New build - GWG München

The power of rows is visible from the
building on the Fernpassstras se. Simple
elements, cleanly joined and stacked to
produce an ample, unmistakeably modern
architecture. With its abstract, vertical
waves of protruding and receding
sections, the façade modulates the road
space of the Fernpassstrasse. The large
garden-facing balconies, with the underground
garage below, resemble theatre
boxes.
The 38 apartments, alternating between
three and four rooms, are completely
barrier free, and were constructed – as
with the front building containing the
cooperative facility and the communal
senior citizens’ residences – as a monolithic
structure by the Franke Rössel
Rieger architects bureau. The lowenergy
concept provides for their integration
into the district heating system
of the City of Munich. Extensive green
spaces connect the buildings to the
park-like courtyard with its precious
trees, the majority of which have been
preserved.
The new building received the 2010
honorary prize for quality residential
building, housing for senior citizens and
exemplary renovation awarded by the
State Capital of Munich in the category
“Honorary prize for publicly funded
senior citizens’ housing.”
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Courtyard with ample green spaces and
play areas (top),
Section of plan of open spaces (bottom)
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