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22/04/2018: gmp at UrbanLab #3 in Berlin

Indo-German Perspectives on Future Cities

Date
23 - 27 April 2018

Venue
Berlin – Conferenz: European School of Management in Technology, Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin

Further information
igsi.info/conferenceberlin.html

The challenge of the third UrbanLab edition by IGSI (Integrated Urban Development and Co-production for Indian Cities) will be a concrete transformation project that is looking for ways to unlock inner-city-potentials by implementing smart city elements. Once again, gmp is participating in the conference.

In cooperation with the Technische Universität Berlin, a conference with the title “Dialogue on Smart Cities: Can Human-Centred Innovation Design Digital Futures?“ will stimulate the knowledge transfer of scientists, representatives of government institutions and planning experts. The program of the UrbanLab #3 consists of workshops and an excursion as well.

Projects by gmp in India include Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and the SPM Swimming Stadium in Delhi, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Complex in Chennai, the New Campus IIT in Hyderabad, and a master plan for train station development.

About IGSI
As network of renowned German research and planning institutions, IGSI strives for a knowledge transfer, especially between Germany and India in the sector of Smart Cities. By working on current planning tasksissues, the participants of the UrbanLab will investigate programmatic gaps in recent smart city proposals and will explore methods of integrated and collaborative planning processes, which set individuals and users in the center of urban spaces.

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News

13/12/2017The New City in the City

Official handover of the new Kunsthalle Mannheim building on 18 December 2017

After a construction period of about two-and-a-half years, the new building of Kunsthalle Mannheim will be handed over to the city and its citizens on 18 December 2017. The design by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) is for one of the currently largest museum buildings in Germany which, with its unmistakable appearance, confidently stands amongst the neighboring buildings.

06/11/2017New Urbanity at Nordhafenplatz in Berlin’s Europacity

gmp wins competition for mixed-use areas in Quartier Heidestrasse

In the Heidestrasse precinct within the new Europacity district near Berlin’s central station, mixed-use areas MI 1 and 2 will be built by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The two city blocks frame Nordhafenplatz, the square at Nordhafen (north harbor) that will form the urban center of the emerging neighborhood.

02/11/2017Learning in dialog with old and new

gmp completes the school building of the Cultural and Educational Centre in Alsdorf

The school building of the new Cultural and Educational Centre in Alsdorf has been completed to designs by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The building consists of two mirrored horseshoe-shaped tracts, and combines a grammar school and a secondary school under one roof.

16/10/2017A New Petritor for Rostock

gmp commissioned with a new building in a place rich in history

Rostock will soon have a new entrance to the city, built according to a design by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). After having selected three submissions to the open international competition “Stadteingang Slüterstraße” for further development, gmp has now been officially commissioned.

10/10/2017Playful color scheme for new school building

gmp extends Gyula-Trebitsch school in Hamburg-Tonndorf

The new building for the extension of Gyula-Trebitsch school to the design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) has been completed. During a festive ceremony, the building was officially handed over to Hamburg’s school senator, Ties Rabe, on 14 September; this means that, after the architects had won the competition in 2014, they were able to complete the project earlier than originally planned and within budget.

09/10/2017aac drafts of the newest workshop "Tehran City Garden"

Designs for a New Civic Centre

This year’s autumn workshop of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) was led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Volkwin Marg and Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Nienhoff. From September 4th to 29th, scholarship students addressed ways to integrate the grounds of Iran’s first airport, the former Ghale Morghi military airport, into the urban life of the capital city of Tehran.

26/09/2017Atrium with a view

HNA Plaza, the high-rise office tower by gmp in Shanghai, has been completed

The new office tower of the HNA Group designed by the architects’ practice von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) occupies a prominent position and – via a glazed joint in the building – provides views from inside out and outside in, with a terraced water landscape continuing the theme on the outside. Located at the banks of the Huangpu River, the new office tower of the Chinese HNA Group, which focuses mainly on air traffic and tourism, provides a fantastic view.

12/09/2017"Tehran City Garden"

aac Workshop and Lecture Series in Autumn 2017

On September 4th, the autumn workshop of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) was launched. Under

the title „Tehran Garden City: Designs for a New Civic Center - Shaping Public Life on the City‘s Former Airport

Area“, the participants are working out drafts for the conversion of Iran‘s first airport in its capital Tehran.

