able building envelope even if just seen for

seconds out of a moving car.

Program: Automotive Showroom

Competition: 05/2009

Site Area: 7,424 m

Net Floor Area: 30,455 m


Footprint: 3,220 m

Volume: 195,950 m

Number of Floors: 7Above Ground: 4

Underground: 3

Client: GB AUTO SAE



GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

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Urban ContextThe site of the Mixed Use Center Baku is located in the new city cen-

ter; Nizami District of the City of Baku. The Old town Center and the

Fountain Square in the West, the Central Railway Station in the North

and the Government House in the South all together create a very

lively urban environment. The close Baku Bay shore park Boulevard

and many public parks and plazas around the area facilitate public

outdoor spaces and recreation sources in this new vibrant urbandevelopment environment.

The Mixed Use Center Baku design proposes a high density Landmark

Building Complex that is an expression of the renement of the inner

architectural qualities of the building elements which are shaped by

urban and climate considerations, economies of structure and mate-

rials as also program proposals and orientation of main views to the

city and the sea.

Architectural ConceptThe high end luxury Residential Tower sits on the South west side on

top a lifted Shopping Center base. It is orientated to the public plazaon Khagani Street and to the roof garden of the Shopping Base. The

5-Star Hotel & Oce Tower marks the building blocks corner in the

south east on Pushkin Street. The Shoppings Center base horizontal

strips are shaped according to visibility and react to main people

ows, entrances, trac circulation and surrounding public zones.

The special features of the project proposal are a VIP spiral ramp

above the main entrance of the Shopping Center that provides a

spectacular drop o next to the upper main lobbies of the Residen-

tial Tower and the 5-star Hotel on the roof level 20m above ground.Within the Shopping Center and Wellness; Spa area is a combined

pool aquarium feature that is the core of the shopping e vent space.

On the roof it provides an outdoor swimming pool for VIP guests and

residents and inside it oers spectacular views into a shark aquarium

that hovers above the Shopping Plaza; Foyer level. Visitors circulate

around the water tank including the swimming pool and it creates

atmospheric water reections and skylight from above for the foyer

space of the Shopping Center.

Mixed UseCenter Baku

Program: Mixed Use Buildings

Competition: 2008

Gross Floor Area Total: 133,800 m

Gross Floor Area Program: 96,700 m

(Above Ground)

Client: ARENA JSC Elebrus Mammadov

baku, azerbaijan2008

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Monofunctional structures do not correspond to the architecture and

the urban development of the 21st century. Future urban develop-

ment will mirror the complexity of peoples i ntellectual and material

lives. This is why not only the media represent the urban culture of

tomorrow, but architecture does too. For us, a city must convey diver-

sity and tension.

Coop Himmelblau, 1990

In response to the brief for a new, 550.000 sq. landmark, mixed-use

facility for a prominent site in Istanbul, we propose a new model city-

center as a signal for future development and an iconic gateway to

the emerging new central business district of the City.

The Zorlu Gateway Center is formed by the overlapping of public

and private spaces of living, working, meeting, shopping and leisure

in a networked system of dense and lively public, commercial and

urban spaces.

The urban, functional and symbolic ambitions of the proposal explore

ve main themes in a design that is organized around active indoor

and outdoor public plazas and generous terraced gardens;

LandmarkandIdentication

DensityandVariety

UrbanLiveliness

Landscape

Sustainability

OrganizationA vast and uid shopping city comprising 3 levels and covering the

total site footprint forms an urban landscape atop 4 levels of subter-

ranean parking. A large and dynamic shaped cloud roof incorporat-

ing large skylit openings oats above the shopping area, itself orga-

nized around two main sunken plazas and lit by daylight from above

and diagonally. Entertainment and dining areas are incorporated

within the roof cloud, while its upper, landscaped surface is designedas the Zorlu Park, providing garden and leisure activities for the

Residential Towers in a semi-private location with a view to the City

and Bosphorus beyond.

Penetrating and interconnecting with the Shopping City and forming

networks of dense points within it, a series of variable use and vari-

able formed towers of about 100 m in height form the northern and

eastern perimeters of the site. The towers are typologically shaped in

relation to their use and responsiveness to sun, wind and view, and

express a variety of languages in an open aesthetic system.

