Academy of Fine Arts,
Extension,
Munich, Germany
SCOPE OF WORK
ca. 5,000 m² hot-rolled, un-treated, stainless steel sheet cladding for the façade. Glass sliding doors. Atrium glass roofs. Glass sign, entrance façade. Sun protection system.
INNOVATIONS
AND CHALLENGES
Outsize sliding elements 5m high. High precision execution of the stainless steel façade.
DATA
Overall Project Time:
2004-2005
Execution Period:
10 Months
Architecture team, founded in Vienna in 1968. Neo-expressionists of international stand-ing. Rigorously experimental deconstructivists. O-Ton Founding Manifesto: "We want architecture that bleeds, cuts to the quick, exhausts, illuminates, bursts under expansion … architecture must be shocking … cold as ice … hot as fire"
Selected Awards
- 1999, Austrian National Prize for Architecture.
- 2001, European Steel Design Award.
- 2002, Officers of the Order of Arts and Letters, Vienna.
www.coop-himmelblau.at