colonia Projects 15 Created 12-Feb-10 By Elena Lluch, Valencia, Spain Kolumba Peter Zumthor museum Tanzbrunnen Peek & Cloppenburg Department Store Academy of Media Arts G75 Kranhaus 1 Rheinauhafen Hotel Chelsea 5 RheinauArtOffice Museum of Applied Art 11 Hauptbahnhof Köln Extension 12 Wallraf Richartz Museum 13 Oswald Mathias Ungers museum 6 Kunst Station St Peter 14 Wiegmann Architekten culture, religion, renovation 7 Museum Ludwig 15 Busmann + Haberer museum 8 Hartmut Gruhl hotel 10 Busmann + Haberer train station BRT Architekten office 4 Schilling-Architekten office City Pavilion Antoniter Church Rudolf Schwarz museum JSWD Architekten education 3 Renzo Piano commercial space, shop Ulrich Coersmeier cafe, exposition space, information centre Frei Otto canopy, dance theater, pavilion, theatre 2 Zeit Café 16 HAGATEC cafe 9 Freigeber Architekten office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 1
photo: Hélène Binet photo: Hélène Binet Kolumba Kolumbastraße 4 50667 Cologne http://wwwkolumbade/ Kolumba is the art museum of the archbishopric of Cologne As combination of place, collection and architecture it allows the visitor to experience two millennia of western culture in one building housing art from late antiquity to the present The architecture combines the ruins of the late Gothic church St Kolumba, the chapel Madonna in the Ruins (1950), the unique archaeological excavation (1973-1976), and the new building designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor The warm grey brick of the massive building unite with the tuffs, basalt and bricks of the ruins A secret garden, stone ruins, a uniquely dense archaeological site: the ruins of the gothic church in the center of rebuilt Cologne are the most impressive symbol of the city s almost complete destruction during the Second World War Kolumba allows visitors to immerse themselves in the presence of their memories and offers them their own experiences on their way Floor area/size 9-2007 6200 m² Peter Zumthor Erzbistum Generalvikariat MI_MOA photo: Hélène Binet Wednesday to Monday 12 to 5 pm closed on Tuesdays http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 2
photo: HJ Imhoff photo: HJ Imhoff Tanzbrunnen Rheinparkweg 1 50679 Cologne http://wwwkoelnde/ausgehen/locations/tanzbrunnenhtml Open air theatre alongside the river Rhein, over a dance floor The pavilions are located next to the entrance of the Rheinpark The theatre is still in use for concerts and meetings Floor area/size 1957 730 m² Frei Otto City of Cologne HJI photo: HJ Imhoff 24/7 The entrance to the Rheinpark is next to the massive "Köln Kongress" centers, alongside the river Just outside the city-centre, on the other side of the river than the Dom http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 3
photo: Thomas Bögl photo: Thomas Bögl Peek & Cloppenburg Department Store Schildergasse 65-67 50667 Cologne This structure by Renzo Piano is a rather strange department store in the centre of Cologne It definitely is a landmark in the city and helps to orientate within it It's glass façade shows high ambitions and the wooden structure which sustains the glass panels is highly sophisticated and elegant You enter the building at its rear end and will only be able to experience it's beauty by climbing behind the stalled goods 2005 Renzo Piano Peek & Cloppenburg Thomas_Boegl photo: Thomas Bögl Monday - Thursday: 10:00-20:00 / Friday: 10:00-21:00 / Saturday 10:00-20:00 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 4
photo: Piotr Krajewski Academy of Media Arts Filzengraben 2 50676 Cologne http://wwwkhmde/ Through a new extension, the Academy of Media Arts (Die Kunsthochschule für Medien-KHM) has an assured future at its location to the south of Cologne's inner city A complex arrangement of uses is accommodated on a tight site in Filzgraben Three building blocks make up the main functional units: the main building to the street with auditorium and workspaces; the studio building with film studio area and the cafeteria pavilion The buildings surround a campus-like courtyard, which can be used for a variety or purposes, and offers terraced areas for the cafeteria pavilion The courtyard, with its play of levels, is the identity-reinforcing middle point of the complex It is surrounded by formally reduced, sculptural architecture, which demonstrates the strength of the monolithic This conceptual approach is emphasised by the use of large-format Italian sandstone cladding (Pietra Sirena), full-storey high in some areas (text from website architects) Public access unknown! Floor area/size 2004 3500 m² JSWD Architekten Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 5
photo: Piotr Krajewski G75 Gereonswall 75 50668 Cologne The property of the G75 Office Building on Gereonswall 75 in Cologne is one of the typical Cologne 'interplaces' It used to be farm land in the Middle Ages as part of the 'Kümpchenshof' Since the Second World War it was used as a public parking lot Strictly the new office building does not interact with its surroundings, as its own spatial characteristics and logic develops internally The first floor is free of office use and is available to public use The upper floors are used by the office of Schilling-Architekten Public access unknown! 2002 Schilling-Architekten pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 6
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Kranhaus 1 Rheinauhafen Rheinauhalbinsel 50678 Cologne http://wwwkranhaus1de A new office space, with 'spectacular' design on a unique location at the River Rhine It is located on top of the Rheinauhafen car park, "Europe's longest underground car park", which stretches over a length of 1,600 meters under the area Project is not public! Floor area/size 2008 16000 m² BRT Architekten Bjorn_Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 7
