Expansion of the Baden-Württemberg State Representation in Brussels

The new building will be constructed behind the preserved historic facade on the site, which is only 17 meters wide but 65 meters deep.

The concept is based on the requirement that the extension of 58 rue Belliard be used by two separate parties. The ground floor and basement are predominantly used by the state representative office. The new front building will be used primarily by the Goethe Institute or, in smaller areas, by third-party tenants of Baden-Württemberg companies.

Inside, the integration of a new garden courtyard has ensured that all public spaces on the ground floor have natural lighting and an outdoor connection. The reorganization of the floor plan allows for a variety of internal connections. All parts of the building are interconnected and can be used together for large events. The green roofs and the regenerative energy supply with drilled piles for geothermal use stand for the sustainability of the new building.

Weinmiller Großmann Architekten Partnerschafts GmbH

Lakeside garden stage Allensbach

New construction of the the lakeside garden stage in Allensbach on Lake Bodensee

Schaudt Architekten GmbH, Konstanz, W+P Landschaften, Berlin

Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament building

A new expansion was built on the site of the previous restaurant in the northwest, which was connected directly to the Deutschhaus via an intermediate structure. On the roof of this building section is the Landtag terrace, which will continue to be accessible from the lobby. The end of the extension is slightly elevated in comparison to the intermediate building and is designed as a clear, cubic building. With its reduced formal language and moderate height, it is less conspicuous than the Deutschhaus and functions as the urban conclusion of the ensemble.

National Park Center on the Ruhestein in the Black Forest

The visitor center of the recently founded Black Forest National Park is located at the pass summit “Ruhestein” (915m asl) in the heart of a unique landscape. The spectacular architecture with the transverse skywalk and the angled observation tower rises deep into the existing forest as a visible sign from afar. Inside the tilted bars of the permanent exhibition, the visitor is taken on a journey through the Black Forest.

Garden residential complex Lenzhalde

Main Station Stuttgart

Neckar Bridge Bad Cannstatt

The railroad bridge over the Neckar River is required in the course of the new construction of Stuttgart’s main station to connect the city and long-distance railroad to the northbound and eastbound lines. It is designed as a composite steel structure with a longitudinal framework consisting of three steel longitudinal beams, each arranged on the outer sides and in the middle of the superstructure – in combination with the steel cables supporting the longitudinal beams. The reinforced concrete deck acts in composite with the regularly arranged cross girders.

Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering in Basel

The basic structure of the new building in Basel generates both a balanced urban form and an organized optimization by bundling functions. The aim of the design for the new laboratory and research building was to create a building structure that would permanently withstand the functional requirements in terms of flexibility, meet the highest technical standards and give the building a balanced yet characteristic appearance.

Train station Staatsgalerie

As part of the Stuttgart 21 project, routes of Stuttgart’s streetcars will have to be rebuilt or reconfigured to make room for the new rail tunnels. This is because the tunnels to the planned station cross the city rail lines on both the north and south sides of the existing station. The Staatsgalerie stop has been raised as required by this work to allow a crossing of the new rail tunnel. The construction work is taking place under cramped conditions in an inner-city street area with high traffic volumes. The new Staatsgalerie stop is being built using the cut-and-cover method as a three-track tunnel with a vaulted ceiling shell.

Modernization German Museum Munich

As part of the major initiative for the future, the exhibitions on the Museum Island will be completely renewed by 2025 and the building will be brought up to the state of the art.

Dr. Elke Kaschl Mohni

Institute Director, Head of the Southwest Europe Region, EU Representative of the Goethe-Institut

Presentation of the National Park Center at Ruhestein

The National Park Center on the Ruhestein is the ideal starting point for an exploration of the National Park. The new building is an example of innovative construction with native woods, and houses the permanent exhibition “A trace wilder” and is a place for educational programs and information about the Black Forest National Park.

Organs. Portraits in sacred space.

Each organ is unique, because it is built individually for the architectural space in which it is to sound. What does this instrument look like up there, whose sound fills a whole church room and enhances church ceremonies so wonderfully? Following the (sound) trail of the organ builders, I traveled to various “organ landscapes” and asked the actual organists of the instruments to introduce their organ to me in their own way.

The result are photographs that interweave the arts of architecture and music with the genre of portraits in the medium of photography and direct the view from people as portrayed to portraits of an instrument

Sunday Morning Photographs and Stage Sceneries

You are a photographer and want to realize a photographic concept, you have gotten hold of one of the few studio spaces and are sharing this place with nine other creative minds.
You can photograph on Sunday mornings, they often say, because you can work undisturbed. Usually, after three hours, someone comes in who still has to finish something. You get used to thinking faster, designing and pressing the trigger. The backdrop is kept simple, the model is well prepared in terms of content and her lips are already red. The photograph should reveal something about her, she should tell me a good story, the finished image should be beautiful, elegant and stylish … a front door key is turned around, the next person wants to realize.

Urban Matters

Faces of the architectural studio ASP, based in Stuttgart, Sofia and Istanbul.