Realisierungswettbewerb MU 1 (3) Neufreimann

The new Neufreimann district is conceived as a spatially closed, precisely defined urban space. It is made up of urban blocks of equal height that are arranged in a specific street grid. The new district is surrounded by a park. At its centre is an urban square, which appears symbolically defined with several high points that extend beyond the district. The new neighbourhood is located within this future district of Munich. Its location is special. Seen from the square, it is somewhat secluded. Along Helmut-Kohl-Allee, to the north-west of Guido-Westerwelle-Platz, it is positioned within the construction site. As a precisely fitting building block, close to the square described above, it forms a self-confident transition from there into the northern park. Thanks to its location on the northern entrance and visibility from Heidemannstrasse to the north, the 7-storey building forms a prelude to the new district.

In keeping with the original urban planning concept, an eight-storey dominant feature emphasises the south-eastern corner, which is in direct visual contact with the town square. This gesture lends itself to the continuation of this motif from the wider street space and to strengthening the spatial setting of the urban square. The role of the building block is therefore to describe a specific, restrained and yet high-quality, calm architecture that is precise and orderly and yet can cheerfully mediate between the square, street and park on the one hand and the public exterior and the green interior of the courtyard on the other.

Green alleyways to the east and west of the new building create a passageway to the directly neighbouring northern city park and a direct connection between the city square and the park.

As part of an ensemble of four building plots, between which the street widens and forms an avenue in the centre of the street, the building block takes up the edge of the building plots along the ring road and forms a two-storey colonnade along the street, which is built over in the storeys above.

Supported by the special nature of this colonnade situation, an extremely attractive, metropolitan situation is created on the ground floor. In accordance with its position in the urban space, the new building block can thus take on a natural, strengthening role in the structure of the new neighbourhood.

The colonnade is continued to the east as a single-storey colonnade and emphasises the direct relationship between the landscape park and the town square.

Large two-storey passages connecting the green alleyways with the inner courtyard create a relationship with the neighbouring blocks and the district as a whole.

A very clear distinction is made here between the external appearance of the urban space and the dense greenery of the courtyard space dedicated to the residents and its design. The design recognises the need to keep the inner courtyard free of fire service areas and makes this possible through the building's chosen development typology.