29/08/2017New “harbor landscape” on Sylt

Hörnum harbor is being redesigned

The design by gmp architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners with Patrik Dierks Architects has won the private consultants’ competition for the redesign of Hörnum harbor. The cooperation between the architects is based on a long-standing friendly connection, and brings together competence in design and subject-specific experience. Their winning contribution is based on retaining and optimizing the existing commercial functions of the harbor at the southern point of the German island Sylt, and on expanding these with new areas for tourism, retail, and gastronomy.

09/08/2017Metal waves as trademark

Metal waves as trademark
gmp completes the facade design for production halls in Lingang

Once again, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have designed characteristic facades for several production halls in the newly-founded city of Lingang near Shanghai. In doing so, the practice has demonstrated that, in future, industrial buildings in China will not be reduced to purely cost-optimized and utilitarian buildings.

02/08/2017High-rise tower in glass and steel at the Huangpu River

gmp commissioned with the design for new office buidling

In 2015, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) were able to win the competition for the construction of the China UnionPay Tower in Shanghai. Now the practice has been commissioned to design the 150 meter high building which, with its vertically structured glass facade, opens up to the surroundings and offers an impressive view across the former Expo area and the banks of the Huangpu River.

19/07/2017A dialogue between old and new

The topping out ceremony for Alter Wall 2–32 in Hamburg took place on 14 July

Behind the hoarding at Alter Wall 2–32, between Hamburg’s Town Hall and Alsterfleet, behind the Bucerius Kunst Forum, all that was left standing was the 150 m long historic facade, propped up by a steel structure. To date, work on the renewal of the entire block has progressed well – the shell construction with all floor levels has been completed, and the facade props along Alter Wall are being removed. On 14 July, the topping out ceremony for the new ensemble in the heart of the Hanseatic City took place.

03/07/2017Square structure at the River Qiantang

Office block by gmp completed in Hangzhou

In 2010, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) won the international competition for the new construction of an office complex in the Chinese provincial capital city. The building, with its facade of distinct squares, has now been completed.

14/06/2017Completion of Huawei Technological Factory Buildings, Beijing, China

Architecture and landscape in harmony

In Beijing, gmp · Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners have completed the Huawei Technological Factory Buildings. Following the previous projects in Shenzhen and Chengdu, this is now the third research and development center for the Chinese telecommunications corporation completed to a design by gmp.

07/06/2017“blu” at the Brauhausberg hill

New sports and leisure pool in Potsdam opened

The new municipal sports and leisure pool, “blu”, in Potsdam has been completed to a design by gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects. The opening ceremony took place on 6 June and regular operation starts today.

10/05/2017aac designs for an Evolutioneum

A special exhibition at the Zoological Museum, Hamburg

What could a natural history museum of the 21st century look like? The special exhibition of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) in the Zoological Museum, Hamburg, provides some answers. In the context of the Evolutioneum workshop, scholarship students of the aac have produced designs in two parts, which are on display at the Zoological Museum, Hamburg, until 27 August.

24/04/2017Re-opening of the Kulturpalast, Dresden

A new departure: combining culture, education, and entertainment

The 28th of April is the big day – the new concert hall in the Kulturpalast in Dresden will be ceremonially opened with a festive program. On the day after, the rooms of the other main functions of the Kulturpalast, i.e. the new central library and the “Herkuleskeule” cabaret venue, will be inaugurated. The refurbishment of the existing part of the building, which is listed as a historic monument, and the new building of the concert hall, have been completed to a design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)

13/04/2017gmp’s highest ever building is going up in Nanjing

The commission for the design of the third plot of Nanjing Financial City II

With a height of 411 meters, the building comes under the high-rise building category of the “super-high skyscrapers” of the CTBUH, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. This means that the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) are putting up their highest building ever on the third plot.

03/04/2017Five designs for “Deutsches Hafenmuseum”, Hamburg

The Academy for Architectural Culture presents the results of its spring workshop

Following the designs for the „Evolutioneum“, a natural history museum for Hamburg, and the new Altona railway station at the location of the Diebsteich metropolitan railway station, the Academy for Architectural Culture has now presented five designs for German port museum, Hamburg. The five different designs are the result of the aac’s international spring workshop, which was led by Professor Volkwin Marg and Nikolaus Goetze.

13/03/2017Completion of Jiaming Maple Park in Beijing, China

Office complex for start-ups

The „Jiaming Maple Park“ ensemble in Beijing has been completed to a design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The practice had been commissioned with the project by the client, Jiaming Investment. The new office ensemble, which has achieved LEED Platinum certification, comprises three compact volumes. The functional layout is based on a sustainable concept with flexibly divisible office zones that can be operated independently.

