INFORMATION of 24 January 2013 Frankfurt am Main DAM AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY 2012 The 22 best Buildings in and from Germany 26 January 21 April 2013 Deutschen Architekturmuseum DAM, Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am Main, 3rd Floor AWARD CEREMONY AND EXHIBITION OPENING: Fri, 25 January 2013, 19.00 PRESS CONFERENCE: Thu, January 2013, 11.00 GUIDED TOURS: On Saturdays and Sundays 14.00 Max Dudler: Extension Hambacher Schloss, overall concept: LOMA, Photo: Stefan Mülller, Berlin OPEN: Tue, Thu Sat 11.00 18.00 \ Wed 11.00 20.00 \ Sun 11.00 19.00 ABOUT THE EXHIBITION / OFFICE PROFILE MAX DUDLER / JURY STATMENTS 2 PUBLICATION 5 IMPRINT 5 COMING SOON / CONTACT 6
THE 23 BEST BUILDINGS IN AND FROM GERMANY DAM GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2012 / 13 The 2012 / 13 edition of the German Architecture Annual once again presents the finest examples of current architecture in Germany and buildings abroad designed by German architects. This time the Annual features 22 outstanding projects, as answers both to totally different building assignments and locations. This year as well, all the projects will be displayed in an exhibition. A particular focus is on the winner of the DAM Award for Architecture in Germany 2012 Hambach Castle. This prominent setting steeped in history has been converted and extended by Max Dudler (Berlin) in a most sensitive way. The interventions in the historic fabric support these measures or make them visible again. The architects have hence respectfully mastered the challenge of augmenting nearly two millennia of history with contemporary architecture. OFFICE PROFILE MAX DUDLER Max Dudler born in Altenrhein, Switzerland. He studied at the Frankfurt Städelschule, where he was a student of Günter Bock, and later at the Academy of Arts in Berlin with Ludwig Leo. He obtained his diploma in 1979. His first employment in 1981 brought him to O. M. Ungers. In 1986 he established his own firm with Karl Dudler und Pete Welbergen, but since 1992, he started to run his own firm with offices in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Zürich. Dudler has held many teaching positions for example in Venice, Mantua, Dortmund and Vienna. Since 2004 he has been a Professor for Architecture at the prestigious Art Academy in Düsseldorf. JURY STATEMENTS ON THE PRIZE WINNER / HAMBACH CASTLE Neither uncompromisingly oriented to the Now, nor discreetly reserved, Max Dudler develops a formal repertoire that remains closely bound to the autonomous power of his architecture and yet is so agile that it is able to support the castle. Roger Diener Continued building on the project of the European city applying the typology of the thick wall to a new building, Max Dudler has created a magnificent public space. Peter Cachola Schmal Amidst all the short-lived contemporary trends, here is an instance of timelessness. Dudler envelops this key site of European history in a layer of protective space that subtly frames and stoutly fortifies it, that not only adds a new chapter to history but makes the previous ones truly legible for the first time. Meike Weber Max Dudler is not afraid of the rigidity of stone; on the contrary: he finds it to be the most effective form, independent of the fashions of the day, to continue building in a historic setting. PRESSINFORMATION Page 2
Christian Richters By responding with virtuosity to the plastic structure of the setting, May Dudler s sculptural extension to Hambach Castle is a highly matter-of-fact, successful example of continuing to build. Caudia Meixner A more convincing practical embodiment of the concept of continuing to build history is hard to imagine. Christof Bodenbach With this project, Max Dudler demonstrates that continued building can also be an approbriate and effective way to deal with the historic fabric. The result is contemporary architecture that is neither reconstruction nor repair. Lars-Christian Uhlig TRENDS IN CURRENT ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY The tendency of the last years has been approved: A large part of the buildings has been realised in a very close context with existing structures. There is a variety of conversions or extensions, where redevelopments are made use of to increase the quality of rooms and spaces. The charm and the advantages of the old are combined to match with changing requirements and with new elements, remaining highly sensitive for the regarding environments but also contrasting with appealing provocations. In Munich, the Stachus Passagen have been modernised, transforming what was once an inhospitable pedestrian traffic node into a high-quality transfer concourse. Another conversion took place at TextilWerk Bocholt, where the rough charm of the former spinning mill has been melded with the requirements of an arts centre. The temporary quarters for the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe have been designed simple yet elegant and prestigious in a former barracks. The outer skin of a university institute has been reweaved, while redeveloping the whole building energetically and restoring the fine old spatial qualities inside. At the Städel Museum