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STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH

STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
STUDENT ACCOMADATION IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH
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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Client:
Munich Student Union
Institution under public law
Total construction costs: 45,790,000 euros

Location:
Helene-Mayer-Ring 7
80809 Munich

Data:
Gross floor area: 28,751.20 m2
Gross cubic capacity: 79,241.10 m3
Living space: 14,578.30 m2



Awards:
2016 Prize for Urban District Conservation, Munich
2014 dbPrize ‘Respect and Perspective’
2013 German builder-owner prize for modernisation
2013 best architects 14
2012 Bavarian Housing Construction Prize

Publications:
2014 DETAIL issue 06 Building with concrete
2014 ‘Preserving, interpreting, transforming’, Bavarian Chamber of Architects
2014 BAUMEISTER B4
2014 bauwelt issue 8.14
2012 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice
2012 Building culture guide 64
2012 db 12.2013