Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany 2024–present
Client: Immobilien und Service Betrieb der Stadt Bielefeld Heritage site Competition, first prize
The Kunsthalle Bielefeld was built between 1966 and 1968 based on a design by American architect Philip Johnson to replace the Municipal Art Gallery, which was founded in 1928. The building houses exhibition rooms on the first and second floors, storage, administrative and technical rooms in the two basement floors, as well as a lecture hall and a library; on the ground floor there is a spacious foyer, a café and a painting studio. As Johnson's only museum building in Europe, the structure is of international significance; architecturally, the building already incorporates ideas that led to postmodernism more than two decades later – and was not without controversy after its completion.
Credits
Location
Bielefeld, Germany
Date
2024-ongoing
Client
Immobilien und Service Betrieb der Stadt Bielefeld
Heritage
Listed
Area
7500 m2
Caruso St John Architects
Adam Caruso, Peter St John
Project architect(s)
Timo Keller
Project team
Gabe Brown, Simon Hoebel
Structural engineer
Kempen Krause Ingenieure GmbH
Services engineer
Reich + Hölscher TGA-Planer GmbH
Cost consultant
HZO Gmbh
Project manager
Diederichs Projektmanagement AG & Co. KG
Electrical Engineer
IB Schröder + Partner
Building Physics
Kempen Krause Ingenieure GmbH
Photography
Philipp Ottendörfer
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