Auer Weber Among Three Finalists in Munich's Gasteig Redesign Competition
After conducting a concert at Munich?s Gasteig concert hall, Leonard Bernstein offered a scathing edict for the building: ?burn it down.?
Courtesy of Auer Weber
After conducting a concert at Munich?s Gasteig concert hall, Leonard Bernstein offered a scathing edict for the building: ?burn it down.?The Gasteig?s behemoth structure of brick and mirrored glass never met Bernstein?s decree. Instead, it has stood for decades, garnering vitriol from those who resent its postmodern aesthetic. In a design competition hosted by the Gasteig, seventeen architecture firms have attempted to change the concert hall and cultural center?s public perception with varied renovation schemes.
Munich Gasteig, built 1984. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gasteig_Philharmonie_14.jpg'>Schlaier</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a>
Among the three firms selected to move on to the next round of the competition is Auer Weber. They will have three months to refine their design before the final winner is chosen. The firm's current design centers around ?amphitheatre-esque steps at the crossing of Rosenheimer Straße and Am Gasteig, over which the future landmark of the copper-toned philharmonic concert hall will rise.? The public steps respond to the present perception that the Gasteig is fortress-like and unwelcoming; they also engage the design c...
Courtesy of Auer Weber
After conducting a concert at Munich?s Gasteig concert hall, Leonard Bernstein offered a scathing edict for the building: ?burn it down.?The Gasteig?s behemoth structure of brick and mirrored glass never met Bernstein?s decree. Instead, it has stood for decades, garnering vitriol from those who resent its postmodern aesthetic. In a design competition hosted by the Gasteig, seventeen architecture firms have attempted to change the concert hall and cultural center?s public perception with varied renovation schemes.
Munich Gasteig, built 1984. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gasteig_Philharmonie_14.jpg'>Schlaier</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a>
Among the three firms selected to move on to the next round of the competition is Auer Weber. They will have three months to refine their design before the final winner is chosen. The firm's current design centers around ?amphitheatre-esque steps at the crossing of Rosenheimer Straße and Am Gasteig, over which the future landmark of the copper-toned philharmonic concert hall will rise.? The public steps respond to the present perception that the Gasteig is fortress-like and unwelcoming; they also engage the design c...
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