06/03/2017aac Workshop and Lecture Series in Spring 2017

Deutsches Hafenmuseum Hamburg: Designs for the National Port Museum

From 1 to 23 March, this year’s spring workshop of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) entitled “Deutsches Hafenmuseum Hamburg: Designs for the National Port Museum” will take place at the Rainvilleterrasse campus in Hamburg under the guidance of Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Volkwin Marg and Dipl.-Ing. Nikolaus Goetze.

22/02/2017gmp wins competition for the Kardinal-Döpfner-Haus in Freising

New educational center in the context of the historic Domberg

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have won the competition for the continuing development of the Kardinal-Döpfner-Haus in Freising. The winning entry for the conversion and extension of the educational center is respectful of the traditional ensemble in this prominent position. The architecture nevertheless makes a confident contemporary mark, and creates new high-quality spaces and interiors, benefiting the surroundings.

15/02/2017New Olympus Campus in Hamburg

The commission for the design of a new corporate center goes to gmp

The Japanese corporation Olympus is planning a corporate center in the Hamburg district of Hammerbrook for the economic zone in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp) were successful in winning the bidding process for the design of the new office building with medical engineering faculty in the City Süd neighborhood, and was commissioned with the project.

06/02/2017A new roof for Verona’s historic arena

gmp and sbp win international ideas competition

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) and the engineers schlaich bergermann partner (sbp) have won the international ideas competition for a roof over Verona’s historic arena. The jointly developed design was the winning entry of over 80 competing submissions, and continues the many years of cooperation between the two practices. Following the Borgo Trento hospital and the new trade exhibition halls, this could become the architects’ third project in Verona.

27/01/2017Welcome to the Chinese year of the rooster!

gmp wishes a pleasant start to everyone!

The new Chinese year "Ben Ming Nian" is dominated by the rooster. Diligence, imagination, courage and talent characterize a person born with this zodiac sign. Regardless of the year in which you are born, we wish you all the best for the next 365 days! Please click here to reach the website of gmp China.

25/01/2017Completion of ‘Lianyungang Industrial Exhibition Center’, China

New forum for trade and commerce

A new trade exhibition and congress center has been completed in Lianyungang, China to a design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The project was subject to an international competition, which was won by gmp. Situated in an urban development area between the city and the sea, the four large exhibition halls surround the congress area in the center of the building.

04/01/2017Completion of new headquarter extension for Gebr. Heinemann

gmp finishes new office building at HafenCity in Hamburg

The extension to the head office of the Gebr. Heinemann trading firm in Hamburg’s HafenCity has been completed to a design by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). gmp had won the competition in 2013 and, one year later, started with the construction of the office complex in Hamburg’s Elbquartier; the development blends well with its surroundings in terms of aesthetics and shape.

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Events

„Meaning: the Guiding Principle of Architecture“

03/12/2018Meinhard von Gerkan at Tongji University, Shanghai

In his lecture, gmp founding partner Meinhard von Gerkan is providing a look behind the scenes of his architectural project as well as the philosophy that has shaped his work since the beginning.

Pfisterer and Gossmann hold lecture at SCHULBAU

23/11/2018"Temporary school campus Frankfurt in wood modular construction"

Markus Pfisterer and Bernd Gossmann will present the school campus Miquelallee Frankfurt am Main, designed in modular timber construction, on the second day of SCHULBAU.

ARCHITECTOUR through Saxony-Anhalt: Stadthalle Magdeburg

14/11/2018Christian Hellmund at the Kick-Off to the "Grand Tour - 100 Modern Buildings"

On the occasion of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, Christian Hellmund presents the Magdeburger Stadthalle at the theme evening of Saxony-Anhalt's Chamber of Architects.

“Made in Germany - designed by gmp”

08/11/2018Nikolaus Goetze gives lecture at Tongji University

In the context of his "Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Guest Professorship" Nikolaus Goetze deals in this lecture with gmp projects in Germany - from door handles to airports.

Work reports "Bauen im Kontext“

07/11/2018Nicolas Pomränke gives lecture at hochschule 21

On 7 November, Nicolas Pomränke, associate partner at gmp, will give a lecture as part of the lecture series "Bauen im Kontext" at hochschule 21 in Buxtehude.

"Designing with prefabricated Modules“

01/11/2018Johann v. Mansberg at FENESTRATION BAU CHINA

On November 2, Johann von Mansberg, Director at gmp, will give a lecture at the FENESTRATION BAU China 2018 trade fair workshop in Beijing on the sustainability aspect of prefabricated buildings.

