INFORMATION of 24 January 2013
Frankfurt am Main
DAM AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY 2012
The 22 best Buildings in and from Germany
26 January — 21 April 2013
Deutschen Architekturmuseum DAM,
Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am Main, 3rd Floor
AWARD CEREMONY AND EXHIBITION OPENING:
Fri, 25 January 2013, 19.00
PRESS CONFERENCE:
Thu, January 2013, 11.00
GUIDED TOURS:
On Saturdays and Sundays 14.00
OPEN:
Tue, Thu — Sat 11.00 — 18.00 \ Wed 11.00 — 20.00 \
Sun 11.00 – 19.00
Max Dudler: Extension Hambacher Schloss, overall concept: LOMA,
Photo: © Stefan Mülller, Berlin
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THE 23 BEST BUILDINGS IN AND FROM GERMANY
DAM GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2012 / 13
The 2012 / 13 edition of the German Architecture Annual once again presents the finest
examples of current architecture in Germany and buildings abroad designed by German
architects. This time the Annual features 22 outstanding projects, as answers both to totally
different building assignments and locations.
This year as well, all the projects will be displayed in an exhibition. A particular focus is on the
winner of the DAM Award for Architecture in Germany 2012 Hambach Castle. This prominent
setting steeped in history has been converted and extended by Max Dudler (Berlin) in a most
sensitive way. The interventions in the historic fabric support these measures or make them
visible again. The architects have hence respectfully mastered the challenge of augmenting
nearly two millennia of history with contemporary architecture.
OFFICE PROFILE MAX DUDLER
Max Dudler born in Altenrhein, Switzerland. He studied at the Frankfurt Städelschule, where he
was a student of Günter Bock, and later at the Academy of Arts in Berlin with Ludwig Leo. He
obtained his diploma in 1979. His first employment in 1981 brought him to O. M. Ungers. In
1986 he established his own firm with Karl Dudler und Pete Welbergen, but since 1992, he
started to run his own firm with offices in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Zürich. Dudler has
held many teaching positions for example in Venice, Mantua, Dortmund and Vienna. Since
2004 he has been a Professor for Architecture at the prestigious Art Academy in Düsseldorf.
JURY STATEMENTS ON THE PRIZE WINNER / HAMBACH CASTLE
Neither uncompromisingly oriented to the Now, nor discreetly reserved, Max Dudler develops a
formal repertoire that remains closely bound to the autonomous power of his architecture and
yet is so agile that it is able to support the castle.
Roger Diener
Continued building on the project of the European city – applying the typology of the thick wall
to a new building, Max Dudler has created a magnificent public space.
Peter Cachola Schmal
Amidst all the short-lived contemporary trends, here is an instance of timelessness. Dudler
envelops this key site of European history in a layer of protective space that subtly frames and
stoutly fortifies it, that not only adds a new chapter to history but makes the previous ones truly
legible for the first time.
Meike Weber
Max Dudler is not afraid of the rigidity of stone; on the contrary: he finds it to be the most
effective form, independent of the fashions of the day, to continue building in a historic setting.
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Christian Richters
By responding with virtuosity to the plastic structure of the setting, May Dudler´s sculptural
extension to Hambach Castle is a highly matter-of-fact, successful example of continuing to
build.
Caudia Meixner
A more convincing practical embodiment of the concept of “continuing to build history” is hard
to imagine.
Christof Bodenbach
With this project, Max Dudler demonstrates that continued building can also be an approbriate
and effective way to deal with the historic fabric. The result is contemporary architecture that is
neither reconstruction nor repair.
Lars-Christian Uhlig
TRENDS IN CURRENT ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY
The tendency of the last years has been approved: A large part of the buildings has been realised
in a very close context with existing structures. There is a variety of conversions or extensions,
where redevelopments are made use of to increase the quality of rooms and spaces. The charm
and the advantages of the old are combined to match with changing requirements and with new
elements, remaining highly sensitive for the regarding environments but also contrasting with
appealing provocations.
