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Project timeline
2001 – 2006
Type
Museum
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70372 Stuttgart
Germany
www.mercedes-benz-classic.com
Current state
Original
Architect Change this
Team
Tobias Wallisser with Marco Hemmerling, Hannes Pfau and Wouter de Jonge, Arjan Dingsté, Götz Peter Feldmann, Björn Rimner, Sebastian Schaeffer, Andreas Bogenschütz, Uli Horner, Ivonne Schickler, Dennis Ruarus, Erwin Horstmanshof, Derrick Diporedjo, Nanang Santoso, Robert Brixner, Alexander Jung, Matthew Johnston, Rombout Loman, Arjan van der Bliek, Fabian Evers, Nuno Almeida, Ger Gijzen, Tjago Nunes, Boudewijn Rosman, Ergian Alberg, Gregor Kahlau, Mike Herud, Thomas Klein, Simon Streit, Taehoon Oh, Jenny Weiss, Philipp Dury, Carin Lamm, Anna Carlquist, Jan Debelius, Daniel Kalani, Evert Klinkenberg
Client Change this
DaimlerChrysler Immobilien, Berlin
www.daimler.com
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35,000m²
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May 23rd, 2013
Mercedes-Benz Museum Change this
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The Mercedes-Benz Museum was designed by the Dutch architects, UNStudio, which is headed up by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos. The project was completed in 2006.
The Museum synthesizes geometry into the structural and programmatic organizations of space resulting in a new landmark building that celebrates a legendary car. The geometric model employed is based on the trefoil organization. The building’s program is distributed over the surfaces which ascend incrementally from ground level, spiraling around a central atrium.
The Museum experience begins with visitors traveling up through the atrium to the top floor from where they follow the two main paths that unfold chronologically as they descend through the building. The two main trajectories, one being the car and truck collection and the other consisting of historical displays called the Legend rooms, spiral downwards on the perimeter of the display platforms, intersecting with each other at several points allowing the visitor to change routes.
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