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haus am opernplatz
demolition as the first stage
raummodell
co-care
pavilion epikur
nobody is an island
genius pyrenaei
white elephant
venusberg II
last places for women in afghanistan
zeile für zeile
wo wir alt werden
das haus als organismus
le phare
poniente
sportzentrum windelsbleiche
how to repair robin hood gardens?
(neue) grossform
funkturm
über das wohnen
repair the system
empty beauties
framework for occupation
schwarz zu blau
fresno farmers market
addition
wohnen in sicht
drawing at perceptual limits
mind the gap
collection 01
hotel interim
living metamorphosis
intermission
verrerie
traumhäuser des kollektivs?
dis/assemble
01/17
fermen-t-able
void
drushba
hotel national
forum 27
re-fulfilment centre
beyond demolition
gecekondu
idle water
was ist phase?
das wilde bauen
das ist doch gemein!
under the bridge
a (siegen) learning space
ivry’s pier
kandylakia
craftmanship campus
oberhammer
split
extraordinary standards
the collected building
fiktion
documentary of spaces
ko(r)nversion
embracing uncertainty
who cares?
zwischenhaus
concrete operations
triemli+128
house of desires
leipziger allerlei
parasite
zeitdokument
data center
how many rooms you need?
anonynums sculture
rooms of curiosities
neues kösk
on what a shodow falls
post auto mobile
random access memories
panorama
umbau um umbau
kosmos der dinge
superparkmarkt
archifiktionherberge am grimselpass
kraft und licht
wandelhalle nord
reconstruct häring
upcyclinghof
hybrid
big mix
atelierhaus
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sml
faust III
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arch valerie boeckel
max sandred
felix piel
jonathan burkard, christian sternhagen
andreas stanzel
cäcilia halbgewachs
fernando garrido carreras
killian paterson
aberle, klein, jakoby, grebe
meryl barthe, noémie perregaux-dielf
jonathan burkard
hannah ehre, marlene koßmann
léon bührer
gabriyel dari
olga cobuscean
pierre bomey
francis cheung
kimberly rahn,  toni bethäuser
joshua delissen
max bender
lucy wang
christian sternhagen
thilo preuß, clemens urban
kaya liffler, paula scheibke
matthias walbröl
getas, lambard, bomey
christian sternhagen
dardenne, leridee, correia, bomey kaya liffler, paula scheibke
anna schmitz
mathis bergmann, jonas könig
emily bardenz, finn gredel, kian matine leander lentner
marlene koßmann
dao le
jonathan burkard, marlene koßmann, pola machinska, felix schröder, liffler, scheibke,  sternhagen, kiparski, faixfinn marcelli
jonathan burkard
lilly irmer, sophie kalwa
léopold parras
johannes zerfass
christian sternhagen, jonathan burkard yannic kohnen
maximilian gömann, paulina kirschke jakob naujack
hannah herrmann, cecelia vincent
lina etzkorn, lorena cirillo
vitus michel, levin arnold
lina etzkorn
lukas frenzel eva beule, gerda callista, melissa enriquez, katharina glorius, franziska wilk, leander lentner, marlene koßmann
malte mittelstädt
jonah burgsteiner, klara schmidt
finn marcelli
marlene koßmann
felix piel
sebastian schaaf, ulrich kneisl, felix schröder, kaya liffler, paula scheibke
mathis bergmann
lina etzkorn
felix piel, fabian jäger
jonathan burkard, yannic kohnen
jonas könig, paul stockhausen
joshua delissen
jonathan burkard
dao le, christian sternhagen
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The "Haus am Opernplatz" is a 5- to 13-story residential and commercial building. It was planned and realized in 1970 by Rolf Gutbrod as part of the "Opernviertel". 233 condominiums extend along the 115-meter-long building. The ground floors are occupied by commercial units, some of which extend up to the 1st upper floor. Parts of the basement are also used commercially. The basement floors, including two underground parking garages, are located on an area of 5,346 m². The building has a total of six stairwells (three- to eight-unit per floor layouts) and thus six addresses. Instead of the Opernplatz, the Shakespeareplatz, which still exists today, was realized with donations from Great Britain. 

Typical for Rolf Gutbrod and the 1960s are the reinforced concrete surfaces, especially visible in the street overbuilding, as well as the use of curtain facade panels. The facade panels become a decisive design element in the Haus am Opernplatz. In contrast to many similar objects of that time, the vertical joints are shifted relative to each other, so that none of these joints lie directly one above the other. This emphasizes the effect of the horizontally continuous joint (8 mm), which runs through. The ventilated fiber cement facade is asbestos-laden. The load-bearing primary structure of the building consists of a reinforced concrete skeleton in the commercial units and a transverse wall construction in the residential units. The transverse walls are always oriented towards Bismarckstraße or Shakespeareplatz. The largest commercial units are also oriented towards Shakespeareplatz. They are vacant but offer space for repurposing with their flexibly usable column grid. They also feature typically narrowly formed, visible concrete surfaces, which are of high aesthetic and historical value. The potential of the Haus am Opernplatz is presented below based on a careful conversion, expansion, and preservation concept.