“From functional Buildings to Architecture – Creating Working Environments in Industrial Parks”

29/10/2018S. Rewolle at FENESTRATION BAU CHINA

On Friday, 2 November, Stephan Rewolle, associat partner at gmp, will give a lecture at the FENESTRATION BAU China 2018 trade fair, adressing the question of how high-quality working environments can be created in industrial areas.

"Architecture of Mobility"

24/10/2018Nikolaus Goetze gives a lecture at Harvard University

On Wednesday, 24 October, gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze will give a lecture on mobility as part of the Master in Design Engineering program, a collaborative degree program between the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Guest professorship at Tongji University

10/10/2018Inaugural lecture by Nikolaus Goetze

In the winter semester 2018/2019 Nikolaus Goetze will take over the "Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Guest Professorship" as the Chair of Architectural Design at Tongji University in Shanghai. In his inaugural lecture on 10 October, he dealt with how museums can be designed in the future.

Meet us at Expo Real 2018

08/10/2018gmp at the International Trade Fair for Property and Investment

Every year, the international real estate industry meets in Munich: gmp will also be present at Expo Real, which takes place from 8 to 10 October 2018. For a personal appointment, contacts from the Hamburg and Berlin offices will be available in Hall B2, Stand 430 on both days of the fair.

Urs Wedekind at the Conference on Advanced Building Skins in Bern

02/10/2018„Facade design in foreign markets – First double skin facade in Vietnam”

When the 13th International Conference on Advanced Building Skins takes place in Bern (Switzerland) on 1 and 2 October, gmp will also be represented: Urs Wedekind, Associate Director at gmp, will talk about "Facade design in foreign markets - First double skin facade in Vietnam" at 10:45 am on 2 October.

Stephan Schütz at the Super Tall Building Summit in Shenzhen

27/09/2018“Contraction and Relaxation – New Spatial Concepts for Headquarters Architecture”

“Contraction and Relaxation – New Spatial Concepts for Headquarters Architecture” – that is the title of the lecture on 27th September by gmp partner Stephan Schütz on the occasion of the 2nd Super Tall Building Industry International Summit, which is scheduled to be held on 27-28 September in Shenzhen, China.

“Modular Building – A Temporary Concert Hall”

20/09/2018Christian Hellmund at DETAIL's lecture series in Munich

The sixth edition of DETAIL's lecture series, "The Future of Building", on 20 September in Munich will focus on modular building. In his lecture at the symposium, Dipl.-Ing architect Christian Hellmund, Director at gmp, will talk about the Gasteig Interim, for which gmp has recently been awarded the contract.

"Tensile Membrane Structures in Stadion Building"

13/09/2018Sara Taberner Bonastre at the VII Latin American Symposium on Tensile Architecture in Lima

On 13. September, Sara Taberner Bonastre (gmp) will be part of at the VII. Latin American Symposium on Tensile Architecture in the capital of Peru. Her presentation will showcase relevant projects from the gmp portfolio.

"Energy Efficiency in Transportation Structures - Demands and Reality"

06/09/2018Hans-Joachim Paap at the Stiebel-Eltron Dialogue on the Evolution of Architecture

On 6 September, the 10th "Stiebel-Eltron Dialogue on the Evolution of Architecture" will take place in the space of BER Airport, at which Hans-Joachim Paap will give a lecture on the topic “Energy Efficiency in Transportation Structures - Demands and Reality”.

„Green Building in Vietnam”

25/08/2018Nikolaus Goetze at the Vietnam Energy Efficiency Building Week 2018

The project Deutsches Haus by gmp in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City is the first DGNB-certified building in Vietnam. In a lecture by gmp partner Nikolaus Geotze next Saturday and a photo exhibition during the Vietnam Energy Efficiency Building Week 2018 taking place from 25 August to 1 September at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, visitors can learn more about the building.

„Building bridges – Brücken bauen“

27/06/2018Markus Pfisterer at the International Baukultur Days 2018

Under the headline "Building Bridges - Brücken bauen ", experts from all over the world will meet from 26 to 28 June for the International Baukultur Days 2018 in Venice. Markus Pfisterer, Associate Partner at gmp, will be presenting bridge constructions from the gmp portfolio in a Pecha Kucha format as part of closing panel on 27 June.

"Museum in Motion"

21/06/2018Nikolaus Goetze at the symposium in the Kunsthalle Mannheim

The recently reopened Kunsthalle Mannheim considers itself as a "museum in motion". The new building is conceived as a 'city in the city'. On the occasion of the synposium "The Museum of the Future", gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze will be giving a tour of the house on 21 June, explaining the architecture, together with the team of the Kunsthalle Mannheim.

