werk12

BOAH!

WERK12 in Munich

MVRDV

AAHHH

The design of WERK12 combines a simple form, honest mate­rials, and trans­pa­rent façades. Users can move around the buil­ding in multiple ways: the design’s external circu­la­tion core on the building’s northe­as­tern side is supple­mented by 3.25-metre-wide terraces that surround each floor of the buil­ding. These are connected by external stair­cases curling around the buil­ding to connect these gene­rous open spaces (a playful refe­rence to one of MVRDV’s most famous early projects, the Dutch Pavi­lion at the Expo2000 in Hanover). This public route up the buil­ding blurs the distinc­tion between inte­rior and exte­rior, placing the inte­rior spaces in conver­sa­tion with exte­rior balco­nies. These are addi­tio­nally finished in the same mate­rial as the ground-level side­walks to empha­sise their status as part of the public area of the buil­ding.

OH

The façade is animated by an urban art piece deve­loped in tandem with local artists Chris­tian Engel­mann and Beate Engl, compri­sing bold lette­ring spel­ling out common expres­sions taken from the German version of Donald Duck comics. This 5‑metre-tall lette­ring, and the collo­quial nature of the expres­sions chosen, are a tribute to the graf­fiti culture and exten­sive use of signage found on the old site. At night, the appearance of the buil­ding is trans­formed by its illu­mi­na­tion stra­tegy. Simple geome­tries and honest mate­rials morph into a vibrant light­show.

PUH

“The area of the Werks­viertel-Mitte district has already under­gone such inte­res­ting changes, trans­forming from a potato factory to a legen­dary enter­tain­ment district,” says foun­ding partner of MVRDV Jacob van Rijs. “With our design, we wanted to respect and cele­brate that history, while also crea­ting a foun­da­tion for the next chapter. WERK12 is stylish and cool on one hand, but on the other it doesn’t take itself so seriously – it’s not afraid to say ‘PUH’ to passers-by!”

HMPF

The five floors of the buil­ding are occu­pied by restau­rants and bars on the ground floor, the offices of Audi Busi­ness Inno­va­tions on the top floor, and a three-storey gym in between that includes one storey dedi­cated to a swim­ming pool. WERK12’s floor-to-ceiling glass walls, combined with its loca­tion near to the train station, provide the upper levels with stun­ning views towards central Munich, punc­tuated in places by the lette­ring on the building’s terraces – many of which take on a new meaning when read in reverse.

WOW

A key to the design was in the flexi­bi­lity of the spaces. The building’s extra-high ceilings – with 5.5 metres between each floor – allows for mezza­nines or other level changes to be added by future users. The place­ment of the circu­la­tion on the outside of the buil­ding means that the inte­riors can be easily recon­fi­gured, while also provi­ding struc­tural stabi­lity through the use of the diagonal stair­cases.

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Client

OTEC GmbH & Co. KG
ECKhaus | Atelier­straße 1
D — 81671 München

Opening

2019

Photos

Ossip van Duiven­bode
Halve­ma­an­pas­sage 103
NL — 3011DL Rotterdam

Architects

MVRDV Rotterdam
Achter­klooster 7
NL — 3011 RA Rotterdam
Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, Jacob van Rijs, Fokke Moerel, Markus Nagler, Roy Sieljes and Jona­than Schuster, Antonio Luca Coco, Pavlos Ventouris, Kirill Emelianov

N‑V-O Nuyken von Oefele Archi­tekten BDA
Winze­rer­strasse 44
D — 80797 München

Operator & Address

body + soul
WERK12
Spei­cher­strasse 20
D — 81671 München

 

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Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Seoullo 7017

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Seoullo 7017

Situation before Seoullo 7017

Einer Metro­po­li­tan­re­gion wie Seoul mit rund 25 Mio. Einwoh­nern ist eigent­lich nichts fremd. Die extreme Dichte in der Haupt­stadt Südko­reas verlangt seinen Bewoh­nern alles ab, auch auf den gut und gerne 12-spurigen Straßen im Zentrum. Damit diese ihre Aufgaben erfüllen können, gibt es für die Haupt­schlag­adern kaum Kreu­zungen auf einer Ebene, Unter- und Über­füh­rungen, Tunnel und Einbahn­trassen wech­seln sich ab.

Eines dieser Brücken­bau­werke stammt aus den Sieb­ziger Jahren des vergan­genen Jahr­hun­derts und quert die Bahn­trasse knapp nörd­lich der Seoul Station. Die auf rund 17 m Höhe schwe­bende Beton­piste mit mehreren Ab- und Auffahrten sowie vier Fahr­spuren wies in einer Unter­su­chung von 2006 gravie­rende Mängel auf. Das Brücken­bau­werk mit einer Länge von knapp einem Kilo­meter und mit einer Gesamt­fläche von 10.000 m² sollte abge­rissen werden. 2009 wurde sie zunächst einmal für den Schwer­last­ver­kehr gesperrt.

Architect

MVRDV bv
Achter­klooster 7
NL — 3011 RA Rotterdam

Client

Seoul Metro­po­litan Govern­ment
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Doch gerade mit Blick auf den Erfolg vergleich­barer Projekte wie der High Line in New York und erste Kalku­la­tionen zum Abriss war es nicht verwun­der­lich, dass die Stadt einen Wett­be­werb auslobte, in dem Vorschläge für eine alter­na­tive Nutzung des Brücken­bau­werks gesucht wurden.