In Munich, the Stachus Passagen have been modernised, transforming what was once an
inhospitable pedestrian traffic node into a high-quality transfer concourse. Another conversion
took place at TextilWerk Bocholt, where the rough charm of the former spinning mill has been
melded with the requirements of an arts centre. The temporary quarters for the Federal
Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe have been designed simple yet elegant and prestigious in a
former barracks. The outer skin of a university institute has been reweaved, while redeveloping
the whole building energetically and restoring the fine old spatial qualities inside. At the Städel
Museum stunning subterranean Garden Halls and a polished transition between the old and
new wings have granted a top-class rearrangement and extension. The visitor centre at the
Herkules monument in Kassel as built boulder naturally mediates between the car park and the
statue. The Museum of the Bavarian Kings adds outstanding exhibition spaces housed in a
former hotel to the castle ensemble at Hohenschwangau. A house for two families is a new
building that manages, as a modern interpretation of a small-town residence, to blend
seamlessly into the existing streetscape. A “Waldhäuschen” takes its cue from the torn-down
original home, looking on the outside like something out of a fairy tale, while offering a cleverly
conceived, modern arrangement of living spaces inside. A 1970s lecture hall building has been
modernised to equip it for modern demands, while largely preserving its original character. A
new campus building in Bremerhaven cuts a striking figure with the extreme cantilever that
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leans out over its entrance: both providing a protected outdoor space and identity. A third
university building is the Centre for Energy Technology, Dresden, which alternately hides
its technical inner life behind a cloak of metal baffles or opens up to the outside world at
selected places. In a cemetery a small and sensitively designed pavilion for funerals closes a gap.
“Brand architecture” is the name of the game for the adidas company with a research and
development building. An artist together with engineers has spanned a canal with a colourful
bridge enveloped in a spiral form. A whizzy house for a builders’ collective offers flexible living
space on split levels. And a community centre for all generations with deftly nested spaces closes
an urban planning hole between inner city and lake
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INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
The variety of the buildings and their uses was also a leitmotif in the examples chosen from
abroad. Following the 2010 earthquake in Chile’s capital city of Santiago, the Goethe Institut
needed a temporary location, which came up with a solution in the form of an office building
modified using the simplest of means to achieve high-quality, differentiated spaces. At the
opposite end of the scale is the elegant and luxurious glass tower in Sydney which became a
flagship for “green building”. And at last “Metropol Parasol” is now complete, not an
uncontroversial structure, but one that significantly upgrades its site in the centre of Seville,
giving the city a new landmark.
THE GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2013/13 JURY
Roger Diener, Diener & Diener Architekten (chair, prize winner 2011), Basel / Berlin
Christian Richters, photographer, Berlin
Meike Weber, editor Detail, München
Christof Bodenbach, press officer of the Chamber of Architects Hesse, freelance architecture
critic, Wiesbaden
Claudia Meixner, Meixner Schlüter Wendt, Frankfurt / Main
Lars-Christian Uhlig, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial
Development BBSR, Bonn
Peter Cachola Schmal, director German Architecture Museum (DAM)
Annette Becker, curator German Architecture Museum (DAM)
Christina Budde, curator German Architecture Museum (DAM)
Yorck Förster, freelance curator and publicist, kuratorenwerkstatt, Frankfurt / Main
Christina Gräwe, freelance curator and journalist, kuratorenwerkstatt, Berlin
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PUBLICATION
Peter Cachola Schmal, Christina Gräwe (ed.)
GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2012/13
Prestel Verlag
german/englisch; Softcover, 216 pages with 220 coloured and
40 b/w images, size 22 x 28 cm
ISBN: 978-3-7913-5221-3
Museum shop prize: 29,95 EUR/Book Store Prize: 39,95 EUR
IMPRINT
DAM Award for Architecture in Germany 2012
The 22 best buildings in/from Germany
Published within the German Architecture Annual 2012/13
26 January – 21 April 2013
An exhibition by Deutsches Architekturmuseums (DAM)
In behalf of the Department of Culture and Science / Culture Board, City of Frankfurt am Main
Director Peter Cachola Schmal
Exhibition curator Christina Gräwe
Graphics and Exhibition Design Deserve Raum und Medien Design, Wiesbaden / Berlin, Mario Lorenz
Production of Exhibtion Design inditec, Display & Messegestaltung GmbH, Bad Camberg
Poster and invitation card Gardeners, Frankfurt am Main
Artist (DAM Award statuette) Harald Pompl
Photographer of exhibition photomurals (DAM Award 2012 – Hambach castle)
Stefan Müller, Berlin
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Administration Yvonne Künstler, Jaqueline Brauer
Public Relations Stefanie Lampe
Exhibit setup Ulrich Diekmann, Eike Laeuen, Harald Pompl, Beate Voigt; Director exhibit setup
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