“Architectural Appearance and Acoustic Demands”

14/06/2018Nicolas Pomränke at the “Architecture and Acoustics” Conference in Vilnius

On 14 June, Nicolas Pomränke, associate partner of gmp, will be part of the "Architecture and Acoustics" conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. His contribution focuses on the relationship between architectural appearance and the acoustic demands of a building based on the examples of the Kulturpalast Dresden, Neues Tempodrom Berlin and Qingdao Grand Theater (China).

Stephan Rewolle at the 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference

30/05/2018SOHO Fuxing Plaza among the award finalists

SOHO Fuxing Plaza (Shanghai, China) by gmp was announced recently by CTBUH as a Finalist project for the Tall + Urban Innovation Conference Awards, in the category of Urban Habitat. Stephan Rewolle, associate partner of gmp, will give a presentation together with the director of design from SOHO China, Yang Yicheng, on the conference in Chicago on May 31st.

"Building the City of Tomorrow – the Chinese perspective. Challenges and solutions of urban development in China”

14/05/2018Magdalene Weiss in Shanghai

Magdalene Weiss, assoziierte Partnerin bei gmp, ist Teil des Panels beim International Forum on Sustainable Urban Development in Shanghai, welches am 15. Mai in den Räumlichkeiten der Tongji Universität in Shanghai stattfindet.

New Stadium Krasnodar, Russia

24/04/2018Markus Pfisterer at the World Stadium Congress 2018 in Amsterdam

Markus Pfisterer, associate partner at gmp, will be speaking at the World Stadium Congress 2018 in Amsterdam, taking place from 7-9 May. The monumental stadium project by gmp in Krasnodar, Russia will be the focus of various panel discussions with other high profile speakers of the international architecture scene.

Healing Architecture 2004-2017

07/05/2018Volkwin Marg at AIT-Architektursalon Hamburg

"Can architecture heal?" This question is the subject of a new exhibitionat the AIT-Architektursalon Hamburg from 9 to 31 May 2018, showing buildings from the fields of health, nursing, teaching, and research. The book "Healing Architecture" of the same name will be presented at the vernissage on 8 May, where gmp founding partner Volkwin Marg will be speaking about international projects by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects.

"Meaning as Credo of Architecture"

23/04/2018Meinhard von Gerkan at Industrieclub Sachsen, Dresden

The reconstruction of the Kulturpalast Dresden will soon be celebrating its first anniversary. In recognition thereof, the Industrieclub Sachsen has invited the gmp founding partner Meinhard von Gerkan to give a lecture on 24th April providing a look behind the scenes of this architectural project as well as the philosophy that has shaped his work since the beginning.

gmp at UrbanLab #3 in Berlin

22/04/2018Indo-German Perspectives on Future Cities

Smart Cities, innovative forms of mobility and the challenges of city planning in the future – these are the topics of the third edition of IGSI UrbanLab from 23 to 27 April in Berlin, which has extended an invitation to international experts. Once again, gmp is part of this conference, which provides a knowledge transfer and networking opportunities, especially between Germany and India.

Wu Wei in Zhuhai

03/04/2018Active House Summit: Architecture and Sustainability

In a lecture on 3 April at “The 14th International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo”, Wu Wei talks about Architecture and Sustainability. A number of projects are taken as example for the approach of gmp relating to the subject matter.

Volkwin Marg on NDR

30/03/2018Theme of program: “Zurück in die 80er in Hamburg"

On Friday, (30 March) the NDR will be broadcasting a new episode of “Nordtour”, including a feature with Volkwin Marg. Theme of the program is “Zurück in die 80er in Hamburg”.

Magdalene Weiss in Shanghai

22/03/2018Transparency – translucency – transition: Modern building skins as space between interior and exterior

Magdalene Weiss, Associate Partner at gmp, will be speaking at the “2018 complicated façade innovative design and construction“ conference in Shanghai. Other high profile speakers of the international architecture scene participating at the event are, among others, Peng Huijun (Norman Foster) and Zhu Yue (SOM).

Stephan Schütz at Bücherbogen Berlin

06/03/2018Day of Action Communicating Architecture

As part of the Day of Action Communicating Architecture at Bücherbogen in Berlin on 14 March at 6 pm, the topic of brutalism and post-war modernism will be discussed in a panel debate. Participating in the panel discussion is gmp partner Stephan Schütz, who will be speaking about the Kulturpalast Dresden in a separate lecture beforehand.