At the northwest site corner along the main boulevard from the Bos-

phorus bridge, the tower buildings of the convention center, conven-

tion hotel and lifestyle hotel and serviced apartments are formed

as two landmark Urban Gates marking the approach axes to the site

and entrance to the new central business district and indicating the

landmark presence of the Zorlu Gateway Center. Three soft-folded

residential high rise towers are placed along the sites quieter, east-

ern edge with a commanding view to the Bosphorus and metropolis

of Istanbul.

Center

Program: Mixed Use Complex,

Shopping, Oce, Residential

Competition: 2007

Site Area: 84,000 m

Floor Area: above Ground 229,860 m

Floor Area: below Ground 341,760 m

Client: Zorlu Property Development &

Investment Inc., Istanbul, Turkey

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completed

(selection)

Martin LutherChurchhainburg, austria20082011

Pavilion 21MINI Opera Spacemunich, germany20082010

Central Los Angeles AreaHigh School #9 for theVisual and Performing Arts

los angeles, california, usa20022008

BMW Weltmunich, germany20012007

Akron Art Museumakron, ohio, usa20012007

Academ of Fine Artsmunich, germany1992/20022005

Apartment Building

Gasometer Bvienna, austria19952001

SEG Apartment Towervienna, austria19941998

UFA Cinema Centerdresden, germany

19931998

Rooftop RemodellingFalkestrassevienna, austria1983/8788

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Churchhainburg, austria20082011

In less than a year a protestant church together with a sanctuary, a

church hall and supplementary spaces was built in the centre of the

Lower Austrian town Hainburg, at the site of a predecessor church

that doesnt exist anymore since the 17th century.

The shape of the building is derived from that of a huge table, with

its entire roof construction resting on the legs of the table four

steel columns. Another key element is the ceiling of the prayer room:

its design language has been developed from the shape of the curvedroof of a neighboring Romanesque ossuary the geometry of this

century-old building is translated into a form, in line with the times,

via todays digital instruments.

The play with light and transparency has a special place in this proj-

ect. The light comes from above: three large winding openings in the

roof guide it into the i nterior. The correlation of the number Three to

the concept of Trinity in the Christian theology can be interpreted as a

deliberate coincidence.

The church interior itself is not only a place of mysticism and qui-

etude as an antithesis of our rather fast and media-dominated

times but also an open space for the community.

The sanctuary gives access to the glass-covered childrens corner,

illuminated by daylight, which accomodates also the baptistery. The

actual community hall is situated behind it: folding doors on the

entire length of the space between the two main chambers allow for

combining them to one continuous spatial sequence. An folded glass

faade on the opposite side opens the space towards the street.

A third building element, a longitudinal slab building along a small

side alley, anks both main spaces and comprises the sacristy, the

pastors oce, a small kitchen and other ancillary rooms. A handi-capped accessible ramp between the three building components

accesses the church garden on higher ground.

The sculptural bell tower at the forecourt constitutes the fourth ele-

ment of the building ensemble.

Like other projects of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU the roof elements of the

church building were assembled in a shipyard. The implementation

of the intricate geometries required specic technologies of metal-

processing and manufacturing only available in shipbuilding indus-

try. The reference to shipbuilding is at the same time also reminiscent

of Le Corbusier who served as an important role model, not least

because of his La Tourette monastery.

Program: Church



Completion: 04/2011

Site Area: ca. 420 m

Gross Floor Area: 289 m

Structural engineering:

Bollinger Grohmann Schneider ZTGmbH, Vienna, Austria

Construction Surve: Spirk & Partner ZT

GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Client: Association Freunde der Evan-

gelischen Kirche in Hainburg/Donau,

Austria

User: Evangelische Pfarrgemeinde A.B.

Bruck a.d. Leitha Hainburg/Donau,

Austria

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MINI Opera Space

The Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space is a temporary mobile perfor-

mance space for 300 visitors to be located on the Marstallplatz in the

City of Munich. It is intended to be used for a wide range of events at

the annual Opera Festival 2010 and then to travel to other locations.

