Fünf Höfe, Five Courtyards for the Munich City Centre
City Planning More than any other German city, Munich has cultivated a classical and classicist tradition, which accounts for the city’s expansive Italianate air. The buildings erected after the war around the city block of Theatinerstrasse / Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse are also faithful to this relatively conservative spirit. The project submitted in 1994 was based on the demolition of most of the buildings, as specified by the competition at that time, while in the newly initiated project of 1997 and 1998, most of the buildings and façades along the street have been preserved. What initially appeared to be a disadvantage, proved a stroke of good luck. Instead of having to contend with the façades of the historical neighborhood, intervention in an existing structure made it possible to create unexpectedly exotic spaces. The buildings acquire volume and shape by being placed like fillers around the spaces cut out of the interior of the block. The result is an entirely new complex, a sequence of courts varying in size and shape with shops, restaurants and cafés.
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