The new city of Riem forms part of Munich's strategy for growth, which is based on three concepts: urban, compact and green. It lies on the the land of the former airport and tries to achieve a liveable environment based on three basic ingredients: home of the Trade Fair and the whole range of associated offices, social housing and facilities for 16,000 inhabitants and a 200-hectare park.

In 1998 the trade fair installations were inaugurated and the first residents started to arrive. Ten years later, Riem is a bustling mixture of workers and residents, with a neighbourhood life revolving around the shopping centre, located in the pedestrian area, and the civic-educational-religious centre designed by Nagler.

Photos taken by a+t, available under request.

Florian Nagler
Kirchenzentrum
Erika-Cremer-Strasse
Neu-Riem, Munich 2005

Square between the two volumes of the group

1 Young people, 2 Maternal school and house of the minister, 3 Ministry offices, 4 Evangelical church, 5 Ministry rooms, 6 Parish priest's house, 7 Parish offices, 8 Catholic church, 9 Parish hall, 10, Nursery

Rear facade with the two separate sections and the waste sheds in the foreground

Nursery playground

Evangelical centre courtyard

The walls of the premises interior courtyards and corridors are made of concrete with a layer of face brick, while on the exterior walls the brick wall is painted with quartz silicate

The paving is klinker brick

The brickwork is separated by a horizontal joint three metres off the ground, and several vertical joints in order to make the ventilated facade possible

Interior of the evangelical church, finished with white-painted wood

Frame structure with skylights on the roof of the evangelical church