The design approach studies the impact of physical inuences on

our hearing perception and how to apply soundscape eects to alter

our sensation through transforming and adopting building volumesand their material specications. Contrary to our built environment

sound or music has no present materiality so it is always perceived at

the moment of its generation. Because of this i mmediate perception

of sound our sensations could range from supreme beauty to painful

intolerability. In architecture and urban planning soundscaping de-

sign approaches of exterior spaces are barley recognized and hardly

ever applied therefore many public spaces are unattractive in our

psychological perception.

The design goal for the pavilion is to impact a unique soundscape by

helping to reduce the apparent noise and to create a zone of silence

next to the pavilion. Creating an absolute zone of silence is techni-

cally not possible, but this term used here is intended to describe an

area where you can sense a change in the soundscape that gives the

impression of a quieter environment.

This strategy for achieving this concept uses three mechanisms,

rstly the shielding eect of the plaza to block sound from the road,

secondly the shaping of the pavilion surface to collect and deect

sound and thirdly the material characteristic of the Pavilion surface

to absorb and reect sound.

The Pavilions spatial structure acts here as a transformator that

changes our perception and sensation of the soundcape and music

on the plaza around the Pavilion and inside the performance space.

Parallel to acoustical approaches and simulations, the generation

of the form of the Pavilion was driven by the concept of material-

izing music into architecture. Selected sequences of songs become

dynamic forces that transform and create spatial form. Here wetranscribed a sequence of Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze Scuse me

while I kiss sky. Analyzing the frequencies of the sound le and

linking it to the computer generated 3D model, the scripting tool then

parametrically transforms the shell into pyramid shapes like spikes.

Music is frozen and creates architectural space.

To meet internal acoustics design objective, the proposal includes

provision for a combination of perforated sound absorbing panels

and pyramid-shaped, non-perforated sound diusing panels on the

side walls and ceiling, with a sound reective oor and stage. Sound-

reective parallel surfaces between the side-walls and between the

oor and ceiling are avoided here and are therefore tilted and rotated

in relationship to the generated exterior shape.

The interior performance space has overall clear dimensions of 21 m

length and 17m width and a variable clear height from 6m to 8m. The

backstage service area is conceived as a exible open space for art-

ists changing room and storage.

Site Area: 1.790 m

Net Area: 430 m

Gross Area: 560 m

Footprint: 560 m

Volume: 4.350 m

Height: 12.5 m

Length: 38.5 m

Width: 25.5 m

Acuisition/Stud: 02/2008



Opening: 06/2010

Building Costs: Eur 2.1 Mio Net

(Excl. Vat)

Client: The Free State of Bavaria

represented by The Bavarian State

Opera Munich, Germany

munich, german20082010

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Program and SiteThe Central Los Angeles Public High School for the Visual and Per-

forming Arts of the Los Angeles Unied School District (LAUSD) is part

of phase II of LAUSDs rigorous state bond funded plan to have 155

new schools built in its district by 2012. It is located on a 9.8 acre

site on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The school will be a

comprehensive High School and in addition will oer courses in the

Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Music and Dance. Due to its central loca-

tion on Grand Avenue the High School will be a part of the cultural

facilities along the Grand Avenue cultural corridor, joining the Disney

Concert Hall, Music Center, Colburn School of Music, Museum of Con-

temporary Art and the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels. To fulll its

mandate to be a public facility in keeping with the spirit of the other

facilities on Grand Avenue the school campus will include a profes-

sional performing arts theater for just below 1,000 visitors, a venue,

which so far has been missing in the spectrum of performance facili-

ties downtown Los Angeles. The theater will be used for educational

purposes, will be open to the public and for use by other institutions,

and is equipped with a full stage, orchestra pit, back stage and y-

loft. The school will house approximately 1,800 students organized

in four academies, one for each discipline in the Arts. Accordingly,

the campus is comprised of seven buildings, the theater building,

four classroom buildings, the library and the cafeteria.

