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The headquarters of the collection is a small building in the garden of the private house of the owner, Ingvild Goetz, who wanted a space where she could temporarily exhibit some works.

The planning regulations of the residential area where it is located restricted the footprint and the height, such that it is made up of one excavated floor and one upper floor as exhibition space. The floor between, on ground level, houses a library and an office. Initially conceived for private use, it has no lobby nor other extra spaces, even though it is presently open to the public with temporary exhibitions of works from the collection.

Photos taken by a+t, available under request.

Herzog & de Meuron
Goetz Collection
Oberföhringerstrasse, 103
Munich 1992

Street facade

The half-buried concrete structure makes up the first glazed section, on which the second level rests, finished with birchwood-panelling

The library

The stairwell seen through the translucent glass

The join between the birchwood panelling and the glazed section

At the back of the plot the collector's house, a 60s building

Back facade, where access is through the library

Exhibition space on the upper storey

Upper storey landing

Unloading bay