The art academy in Hamburg is to be extended with studios for photo, film and electronic media, plus large showcase-spaces such as galleries, lecture hall, café etc. Rather than placing a self-sufficient new building next to the protected historical structure our proposal originates in a concept of continuously building on the same ideas as the existing structure. All art departments are situated in a couple of houses connected to each other by wings. As the 1950’s refurbishment set its mark on the 1920’s brickwork-monument the new building presents itself in a contemporary design that carefully applies proportions as found on the site. The facades will be executed in brick-red pigmented in-situ concrete

open competition
authorship
Jost Haberland
project leading architect
Grischa Leifheit
client
Municipality of the City of Hamburg
year
2000
gross floor area
8.300 m²