The unique central location of the site downtown, separated from

the Grand Avenue corridor by the 101 freeway and thus visually ex-

posed along the edge of one of the most widely used thoroughfares

in downtown Los Angeles, was a determining factor in the decision to

use this site to create LAUSDs agship high school for the Visual and

Performing Arts and together with the program served as the point of

departure for the architectural concept for the school.

Architectural Signs - Chess Concept

COOP HIMMELB(L)AUs design concept is to use architectural signs assymbols to communicate the commitment of the Los Angeles commu-

nity to Art. Like chess gures three sculptural buildings, which relate

to the context of downtown Los Angeles and the program, re-dene

spatially and energetically the otherwise orthogonal arrangement

of the master plan. A Tower gure with spiraling ramp in the shape

of the number 9 located on top of the theaters y-loft serves as a

widely visible sign for the Arts in the city and a point of identication

for the students. Inside the tower, an event, conference and exhibi-

tion space with a view across the city is planned to be located. The

theater complex is placed at the corner of Grand Avenue and the 101

Freeway. The tower connects the school visually and formally with

downtown Los Angeles, and together with the Cathedrals tower the

twin towers will become a new landmark for the city. In addition to

the tower a representational Lobby on Grand Avenue serves as the

public entrance and integrates the school with the Grand Avenue

corridor. Like a bridgehead the Lobby connects the site with the cul-

tural facilities on the other side of the freeway. It is envisioned that

the theater with all its amenities can be made available for public and

commercial events to create additional revenue for the school.

As the symbol for learning and education the Library, or the Space of

Knowledge, is formally expressed through a slanted, truncated cone

and placed in the center of the school courtyard. Inside, the cone pro-

vides a large open space illuminated from above by a circular skylight

thus oering an open, dynamic, but introverted and concentrated

space for contemplation and focused learning. Through its diagonal

position in relationship to the other buildings and its slanted form,

the dynamic, circular building directs views and ows of people

through the school courtyards, changes the perception of the court-

yard space and provides a point of orientation for the students within

the campus.

In addition to the public entrance on Grand Avenue the seven build-

ings frame a second representational entrance, the main school en-

trance, located at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Cesar Chavez

Street and facing the community. The main school entrance is for-

mally expressed through an 80 wide grand open stair, which leads

directly into the main school courtyard with the conical library in its

center and theater and tower in the background. The main entrance

symbolically sets the stage for the students to experience this schoolas a decisive stage in their li fe and education.

To provide opportunities for public spaces within a high school

through the architecture and supported by the performing arts pro-

gram is one of the main contributions of this project to education and

the community, and unique i n contemporary public school buildings

in Los Angeles.

for the Visual and Performing Arts

Program: High School for the Visual and

Performing Ar ts



Completion: 10/2008


Site Area: 39,578 m

Budget: USD 171.9 Mio (include site

and landscaping)

Client: LAUSD, Los Angeles Unied

School District, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Executive Architect: HMC Architects,

Ontario, CA, USA

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In 2000, the BMW Group decided to build a brand-experience and

car-delivery center in close vicinity to the corporate headquarters

and the BMW museum. 275 architects participated in an open in-

ternational competition for the project. In a multi-stage selection

procedure, the design by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU came out winning in

July 2001.

One of the central design ideas is to expand the existing conguration

of the BMW Tower and the museum with an additional element so as

to create a spatial, ideal, and identity-forming architectural ensemble.

The design proposal by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU consists of a large trans-

parent hall with a sculptural roof and a double cone informed by the

relation with the existing company headquarter building.

ConceptionThe realization of the technical building facilities within the scope of

the architecture led to a planning model with ve thematic blocks:

Hall, Premiere, Forum, Gastronomy and Double Cone.

HallA low-tech concept optimized ecologically using high-tech methods

The technical solution here is based on previous experience withlarge halls. All of the necessary features were realized successfully

according to a low-tech concept. The interrelations of daylight and

articial light with ambient climate and acoustics inuence peoples

feeling of well-being in the Hall. The concept for the technological

building systems takes up these relationships and integrates them

in an interdependent manner, adapting their range of i nuence by

modifying their dimensions or building in appropriate control mecha-

nisms. A major goal in designing the systems was to save energy.

