atmosphere in the right light.

Magnificent outer skin concealed folded perforated sheet metal façade

Difficult circumstances often give rise to the best solutions. The narrow block along Türkenstraße and the slightly higher head building at the intersection are now encased in a colourful outer skin made of 36,000 ceramic rods, which attracts attention. In connection with this, a folded perforated sheet metal façade arranged underneath absorbs the sound. A continuous ribbon of windows in the overhead area of the ground floor, which leads to the generously glazed main entrance in the front building, creates a visual connection between the two buildings.

There are only a few incisions in this façade. A daylight museum with almost no windows? Clever floor plans and sophisticated technology solve this paradox. In the basement, a shift in the floor plan ensures that light enters the exhibition area from above through the glazed ceiling and through the window front of the staircase. On the ground floor, a system of diagonally flared reflectors directs the zenith light through the ribbon window into the gallery. Light slats filter the bright daylight on both levels. The upper floor is located under a fully glazed roof area.

Glass façade components with complex reflector system

Here, textile daylight ceilings ensure an even distribution of the light, to which artificial light from the luminaires arranged above can be added if necessary. To ensure that the works of art are presented in an unadulterated light, white glass with as little iron oxide as possible is used in museums. In the Brandhorst Museum, it was also necessary to equip the glazing as burglar-resistant glazing, with alarm spiders, sun protection coating and sound insulation. MBM Metallbau Dresden was entrusted with the construction of the glass façade components with its complex reflector system. The experts had various glass products sampled for this purpose. Of the panes available, the GEWE-therm® ‘warm-egde’ system with sound insulation achieved the best colour fastness of the light while meeting all requirements. MBM used the product from SCHOLLGLAS in all aluminium mullion and transom constructions of the façade windows.

Improvement of the Uw value by up to 0.1 W/m²K

The thermal insulating glass optimizes the transition between the glass and the frame, thus enabling an improvement in the Uw value of up to 0.1 W/m²K. The construction thus supports Sauerbruch Hutton’s sophisticated energy concept, which provides for a reduction of 50 percent of thermal energy compared to comparable buildings.

Since it is a private collection that Udo Brandhorst has donated to the Free State of Bavaria, it was important to the architects to create a homely, private atmosphere inside. Warm surface materials characterize the atmosphere. A particularly noble detail are the door frames in the exhibition area. In the wall view, the stainless steel frames flush with the wall with a face width of only 2 cm form a discreet frame around the respective opening. In contrast to the hard steel is the warm look of the satin-finished glass that fills the reveals. The highest precision was required for the production of the GEWE-dur® safety panes from SCHOLLGLAS, as they had to be manufactured in sometimes very narrow formats.