stunning subterranean Garden Halls and a polished transition between the old and new wings have granted a top-class rearrangement and extension. The visitor centre at the Herkules monument in Kassel as built boulder naturally mediates between the car park and the statue. The Museum of the Bavarian Kings adds outstanding exhibition spaces housed in a former hotel to the castle ensemble at Hohenschwangau. A house for two families is a new building that manages, as a modern interpretation of a small-town residence, to blend seamlessly into the existing streetscape. A Waldhäuschen takes its cue from the torn-down original home, looking on the outside like something out of a fairy tale, while offering a cleverly conceived, modern arrangement of living spaces inside. A 1970s lecture hall building has been modernised to equip it for modern demands, while largely preserving its original character. A new campus building in Bremerhaven cuts a striking figure with the extreme cantilever that PRESSINFORMATION Page 3
leans out over its entrance: both providing a protected outdoor space and identity. A third university building is the Centre for Energy Technology, Dresden, which alternately hides its technical inner life behind a cloak of metal baffles or opens up to the outside world at selected places. In a cemetery a small and sensitively designed pavilion for funerals closes a gap. Brand architecture is the name of the game for the adidas company with a research and development building. An artist together with engineers has spanned a canal with a colourful bridge enveloped in a spiral form. A whizzy house for a builders collective offers flexible living space on split levels. And a community centre for all generations with deftly nested spaces closes an urban planning hole between inner city and lake. INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE The variety of the buildings and their uses was also a leitmotif in the examples chosen from abroad. Following the 2010 earthquake in Chile s capital city of Santiago, the Goethe Institut needed a temporary location, which came up with a solution in the form of an office building modified using the simplest of means to achieve high-quality, differentiated spaces. At the opposite end of the scale is the elegant and luxurious glass tower in Sydney which became a flagship for green building. And at last Metropol Parasol is now complete, not an uncontroversial structure, but one that significantly upgrades its site in the centre of Seville, giving the city a new landmark. THE GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2013/13 JURY Roger Diener, Diener & Diener Architekten (chair, prize winner 2011), Basel / Berlin Christian Richters, photographer, Berlin Meike Weber, editor Detail, München Christof Bodenbach, press officer of the Chamber of Architects Hesse, freelance architecture critic, Wiesbaden Claudia Meixner, Meixner Schlüter Wendt, Frankfurt / Main Lars-Christian Uhlig, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development BBSR, Bonn Peter Cachola Schmal, director German Architecture Museum (DAM) Annette Becker, curator German Architecture Museum (DAM) Christina Budde, curator German Architecture Museum (DAM) Yorck Förster, freelance curator and publicist, kuratorenwerkstatt, Frankfurt / Main Christina Gräwe, freelance curator and journalist, kuratorenwerkstatt, Berlin PRESSINFORMATION Page 4
PUBLICATION Peter Cachola Schmal, Christina Gräwe (ed.) GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2012/13 Prestel Verlag german/englisch; Softcover, 216 pages with 220 coloured and 40 b/w images, size 22 x 28 cm ISBN: 978-3-7913-5221-3 Museum shop prize: 29,95 EUR/Book Store Prize: 39,95 EUR IMPRINT DAM Award for Architecture in Germany 2012 The 22 best buildings in/from Germany Published within the German Architecture Annual 2012/13 26 January 21 April 2013 An exhibition by Deutsches Architekturmuseums (DAM) In behalf of the Department of Culture and Science / Culture Board, City of Frankfurt am Main Director Peter Cachola Schmal Exhibition curator Christina Gräwe Graphics and Exhibition Design Deserve Raum und Medien Design, Wiesbaden / Berlin, Mario Lorenz Production of Exhibtion Design inditec, Display & Messegestaltung GmbH, Bad Camberg Poster and invitation card Gardeners, Frankfurt am Main Artist (DAM Award statuette) Harald Pompl Photographer of exhibition photomurals (DAM Award 2012 Hambach castle) Stefan Müller, Berlin PRESSINFORMATION Page 5
Registrar Wolfgang Welker Secretariat Inka Plechaty Administration Yvonne Künstler, Jaqueline Brauer Public Relations Stefanie Lampe Exhibit setup Ulrich Diekmann, Eike Laeuen, Harald Pompl, Beate Voigt; Director exhibit setup Christian Walter Press images for announcements and reports during the exhibition period at www.dam-online.de 6. Februar 26. Mai 2013 UNESCO World Heritage. A tour of Germany 16. Februar 19. Mai 2013 Network Living. Architecture for all Generations DEUTSCHES ARCHITEKTURMUSEUM Press & Public Relations Schaumainkai 43, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, www.dam-online.de Stefanie Lampe, M.A. T +49 (0)69 212 36318 \ F +49 (0)69 212 36386 stefanie.lampe@stadt-frankfurt.de PRESSINFORMATION Page 6