This aim is achieved by minimizing the mechanical apparatus for ven-

tilation, heating and cooling. The gigantic Hall is thus conceived as a

solar-heated, naturally ventilated sub-climatic area, a multifunctional

space that does not follow the otherwise customary requirements forheating and ventilation.

PremiereExhaust gas diusion prevented through negative pressure

The key task of the new BMW Welt is to deliver cars in the Premiere

section with all concepts geared toward enhancing the experience

of delivery. Because of the exhaust gases that this task involves,

special considerations and calculations had to be made in terms

of the ventilation plan, since the Premiere is open to the Hall the

major space in this world of experience. Beyond merely ne-tuning

the volume of air intake and outow currents, it was also i mportant

to extract the exhaust fumes directly and pump in fresh air. Planning

here was based on an assumed turnover of 40 cars per hour, or 250

cars per day.

ForumAroom-in-a-roomformaximumexibility

The Forum is a separate event area for up to 1.200 persons, equipped

to meet all the specications for a full-edged theater or conference

room.

TowerIslandsolutionsplacehighdemandsonbuildingsystemstoensure

well-being

The technical equipment discreetly supports the gastronomic func-

tions. In places where guests spend longer periods of time, air

sources are placed near the oor. In order to ensure pleasant air

quality even near the glass faades, the vertical faade support pro-

les are heated to prevent the cold downdrafts typical for this kind ofconstruction.

DoubleConeAn event space oering all the options of a public assembly place

The Double Cone is used as an exhibition space and for special

events. Air is brought in by means of a low-induction system along

the base of the faade and streams into the roof through the opening

at the top of the cone. Floor air conditioning and air circulation cool-

ers in the wall and oor areas ensure the necessary comfort level.

In the in-between seasons, natural ventilation via faade shutters is

used. The structural design of BMW Welt represents a special chal-

lenge when determining how to conduct supply lines. Because of thevast support-free space, which is borne by only 11 columns plus the

elevator shafts, the supply cross-sections for the Lounge oors and

the Tower had to be integrated into the few supporting core cross-

sections. This situation necessitated close coordination at a very

early project phase between those responsible for structural engi-

neering, the routing of facility services and building technology.

Program: Event Exhibition and

Automobile Delivery Center




Opening: 10/2007

Site Area: 25,000 m

Gross Floor Area: approx. 73,000 m;

Budget: above EUR 100 Mio

Client: BMW AG, Munich, Germany;



GmbH, Frankfurt/M., Germany

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Art Museum

Museum as Urban SpaceThe concept of museums has changed radically since the miracle

chamber ("Wunderkammer") of Rudolf II and Ferdinand II in the 16th

century.

The museum of today is no longer conceived only as an institution

for the storage and display of knowledge, it is an urban concept. The

museum of the future is a three-dimensional sign in the city which

exhibits the content of our visual world. Museums are no longer only

exhibition spaces to display diverse forms of digital and analog vi-

sual information, but they also function as spaces that cater to urban

experiences.

This means that art should be able to ow out of the building and the

city should be able to ow inside. This zone becomes a hybrid space

where various types of people can meet and unexpected events can

occur. Rather than going to the museum simply to look at art, visitors

are encouraged to engage in artistic discourse, attend music and arts

festivals, or to simply pass the time until an appointment. Our design

is therefore an urban connector as well as a destination point.

Design

The building is broken up into 3 parts: the Crystal, the Gallery Box,and the Roof Cloud. The Crystal serves as the main entry and oper-

ates as an orientation and connection space serving both the new

and old buildings. It is a grand, exible space that can also be used

for banquets, arts festivals, and events hosted by outside organiza-

tions. The traditional idea of a banquet hall as an enclosed isolated

event space dissolves away into a visible, public experience.

The energy necessary for lighting, heating and cooling the Crystal is

minimized by strategic building massing and extensive daylighting.

The mass and location of the Gallery Box and High Roof protect the

southern oriented Crystal glazing from direct sunlight. At the same

time the reectivity of the faade material raises natural light levels

in the Crystal and reduces the need to power articial li ght sources.

