Distributed for Hirmer Publishers
Oskar von Miller Forum
One of the most striking buildings to be erected in Munich in recent decades is the Oskar von Miller Forum, a center for architectural instruction and exchange that is itself a dramatic and exciting work of architecture. This volume brings together a group of experts who give a detailed account of the building, including the many years of planning and discussion that went into it, the environmentally friendly and emissions-reducing innovations it employs, and the ways in which its design gives precedence to the comfort and well-being of the students who reside there. A beautifully illustrated biography of an important architectural achievement, Oscar von Miller Forum will be of interest to scholars and students of design, architecture, and planning.
96 pages | 155 color plates | 9 x 11 4/5 | © 2010
Architecture: European Architecture
Art: European Art
Table of Contents
Combined German/English Edition
Comments made on the Occasion of the Opening
Description of the Project
Thomas Herzog
Special Forms of Construction and Products
Thomas Herzog
Assessment of Energy Performance
Gerd Hauser
Landscape Planning
Christoph Valentien
Soil Investigations, Foundations and Shoring of Excavations
Norbert Vogt
Structural Planning
Kurt Stepan and Thomas Winkler
Natural Ventilation and Smoke Extract on the Upper Floors of the South Tract
Thomas Herzog and Roland Schneider
Services Systems
Christian Dotzauer
Automation in the Building
Werner Rösener
Electrical and Information Technology
Peter Hross
Sound Insulation and Spatial Acoustics
Gerhard Hilz
The Origins of the Project and its Aims
Thomas Herzog
“The Choice of System is Decisive”: A Homage to Oskar von Miller
Sabine Kammerl
Engravings
Nikolaus Lang
“L’artista e l’ingegnere”: Leonardo da Vinci, artist, engineer and architect
Rainer Wittenborn
Project data
Credits