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Located in the Museum district of Munich, the new Brandhorst Museum is a rectangular box three-storeys high, including the basement, which houses a private contemporary art collection.

The authors' intention was to create a facade which was also an abstract painting. The exterior skin is made up of several layers: in front of the structure and the insulation layer, comes a sheet of two-tone folded microperforated metal which absorbs traffic noise. In front, the glazed ceramic pieces are located. Three different colour ranges (light, medium and dark) cover the building, composing different volume zones.

Photos taken by a+t, available under request.

Sauerbruch Hutton
Brandhorst Museum
Theresienstrasse 35a
Munich, 2009

Rear facade

Side facade

Interior of the cafe, on the same level as the sidewalk and in visual contact

Main access

Side facade

The kinetic aspect lightens the length of the side facade

The bars are located in front of the folded microperforated sheet

The glazed ceramics bars are coloured in 23 different tones. They measure 4 x 4 x 110 cm