The Crystal utilizes microclimate zones as a heating and cooling con-

cept. These dierent zones are determined by analyzing the type and

anticipated length of occupancy in various areas of the crystal and

are conditioned through optimization of active and passive means.

By eliminating the need to condition the entire air volume in the Crys-

tal, and by focusing the energy used to condition the space in the

areas where people are located, operating costs and energy use are

signicantly reduced. The interior of the Gallery Box is an expansive

space which has very few columns and is therefore extremely exible

for varying exhibition requirements. A large freight elevator brings

oversized works to and from the storage areas and serves as a link

between the loading dock and Gallery Box. Natural light is eliminated

in the galleries so that it can be strictly controlled and damage from

sunlight can be eliminated.

The oors of the Gallery Box and Crystal are composed of poured in

place concrete slabs with water lled tubes that supply heating and

cooling by changing temperature state of the massive oor slab. This

radiant oor system is more ecient than simple forced air systems

because it uses the mass of the concrete as a storage device which

delivers a stable continuous source of heating and cooling. Forcedair systems are much less ecient than radiant systems because of

the extra work required by the system when occupancy loads sud-

denly change and create a far higher burden of use of non-renewable

resources.

The Roof Cloud, which hovers above the building, creates a blurred

envelope for the museum because of its sheer mass and materiality.

It encloses interior space, provides shade for exterior spaces, and

operates as a horizontal landmark in the city.

Program: Museum of Contemporary Art


Design Development: 2002


Completion: 06/2007

Opening: 07/2007

Site Area: 8,370 m

Total usable Floor Area: 8,244 m

Existing building (renovated) usable

Floor Area: 2,367 m

Extension (new construction) usable

Floor Area: 5,877 m

Building Costs: USD 20 Mio

Client: Akron Art Museum, Ohio, USA

akron, ohio, usa20012007

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View towards 1899 Building , Main Entrance an d Gallery Bo Rolan d Halbe

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Academof Fine Arts


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The project was to expand the Academy of Fine Arts

in Munich, built in 1876.

COOP HIMMELB(L)AUs design concept is based on the idea of trans-

forming the three dierent urban spatial systems which come to-

gether on the site. Those three are the axial system of Leopoldstrae

/ Akademiestrae containing its stately buildings, the structure of

Schwabing, developed over time i nto small-scale, dierentiated

buildings, and the garden areas of Leopoldpark and Akademiegarten

which hold historical trees under landmark conservation.

The resulting open conguration of buildings locked together pro-

duces a sequence of transitory connecting spaces between the park

and urban spaces: the glass facade acting as a media membrane, the

gate to the Academy, the inner court, the studio terraces functioning

as both the connecting link to the park and the gate to the park. This

conguration then takes on dierentiated relationships to the exte-

rior spaces.

Diagonal ramps and gangways connect the functional areas of the

various parts of the building and thus the dierent departments. In

this way, an energized complex is created, which corresponds ideallyto the diversity of needs of creative activity. Connections arise be-

tween painting studios, the plastic workshop, sculpture studios, the

media workshop, photography studios and the print workshop.

The studio for sculptors lies on the g round oor in two sections of the

building and spans across terraces to the park; those of the painters

and the guests are in the upper studio oors and are connected to

the roof terraces.

Workshops are located in all parts of the building. The meeting room

and the rectors oces are connected to the administrative section

by means of an open gangway.

By covering the central inner court with a roof, an additional space is

created which integrates the conglomerate of dierent spaces into

a unied whole and at the same time allows the building complex to

be more economical in terms of energy eciency. The minimal extra

costs brought about by the spacious hall are more than oset by op-

timization of energy consumption over the middle and long term. The

inner court opens up through a glass facade to the city i n the south

and to the park in the north.

A public space, the caf is situated such that it can be connected to

the inner court by means of mobile wall ele ments, making it into ex-

hibition space. It is oriented towards the city over the south terrace.

The two to four story buildings are planned as solid wall construction,the cantilevered building parts as steel truss constructions.

