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Service Centre on Theresienwiese Architect: Staab Architekten Contractor: Regensburger Metallbua GmbH & Co Owners: City of Munich |
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Photo credit: Werner Huthmacher
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The task was to develop a building which is not interpreted as the first structure on the undeveloped Wies'n field, a building which is more like an infrastructure device for the Oktoberfest. But its appearance is not a problem during the Oktoberfest itself, the problem is the months in between. During the Oktoberfest, its real function should be plain to see. Like a bar of copper, the building unassumingly crouches on the field with its precise and simple shape, and the material of its outer facade makes it blend like a chameleon into the colours of the Theresienwiese. Over time, the facade will accumulate patina and will thus match the colour of the slope behind it even more perfectly. The only aspect of the building's copper facade which reflects its inner structure is the surface pattern of closed and perforated copper sheeting. Areas used for movement are glazed, and then protected from sunlight and vandalism by a perforated metal facade. The cladding all around the building means that all areas which can be reached from the field are protected. Only the inner court-yards, which are not accessible from the outside, have extensive windows. The outer appearance of the building changes when it is in use. Three large gates, which are raised when the centre is in use, clearly mark the three public entrances to the east of the long building for the police, the Red Cross and the lost property office. These entrances provide access to the public areas in the building. German facade prize 2005 |
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 Photo credit: Werner Huthmacher |
Photo credit: Arno de la Chapelle |
Photo credit: Werner Huthmacher |
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