Article source: gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
The 28th of April is the big day – the new concert hall in the Kulturpalast in Dresden will be ceremonially opened with a festive program. On the day after, the rooms of the other main functions of the Kulturpalast, i.e. the new central library and the “Herkuleskeule” cabaret venue, will be inaugurated. The refurbishment of the existing part of the building, which is listed as a historic monument, and the new building of the concert hall with about 1,800 seats, which will be used by the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others, have been completed to a design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) who won the competition for the project in 2009.
Design: Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Nicolas Pomränke
Competition design: Verena Coburger
Project management: Christian Hellmund
Design team: Clemens Ahlgrimm, Roman Bender, Stephanie Brendel, Verena Coburger, Ivanka Perkovic, Annette Löber, Anna Liesicke, Ursula Köper, Tiago Henriques, Laia Caparo, Julius Hüpeden, Patrick Machnacki, Giuseppina Orto, Michael Scholz, René Wiegand, Dörte Groß, Florian Illenberger, Laura arskulat (student), Ralitsa Bikova (student), Robin Lauritzen (student), Jessika Krebs (student)
Site supervision gmp: Bernd Adolf, in cooperation with phase 8
Structural design: Professor Pfeifer and partner PartGmbB, structural engineers, Cottbus (more…)
The design concept of the UFA Cinema Center 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.
Photography: Duccio Malagamba, Gerald Zugmann and Hélène Binet
Client: UFA – Theater AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Design Principals: Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky
Design Architect: Tom Wiscombe
Project Architect: Verena Perius
Project Team: Eric Geddes, Alex Hagner, Spencer Hunt, Laura King, Johannes Kraus, Miro Krawczinski, Andreas Mieling, Stefanie Murero, Florian Pfeifer, James Puckhaber, Stefano Pujatti, Jennifer Rakow, Stephanie Reich, Andreas Schaller, Karolin Schmidbaur, Alexander Seitlinger, Bernd Spiess, Michael Volk, Andras Westhausser, Susanne Zottl
Construction Documents: Arge Eiger Nord Vienna; Coop Himmelb(l)au – ATP
Structural Engineering: B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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