Program: Art Academy

Competition: 1992

Usable Floor Area: 5,666 m


Gross Volume: 44,761 m


Construction Documents: 20022003


Completion: 10/2005

Total Construction Costs (gross): 15.2

Mio Euro;

Client: Freistaat Bayern, Germany

Structural Engineering:

Planungsgruppe Brachmann, Munich,

Germany

munich, german1992/20022005

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View towards Main Ent rance Duccio Malagamba

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Apartment BuildingGasometer B


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The four historical Gasometers originally housed the tanks for the

gas supply of Vienna. After the closure of these Gasometers the in-

terior elements were dismantled, leaving the classical facades. The

specic location of these Gasometers within an industrial site as well

as the unusual character of the resulting spaces led to the Gasom-

eters often being used for diverse cultural activities.

The location of the project presents a special opportunity to develop

the urban fabric of Vienna by means of various alterations of the

transportation system, such as the extension of the U3 subway and

the construction of the North-East Highway.

In addition to COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, three other architectural teams

are working out new living opportunities to be realized in the remain-

ing Gasometers. An Entertainment Center and Shopping Mall are

also integrated into the complex, making it into a new city center.

The concept of the COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Gasometer B adds three new

volumes to the existing facade: The cylinder inside the Gasometer,

the striking addition of the shield that is visible from outside, and

the multifunctional event hall situated in the base of the Gasometer.

Inside the cylinder and the shield are apartments and oces. The

lighting for these inside spaces is p rovided by the conical innercourt,

and that for the outside through the historical Gasometer wall. The

lighting for the shield is provided through a spacious north-oriented

glass facade with loggias.

The 360 apartments oer dierentiated living forms, ranging from

3-room-maisonette-apartments and loft-apartments to smaller ones

like student apartments. By combining oce and apartment uses,

new ways of working and living are expected.

The Gasometer - separated dierently for inhabitants and for visitors -

can be accessed either from the outside via Guglgasse, or directly from

the subway station through the connecting shopping mall. The mall

connects all Gasometers on the ground level. Inside the Gasometer B

a spacial and functional buer between the event hall and the apart-

ment/oce wing is created. Internal communication is thereby inten-

sied. The "Sky-Lobby" on the 6th oor creates a social space for the

inhabitants. Other remaining spaces can be used as common areas.

The foyer of the event hall is connected with the subway both by

means of the "Night-Mall" of the Gasometer A, and directly through

an entrance at Guglgasse. T he "Night-Mall" also hosts common

spaces, thus becoming a transit area for people arriving or leaving

the event hall.

Program: Residential, Shopping,

Event Hall



Construction: 12/19982001

Completion: 09/2001


Volume: 132,000 m

Height: 60 m

Budget: EUR 47.24 Mio

Client: WBV Wohnbauvereinigung fr

Privatangestellte, Vienna, Austria

Structural Engineering: Fritsch-Chiari,

Vienna, Austria

vienna, austria19952001

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Dialogue of Old and New Gerald Zugmann 59

SEGApartment Tower


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Located between Wagramerstrae and Kratochwilestrae and ad-

jacent to the "Alte Donau" metro station, the 60m high SEG - Tower

from COOP HIMMELB(L)AU forms in conjunction with two other pro-

jected high-rise buildings the new district "Donau - City". The tower

includes 70 apartments, 9 eating facilities, oces and practices on

25 oors.

The complete arrangement captivates by its immediate nearness to

the city core and the shopping center "Donauzentrum" as well as by

its location in one of the favourite leisure districts of Vienna. It is also

captivating due to its striking height and its quality of space, which is

determined by dierent typological concepts.

Twomajorconsiderationswereimportantforthedesignoftheouter

formoftheCOOPHIMMELB(L)AUbuilding:

On the one hand the concept of the tower is based on the idea to put

two houses, one on top of the other, in a way such that a common

space would occur at the intersection. This common space - called a

sky-lobby - is then used for the accommodation of a venue, a play-

ground, a "teleworking caf" and a sundeck. On the other hand the

concept of the so-called climate facade was developed, which is the

linking and surrounding element between the two components.