Volkwin Marg at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin

04/03/2018Symposium on Technical Building Services

At the symposium on building technology on 5 March 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, it is all about the exchange of practical experience: By invitation of academy members Stefan Polónyi and Klaus Bolling, gmp’s founding partner Volkwin Marg will report on the construction planning processes during major projects.

Architects' Slam with Robert Friedrichs

06/02/2018SCHULBAU 2018 – International Salon and Trade Fair for Educational Building Industry

What does a good school building have to fulfill? The participants of the architects‘ slam will be asked about this question on 7 February as part of the trade fair SCHULBAU 2018 at the Hamburg Cruise Center Altona. The gmp architect Robert Friedrichs will illustrate his recent experience in the planning of a new building for the Gyula Trebitsch School in Hamburg-Tonndorf.

Lecture by Stephan Schütz

31/01/2018JUNG Architekturgespräche with focus on building culture

The term "Baukultur" (building culture) becomes the central concept of the discussion: On 1 February, starting at 6.30 pm, at the 13th edition of the JUNG Architekturgespräche in Munich, well-known speakers from the architecture scene will focus on the question of creating a livable environment. Among them is also Stephan Schütz, partner at gmp. A subsequent get-together invites you to a professional exchange.

gmp x ICICLE

25/01/2018Industrial Buildings in an Urban Context

In the last two decades a number of industrial architecture projects have been realized by gmp in China. They all are creating a whole new character for landscapes and urban areas. With the title “Industrial Buildings in an Urban Context”, a new publication impressively illustrates this approach. The book launch on 26 January in Shanghai is accompanied by an exhibition, featuring the esthetics and functional design in architecture and fashion.

Volkwin Marg at the Forum Politik und Wirtschaft

24/01/2018Choreography of the Masses. Stadiums as sociopolitical instrument

As part of a lecture at the NORDAKADEMIE, Hochschule der Wirtschaft in Elmshorn, Volkwin Marg will speak about the "Choreography of the Masses" on 25 January, starting at 5.30 pm. Thus, the gmp founding partner and architect of significant, international stadiums reflects on these from the fields of politics and business.

Film and Talk with Meinhard von Gerkan

23/01/2018(Im)Possibilities of City Planning in the Babylonian Berlin since 1990

A review on Berlin after the fall of the wall: On 24 January at 8 pm, the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin presents Hubert Siegert’s documentary film “Berlin Babylon” as a digital premiere. Following the screening, Siegert will host a discussion with the film’s protagonists, and dominant players in Berlin’s urban redevelopment Meinhard von Gerkan and Hans Stimmann.

Lecture by Nikolaus Goetze

23/01/2018Vietnam: Tradition meets Modernity

Nikolaus Goetze will illuminate contemporary architecture in Vietnam in the mirror of tradition and present on 24 January 2018. The lecture by gmp partner and manager of the offices Hamburg-Elbchaussee, Shanghai and Hanoi is part of a guest lecture for the Institute for Industrial Construction and Constructive Design of the Technical University Braunschweig, and will take place in the Architekturpavillon.

Lecture by Volkwin Marg at KAP FORUM Köln

22/01/2018A night about architecture and life.

The KAP Forum in Cologne dedicates an "evening about architecture and life" to Volkwin Marg. On 23 January, at 7 pm, the gmp founding partner will speak about his multifaceted oeuvre. Andreas Grosz, curator and director of the KAP Forum, and the journalist Dr. Oliver Herwig will pose the question, which milestones have played a special role in Volkwin Marg’s work. The event is already fully booked.

Lecture by Hans-Joachim Paap at ULI Switzerland

16/01/2018Airport development between economy and politics

The Roundtable of the Urban Land Institute Switzerland on 16 January at the Zurich airport focuses on the development of AiportCities. Hans-Joachim Paap, associate partner at gmp, will be explaining in this context the challenges of large-scale projects. Using the example of the airport BER project, of which he was in charge for many years, he will be giving insights into the processes behind the scenes.

Lecture by Volkwin Marg

08/01/2018Guided tour through Hanseviertel Hamburg

The Hamburger Denkmalverein extended an invitation for a discovery tour through the Hanseviertel, Hamburg’s first shopping passage entirely made of brick. The response has been great: The two guided tours on 12th January, followed by a lecture by Volkwin Marg, are fully booked. There, the gmp founding partner and architect of the Hanseviertel will be providing insights into its design history.