ZENTRUM FUR KUNST UND MEDIENTECHNOLOGIE (ZKM), GERMANY, KARLSRUHE, 1992

Centre for art and media technology

Sandwiched between railway lines and autobahn loops at the southern entrance to the city lies this manifesto for a new kind of deep/large building. Organizing a large number of different programs, including sound laboratories, a library and museum, this potential development interwines with the existing systems of the city, while a public circulation system unfolds the activities from its core.

It is maximally intertwined with the existing systems of the city. Its location alone lends its maximum exposure and identity to 'construct' a public on a European scale.
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FACT SHEET

Project:
Centre for art and media technology

Year:
1992

Status:
Cometition, construction drawings finished, construction canceled in 1992

Type:
Museum

Location:
Karlsruhe, Germany

Site:
Long narrow plot between railway lines and ring road at edge of baroque city centre

Program:
Sound and video laboratories, media theatre, media museum, contemporary art museum, library, lecture hall (31.000m2)

Materials:
Concrete, steel, glass, textiles, travertine, wood, metal mesh

Budget:
60,000,000 Euro

COLLABORATORS

Associate Architect:
Obermeyer, Karlsruhe

Engineer:
Cecil Balmond, Ove Arup and Partners

CREDITS

Partner in charge:
Rem Koolhaas

Project Architect:
Heike Lohmann, Wim Kloosterboer, Jacob van Rijs

Team:
Georges Heintz, Jeroen Thomas, Alex Wall Christophe Cornubert, Rients Dijkstra, Xaveer de Geyter, Mark Schendel, Ron Steiner, Christian Basset, Ruud Cobussen, Marion Goerdt, Maartje Lammers, Laura Weeber, Frans Blok, Gro bonemso, Eric Carlson, Christine Enzmann, Kyoko Hoshino, Ron Steiner