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STUDENT ACCOMODATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE  

STUDENT ACCOMODATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE

Munich, Germany

Project Featured on Oct 09, 2017
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STUDENT ACCOMODATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE

Munich, Germany

Project Featured on Oct 09, 2017
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2013
SIZE
300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft
BUDGET
$50M - 100M
In 1969 architect Günther Eckert took a radical approach in designing a high rise concrete block of apartments as part of the Olympic Village - accommodation for athletes for the 1972 Munich Olympics. The 801 apartments, are externally represented through stacked, exposed concrete frames. The interior of the block, is free of supports, allowing optimal space for the apartments. This approach was diligently implemented in both design and construction, to this day it is an impressive architectural, historic document, of the Olympic grounds.

After 40 years, the house had to be brought up to the current standards of insulation and safety regulations without losing it’s character. The complete exterior support structure and the loggias were packed in a heat-insulating shell. The curtain structure made of prefabricated light-weight concrete, created a similar plasticity of the original building. New window elements and parapet cladding of coated metal sheets, reference the materiality and facade composition of the original building, without copying it. From the original very tightly measured living spaces, more spacious compact apartments with clearly function-defined areas were created.

After the renovation the building retained it’s natural prominence in the Olympic village. The alterations are visable in many carefully developed details but the subtle reference to the period of origin are still present.

This project was exhibited as part of the contribution “Reduce Reuse Recycle _ Ressource Architektur” for the German Pavillion in the 13. Biennale in Venice. It has been widely publizied and has won many prizes: Stadtteilpflege, DB Preis Respekt und Perspektive, Best Architects 14 Award, dem Deutschen Bauherrenpreis.

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