Competition for the Berlin Bauhaus Archive: Volker Staab wins with a tower … – Tagesspiegel

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Still Museum of Berlin: The architect Volker Staab wins the competition for the extension of the Bauhaus Archive on the Landwehr Canal.

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Thanks says Senatsbaudirektorin Regula Lüscher “Ms. Jaeggi who starved for many years has coped and setbacks “, thanks to all involved, thanks especially to the winner: Volker Staab. He is the winner of the competition for the extension of the Bauhaus Archive on the Landwehr canal, named among 41 anonymous submissions of the competition, the result of which was presented on Friday afternoon in the airport Tempelhof. Annemarie Jaeggi, now twelve years director of the Bauhaus Archive, finally already had a winning design in hand – from the Japanese agency Sanaa. . But then just problems with financing, and the planned extension disappeared into the Trash

The 13-member jury has unanimously chosen Staab Architekten

This time it will be different: Regula Lüscher committed – also on behalf of the Federation in half involved in financing – the appointment of the Competition winner Volker Staab. Unanimously, the 13-member jury, chaired by the Berlin architect voted Hilde Léon, the day before for Staab design, a rare unanimous result. And a clear commitment to this very design and the underlying concept

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The Bauhaus Archive, custodian of heritage of this most significant educational institution of the 20th century design and architecture, even for a contemporary life plan at all, has been long enough neglected. As a private institution, supported by a team, it is the State of Berlin as “beneficiaries”, not as a separate device. Overlooking the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus in 2019, however, the necessary financial resources are finite been provided, depending on the country and EUR 28.1 million from the federal government. The extension will not be ready until 2019. Although – there have also taken in attack, competing museum buildings in Weimar and Dessau, the two main varieties of the Bauhaus, in the lead. But that can get over, especially with this impressive design of Volker Staab.

Staab has designed an atrium to the lie the exhibition rooms

Born in Heidelberg (born in 957) is one of the Museum leading builder of our time. In Nuremberg, Schweinfurt and Bayreuth last he has shown that he responds to the respective specific conditions; Museum is not the same museum. Thus, the Bauhaus Archive, his ears in some rather clumsy-sounding name in accordance with, not just a haven of beautiful things, but also an infinitely rich documentation of the Bauhaus, its teachers and students. International archives is perhaps more famous than in Berlin itself, and a good part of the 115 000 visitors a year come from all over the world, precisely in order to study this heritage

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responded Staab design, in which he shields 2300 m² exhibition space entirely by daylight namely arranging ground level, but virtually underground, leaving only a bright, five stories high tower as an exclamation point peaking therefrom. This will be the future entrance, from which you can descend from the visitors in an atrium, around which a horseshoe shape are the new showrooms

The existing buildings -. Designed least by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius in the 60s, if not for the Berlin office – will remain visible in its entirety, from the future of the atrium view is downright directed there. Gropius’ buildings, not really suitable with his years and years imposed glass front to the south as a museum for the light-sensitive objects in the collection should, in future serve as a venue – after a general renovation. 56.3 million Euro – – these are, after all, of the total 21.5 million provided; Staab newly constructed building with 6700 square meters of gross floor space is therefore budgeted 34.8 million euros

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From a “Lucky Day” speaks Senatsbaudirektorin Regula Lüscher. This applies not only to the archive, which finally gets its much needed expansion, but for Berlin as a whole. Because the precious piece of land wedged between the beautifully wooded Landwehr Canal and about noisy traffic roads will be upgraded with the new grandiose. One sees so far, coming from Lützowplatz and the bridge over the canal ago, a car park, on the side runs a difficulty as access to the museum decipherable concrete ramp, of glass, equipped with all kinds of digital toys tower is making a clear statement in the future. Laterally and shielding against the road a flat tract for design shop and café is also provided. You can do both – “low threshold” is the title – also visit without an admission ticket for the museum

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Were there competing with similarly stringent alternatives to Staab design? After all, were among the invitees offices heavyweights like servants – who prepared the Berlin Museum of Natural History glamorous – or the currently strong demand Japanese Kengo Kuma how Rudy Ricciotti from France who has realized in Marseille an excellent museum, or the Berlin duo Sauerbruch Hutton. None of them has honored with one of the five prizes and four merit the jury. Who wants to critically compare the designs, can take all 41 submissions from 5 November in inspection, if they are issued in Holzmarktstrasse 66th Then the winning designs are again seen for three months at the Bauhaus Archive.

Then, the Berlin-based office Staab is already sitting at the preliminary design for the start of construction in 2017 and the inauguration Four years later. For Bauhaus anniversary in 2019, Lüscher announced, “something interesting on the site staged” to be. Well, this kind has in Berlin a good tradition – and a historic Bauhaus building dedicated fit “construction site” eminently

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