Section F/G

All building elements, from the first basement level up to the first floor, are used for retail shops, which are accessible from Sendlinger Strasse or through the passage. Floors two to six are intended as offices. Together with the printing plant, the three buildings enclose a small, peaceful inner courtyard that is accessible via the passage.

The masonry elements of the newly designed façade of building F create a semi-transparency from within and – particularly when viewed from an angle – convey a largely closed, mural impression along the street, thus integrating the house in the row of buildings along Sendlinger Strasse. At the same time, a gradation of depths is created that takes up the pronounced plasticity of the neighbouring editorial building.

The extensive renovation of the individual listed monuments of section G was developed in close coordination with the conservation authorities in the area of tension between modern requirements for flexible office usage and the capacity of the historical building sections, with the aim of making historical constructions come alive wherever possible as distinctive spatial elements.