Grund­be­din­gung: auto­frei und ausschließ­lich für Fußgänger. Gewonnen haben den Wett­be­werb im Jahr 2015 die Nieder­länder MVRDV mit ihrem „Seoul Skygarden“, dem Geburts­namen von Seoullo 7017. Dieser sollte, so das Büro, eine Art Biblio­thek lokaler Baum­arten werden, ein korea­ni­sches Arbo­retum. Das Baum­ver­zeichnis mit realem Bestand wollten sie alpha­be­tisch ordnen.

Hinzu kommen so genannte „Akti­va­toren“, die je nach Entwick­lung des Ortes hinzu­ge­fügt oder auch wieder entnommen werden können: Teecafés, Blumen­läden, kleine Markt­stände, Bücher­de­pots und Pflan­zen­häuser, die einer Mega­stadt wie Seoul die Idee von Natur einimpfen könnten.

Nach einigen Jahren könnten die auf dem ehema­ligen Brücken­bau­werk gepflanzten Bäume in die anlie­genden Bezirke ausge­pflanzt werden. Damit würde der Himmels­garten eine „urban nursery”. Und die soll über die Jahre durch weitere Treppen, Lifte und Fahr­treppen mit ihrem Umfeld vernetzt werden. Diese wiederum sollen als grüne Arme in die weitere Umge­bung „wurzeln“ und das Grün vom Zentrum aus in die Stadt hinein­tragen.

Opening

2017

Author of text

Bene­dikt Kraft (DBZ)
MVRDV

DRAWINGS

Realisation of Seoullo 7017

Located in the heart of Seoul, a true plant village has been realised on a former inner city highway in an ever-chan­ging urban area accom­mo­da­ting the biggest variety of Korean plant species and trans­forming it into a public 983-metre long park gathe­ring 50 fami­lies of plants inclu­ding trees, shrubs and flowers displayed in 645 tree pots, coll­ec­ting around 228 species and sub-species. In total, the park will include 24,000 plants (trees, shrubs and flowers) that are newly planted many of which will grow to their final heights in the next decade.

Seoullo, the Korean name for Skygarden trans­lates to ‘towards Seoul’ and ‘Seoul Street’, while 7017 marks the over­pass’ cons­truc­tion year of 1970, and its new func­tion as a public walkway in 2017. The pede­stria­nised viaduct next to Seoul’s main station is the next step towards making the city and espe­ci­ally the central station district, greener, friend­lier and more attrac­tive, whilst connec­ting all patches of green in the wider area.

Since the project was won by MVRDV in May 2015, the main chall­enge of the Skygarden has been to trans­form the exis­ting over­pass into a public garden, over­laying a matrix of Korean flora onto the 16m elevated steel and concrete struc­ture. How to trans­form a 1970’s highway into a Skygarden and how to change the daily life of thou­sands of people who cross Seoul’s city centre every day? From the start, MVRDV engaged with this need to change the forgotten and exis­ting infra­struc­ture into a green symbol that will become a cata­lyst for a greener quarter for Seoul. Toge­ther with the muni­ci­pa­lity, local NGO’s, land­scape teams and city advi­sers are committed to accom­mo­da­ting the biggest diver­sity of flora into a strictly urban condi­tion. New bridges and stairs connect the viaduct with hotels, shops and gardens.

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MVRDV was founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries in Rotterdam, the Nether­lands. The prac­tice engages globally in provi­ding solu­tions to contem­po­rary archi­tec­tural and urban issues. A highly colla­bo­ra­tive, rese­arch-based design method involves clients, stake­hol­ders and experts from a wide range of fields from early on in the crea­tive process. The results are exem­plary, outspoken projects, which enable our cities and land­scapes to develop towards a better future.
The products of MVRDV’s unique approach to design vary, ranging from buil­dings of all types and sizes, to urban plans and visions, nume­rous publi­ca­tions, instal­la­tions and exhi­bi­tions.

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SEOULLO 7017 TEAM

Compe­ti­tion
Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries with Wenchian Shi, Kyosuk Lee, Kai Wang, Ángel Sánchez Navarro, Jaewoo Lee, Antonio Luca Coco, Matteo Artico and Jaime Domín­guez Balgoma
Land­scape Archi­tect: Ben Kuipers, Delft, Nether­lands
Local Archi­tect: DMP, Seoul, Korea
Struc­ture: Saman Engi­nee­ring, Seoul, Korea
Local Land­scape Desi­gner: KECC, Seoul, Korea
Sustaina­bi­lity: EAN, Seoul, Korea
Archi­tec­tural Struc­ture: Cross, Seoul, Korea
Indus­trial Desi­gners: Studio Makkink & Bey, Amsterdam, Nether­lands
MEP: Samsin, Seoul, Korea
Traffic Engi­neers: Song Hyun R&D, Seoul, Korea
Lighting Design: Viabiz­zuno, Milan, Italy and Nanam Ald, Seoul Korea
App Design: nhtv, Breda, Nether­lands
Cost Engi­neers: Myong Gun, Seoul, Korea

Design Devlop­ment
Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries with Wenchian Shi, Kyosuk Lee, Mafalda Rangel, Daehee Suk, Daan Zandbergen, Kai Wang, Sen Yang and Dong Min Lee
Land­scape Design: Ben Kuipers land­scape archi­tect, MVRDV
Local Archi­tect: DMP, Seoul, Korea
Struc­ture: Saman Engi­nee­ring, Seoul, Korea
Local Land­scape Desi­gner: KECC, Seoul, Korea
Lighting Design : Rogier van der Heide, MVRDV and Nanam Ald, Seoul Korea

Cons­truc­tion
Team: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries with Wenchian Shi, Kyosuk Lee, Mafalda Rangel and Dong Min Lee
Land­scape Design: Ben Kuipers Land­scape archi­tect

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