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Hotel Chelsea Jülicherstr 1 50674 Cologne http://wwwhotel-chelseade An artists' hotel featuring "Artists in residence" The roof area has recently been developed in a deconstructionist style by architect Hartmut Gruhl, on top of a rather unpretentious building from the Sixties The result of this is seven new luxury rooms The other rooms are more ordinary and cheaper too It looks like a sculpture on a pedesta Some rooms have split-level, most of them with their own roof-top terrace The oblique construction creates unusual and exciting spaces with wide views from the wall-high cantilevered windows photo: Bjorn Utpott 2001 Hartmut Gruhl Bjorn_Utpott +49 221 207150 mail@hotel-chelseade Location great in pleasant neighbourhood with plenty of shops and restaurants, 20 mins walk through excellent shopping area to the old twon centre and the dome (or 2 tram stops) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 8
RheinauArtOffice Bayenwerft 50678 Cologne http://wwwrheinauhafen-koelnde/rheinauartoffice Freigeber s and Schuett s have designed a new office space for Microsoft s North-Rhine Westphalian, within the new development area Rheinauhafen Essentially, the facade of the proposed building complex consists of two supporting, asymmetrical belts which, shifted against each other, loop through the whole edifice, thus connecting two individual rhomboid building units in a sculptural way To ensure a maximum of spatial efficiency, the external parts of the building, which are situated on a flood protection platform, were supplemented with a two-storied bridge constructionthe open space under the bridge opens up a stage-like view of the docks photo: Bjorn Utpott Floor area/size 2008 8700 m² Freigeber Architekten Schuett architects RheinauArtOffice GmbH & Co KG Bjorn_Utpott http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 9
City Pavilion Antoniter Church Schildergasse 14 50667 Cologne http://wwwcafe-stantonde/ In the middle of the busy Cologne Schildergasse stands a medieval evangelical church as quiet place In the midst of the commercial street Schildergasse with overloaded store fronts, this place offers a moment of peace and withdrawal: the prayer, the lighting of a candle, inner reflection Around 20,000 people walk past here every hour The adjacent City Pavilion is located behind the church and can be reached from both sides, coming from the Schildergasse It contains a public café (Café Stanton), an exposition place and meeting room The cubical volume opens up to a secure rear garden with quiet intimacy Between an ancient and modern venue the public terrace offers nice views towards the next shop-aholic destination: the Peek & Cloppenburg department store nextdoor Floor area/size 2000 335 m² Ulrich Coersmeier Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Köln, Antoniterkirche Naomi tel 0221-2710710 email: info@cafe-stantonde Monday-Friday: 09:30-01:00h Saturday: 09:00-01:00h Sunday: 10:00-01:00h From the east on Neumarkt, walk into the shoppingstreet Schildergasse, and after 200m on the right is the cafe, behind the Antoniterkirche More information about the church: http://wwwantonitercitykirchede/ http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 10
Museum of Applied Art An der Rechtschule D-50667 Cologne http://wwwmuseenkoelnde/museum-fuer-angewandte-kuns t/ The Museum für Angewandte Kunst (in short MAK) shows 20th century design in a great post-wwii building, designed in 1957 by Cologne architect Rudolf Schwarz Originally this building was designed for the the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and later housed Museum Ludwig The design department gives visitors the opportunity to study design in its close relationship with works of fine art Under the title 'Art + Design in Dialogue' the new permanent design exhibition highlights the complex interplay between design and art and contextualize it within it's political social and artistic framework 20th century design by pioneering designers, juxtaposed with outstanding works of fine art The building was sensitively renovated by the Cologne architect Walter Lom in 1983 1957 Main designer, Rudolf Schwarz Walter von Lom Naomi Tuesday to Sunday 11 am - 5 pm Public tours: Saturdays, Sundays 230 pm, wednesdays 11 am Tel: +49/221/221-23860 and -26714 Library: Tuesday to Friday 11 am -5 pm Tel +49-221-221/26729-26713 - 221/23394 mfak@stadt-koelnde The Museum has a great lunch room and open air inner courtyard! Subway, tram, bus: Dom/Hauptbahnhof http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 11
Hauptbahnhof Köln Extension Köln Hauptbahnhof Cologne http://wwwbahnhofde/site/bahnhoefe/de/west/koeln/koel n hbfhtml Köln Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as ''Cologne Central Station'', short form: Köln Hbf) is the main train station for the city of Cologne in western The station is an important local, national and international hub On an average day, about 250,000 travellers pass by, leaving it tied with Hanover and Düsseldorf for fifth busiest station in The automatic baggage locker facility with over 1,000 located underground baggage compartments is another feature of the Cologne railway station The station's building also hosts a large shopping mall, the Colonaden In 1945 architect and urban planner Rudolf Schwarz called Cologne the "world's greatest heap of debris" In 1957 the station was rebuilt after the centre of the city was wiped out s Schmitt and Schneider designed the new entry hall and the bowl shaped roof In 2000 the station was renovated and expanded by Busmann + Haberer 2000 Busmann + Haberer Naomi Every day Shops and eateries are also open on Sunday The station is situated next to the Cologne cathedral http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 12