This is an "intelligent" glass facade that regulates together with the

"air - box" on top of the roof and the circulation core (planned as

heat accumulator) the cooling of the apartments in summer and the

heating in winter. This well calculated system oers a higher level

of comfort during hot weather and a minimizing of costs during the

heating period. Besides its function as a sound protection, the cli-

mate facade provides space for glazed loggias placed in front of the

apartments and comprising two or three oors. These loggias allow

green spaces, not normally seen in high-rise buildings, and a view to

the city and to nature, also uncommon for urban living.

The concept of the glass skin surrounding the building enables anorientation of all buildings towards south.

All apartments (ranging from 55m2 to 130m2) are based on a loft

concept with an open plan and without load-bearing walls. This

concept enables a exible layout of all the apartments. A concierge

located in the two-oor entrance lobby will provide optimal service

for all the inhabitants.

Concept of the Climate facadeThe glass facade, developed from the architectural concept, is in-

tended to passively exploit solar energy. Thus less initial investment

for the energy system is needed and the amortisation period would

be considerably shortened.

It is also planned to power compressor engines by means of wind

energy, which would provide necessary air circulation in the building.

Passive Energ ConceptThe glass facade is the medium through which thermal energy will be

stored as radiant energy potential during winter, spring and autumn.

The facade faces southeast and southwest. The thermal e nergy pro-

duced during daylight hours will be supplied to a thermal reservoir

unit located in the interior of the building. In this way, a milder, more

equitable room climate as compared to the exterior conditions will

be created in the areas of the building directly behind the climate

facade. The exploitation of solar energy will lead to a considerable

reduction in total energy consumption. This is eected on the one

hand by the stabilisation of the dierences in temperature between

the interior living space and the loggia area, and on the other hand

by the direct supply of energy to the apartments from the thermalreservoir inside the core area of the building.

Thermal MassThe central thermal mass is to be a reinforced concrete shaft. To ex-

pedite the energy exchange process, this shaft will be equipped with

heat exchange surfaces, also made of reinforced concrete.

To guarantee heat exchange between the loggia area and the climate

facade, air circulation between the two system areas will be provided

mechanically. This air circulation will be eected by the ventilators in

the thermal mass shaft.

Program: Residential;



Completion: 09/1998

Floor Area: 7,100 m

Volume: 32,000 m

Height: 60 m

Budget: EUR 8.72 Mio

Client: SEG Stadterneuerungs- und

Eigentumswohnungsgesellschaft m. b.

H., Vienna, Austria

Construction Documents: ARGE Eiger

Nord, Vienna, Austria

Structural Engineering: Projektierungs-

bro fr Industrie-, Hoch - und

Tiefbauten AG, Vienna, Austria

vienna, austria19941998

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Sustainable Building technology: Energy Bo on rooftop Duccio Malagamba 61

UFACinema Center


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The Urban Design ConceptThe urban design concept of the UFA Cinema Center confronts the issue

of public space, which is currently endangered in European cities. This

situation is caused by the nancial insolvency of city governments,

which forces the sale of public space to developers, who then propose

monofunctional buildings in order to maximize capital return.

By disintegrating the monofunctionality of these structures and add-

ing urban functions to them, a new urbanity can arise in the city. This

character of this urbanity would not only be determined by functionaldierentiation and the creation of new spatial sequences thereby,

but also by the injection of media events.

The project for the UFA Cinema Center is a result of the urban design

concept developed for the planning competition Pragerstrae Nord.

Pragerstrae was dened as a dynamic spatial sequence, dened by

tangents and diagonals rather than by axis.

The interweaving of public squares, public interiors, and passage-

ways was proposed as a way of energizing and densifying the new

center of Dresden. The junctures between these urban vectors are

dened as public spaces.

The UFA Cinema Center is located at one of these junctures; it is for-mulated as the urban connection between Pragerplatz and St. Peters-

burger Strae. Thereby The Cinema itself is thereby transformed into

a public space.

The Architectural Design ConceptThe design is characterized by two intricately interconnected building

units: The Cinema Block, with eight cinemas and seating for 2600,

and the Crystal, a glass shell which serves simultaneously as foyer

and Public Square.

The Cinema BlockThe Cinema Block opens up towards the stre