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20/4/2010

From Cape Town to Brasilia

Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

At no other time have so many sports stadiums been built around the globe than in the past few decades. With every Olympic Games, World Cup, European or national championship event new sports complexes are erected, each one striving to better its predecessor. In most cases, a symbolic solitaire is sought – irrespective of structural issues and functionality – with unique characteristics honed by architectural »styling«.

The architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp) have been counteracting this trend towards promotional »branding« for decades – and have been more successful than all other architectural practices, at least with regard to competition projects tendered internationally. gmp are currently constructing or planning 23 stadiums simultaneously on four continents, each time starting from scratch to achieve the »optimum shape and structure« on the one hand, and to create a characteristic identity within the cultural context of each specific site on the other.

Taking examples from Cape Town to Brasilia, the exhibition on gmp’s most recent sports stadiums at the Architekturmuseum der TU München shows how state-of-the-art technology and the genius loci can best be integrated. gmp’s aim is not to create an architectural metaphor at any price with little regard to structural tectonics. Instead, the motto for aesthetic structures of classical engineering always applies to their projects: ‘less is more’. gmp’s new stadiums, that range from projects for this year’s World Cup in South Africa to the next World Cup in Brazil in 2014, highlight an architectural language derived from the logic of construction, function and a reference to the geographical site. The stance gmp have adopted contrary to the medial playground of formalistic vanity is honoured with this exhibition.

KATALOG
Accompanying catalogue by Prestel Verlag.

Accompanying programme

LECTURE: Professor Volkwin Marg
Tue 11 May 2010 | Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium at the Pinakothek der Moderne | Barer Str. 40 | 80333 München | 18.00h | Free entrance

Choreographie und Identität – neue Stadien von gmp | Lecture: Professor Volkwin Marg
The architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp) are currently planning and constructing stadiums worldwide. The architecture of the stadiums connects the choreography of the masses and the artistic identity with the respective “genius loci”. The functional achievement, the logical form of construction and the form of expression interpreting the specific site are merged into an aesthetic synthesis. Technology and art, form finding and transfer are combined to create works of self-evident architecture.

Guided tours
Curatorial guided tour Wed, 5 May 2010, 15.00h Mechthild Kaufmann
Curatorial guided tour Wed, 16 June 2010, 15.00h Mechthild Kaufmann
Guided tour Wed, 15 may 2010, 16.00h Gabriele Kunkel

Press contacts:
Katharina Horn T +49.(0)89.23805-383 | F +49.(0)89.23805-310 e-mail: horn@lrz.tum.de

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