Wallraf Richartz Museum Obenmarspforten 50667 Cologne http://wwwmuseenkoelnde/wallraf-richartz-museum/ The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud is Cologne s oldest museum and one of the foremost picture galleries in It shows European painting from the 13th to the early 20th century and has one of the world s leading collections of mediaeval painting, with Stefan Lochner s Madonna of the Rose Bower as its greatest attraction Other highlights include works by the Baroque masters, ranging from Rubens and Rembrandt to Murillo and Boucher, the German Romantics, French Realism, and Impressionism A competition in 1996 for a new building between the so-called war Rathauspatz and the ruins of St Alban was won by the Cologne architect Oswald Mathias Ungers The new building stands on a historical basis and is of numerous witnesses to the centuries-old architectural history of this place Excavations of a Roman temple, and medieval cellars can be seen in the basement of the museum, and behind the entrance lie the church ruins of St Alban 2001 Oswald Mathias Ungers Naomi Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm Every Thursday 10 am to 10 pm Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 6 pmclosed Mondays, as well as on 24, 25 and 3112 and January 1st tel: 0221-221/2 11 19, wallraf@museenkoelnde Restaurant Bistro WallRichEck, Tel + 49-221-9923750 Subway: station Dom/Hauptbahnhof (Central station) Bus: station Rathaus Tram: station Heumarkt Car: Parking facilities can be found in the direct vicinity http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 13
Kunst Station St Peter Leonhard-Tietz-Strasse 6 50676 Cologne http://wwwsankt-peter-koelnde/ Located in the center it's the last preserved Gothic cathedral in the city, originally built (1513-1525) as a 3-aisled gallery basilica The Romanesque west tower dates from 1170 Together with the neighboring Cecilia Church, the current Schnütgen Museum, this is the only surviving twin church plant in Cologne Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Köln (Cologne Saint Peter Art Center) at Jesuit Church of St Peter is almost a religious experience unto itself It's a sensuous haven for contemporary art exhibitions from the likes of David Salle, Rosemarie Trockel, Francis Bacon, Anish Kapoor, Cindy Sherman and many others Especially the permanent objects like 'Crucification of St Petrus' by Peter Paul Rubens (ca 1639) combines to a meaningful unity with the modern cross altar by Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida Religion, contemporary art and music in a simple architectural space, with a clarity of basic material selection, sophisticated lighting all correspond with the various exhibited objects 2000 Wiegmann Architekten Katholische Kirchengemeinde Sankt Peter Naomi Tuesday - Saturday: 11-17h Sunday: 13-17h Monday closed Kunst-Station also proudly offers the attending public many aural delights from its concerts performing contemporary, original music Be sure to make room in your plans for a visit to this glorious place and commune with art Subway to Neumarkt, around the corner of Renzo Piano's shopping mall Peek & Cloppenburg http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 14
Museum Ludwig Heinrich-Böll-Platz 50667 Cologne http://wwwmuseenkoelnde/museum-ludwig/ The Museum Ludwig is devoted to modern art from the beginning of the 20th century The highlight of the museum is the collection of Pop Art built up by Peter and Irene Ludwig - the largest outside the USA In addition, the Ludwigs have bequeathed a considerable collection on the Russian avantgarde from the period from 1906 to 1930 and a collection of several hundred works by Pablo Picasso The overall form of the building is a rhythmic east-west saw-tooth roofscape It is divided into two halves in order to create views and direct access from the Cathedral to the Rhine, involving five different streets and squares around the museum The spatial hierarchy continues inside At the centre of the cross formed by the outdoor streets and squares is the foyer, from where the staircase leads to the different levels and exhibition areas The saw-tooth roof allows an explicit northward orientation, giving evenly distributed natural north light, augmented as necessary by artificial light 1986 Busmann + Haberer City of Cologne Naomi Tuesday - Sunday: 10 18 h Every first Thursday of the month: 10 22 h Monday closed +49-221-221-26165, info@museum-ludwigde On walking distance from the central train station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 15
Zeit Café Tankgasse 11 50667 Cologne http://wwwzeitcafecom/ With the reconstruction of the Cologne railway station the Time Cafe was placed directly underneath the station clock with blue fluorescent tubes, inside the entrance hall The aim was to create a café with so little wall space as necessary and as much as possible to create as much 'Domblick' (view on the nextdoor Dom cathedral) as possible Following conditions of the listed Hauptbahnhof (central train station), the body of the café is exactly like the predecessor architecture 1-2002 HAGATEC Stockheim Hbf-Köln GmbH Naomi http://wwwmimoaeu/users/kinkylla/guides/colonia/ 16