Military History Museum

Competition: 2001 Completion: 2010 Opening: 2013

Client: Federal Republic of Germany

Building Address: Olbrichtplatz 2 01076 Dresden Germany

Technical Details:

Building area: 20,000 sq.m.(215,278 sq.ft.)

Existing Building: 14.000 sqm.(150,694 sq.ft.)

Adjoining buildings: 6.000 sqm (64,5983 sq.ft)

Exhibition Area: 10,000 sq.m.(107,639 sq.ft.)

Construction of new extension and refurbishment of existing buildings, new building: 5 floors (existing building: 3 floors + roof)

Structure: Steel and concrete building (Extension).

Design Team Leader：Jochen Klein

Design Team： Peter Haubert, Guillaume Chapallaz, Marcel Nette, Ka Wing Lo, Helko Rettschlag, Ina Hesselmann

Joint Venture Partner: Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG

Cost and Site Supervision: Lubic & Woehrlin Architekten, Berlin

Structural Engineer: GSE Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbh

Mechanical/Electrical: Ipro Industrieprojektierung

Civil Engineer: Arnold Consult Auditing Statics: Ing. Consult Cornelius-Schwarz-Zeitler GmbH

Landscape Architect: Dipl.-Ing. Volker von Gagern

Fire Protection Consultant: Ingenieurbuero Heilmann, Pirna, Germany

Lighting Designer: Delux AG Exhibition Design: Prof. HG Merz, Stuttgart, Germany with Holzer Kobler Architekturen (Switzerland)

Demolition: Bertram fur Bau und Gewerbe

Foundation, Steel Beams: Firma Bauer Spezialtiefbau

Raw Construction: Hentschke Bau Steel Construction, Wedge: Gerhard Schilling Stahlbau und Montage

Steel Construction, Floor Plates: Stahlbau Verbundtrager

Facade: Josef Gartner GmbH, Gundelfingen, Germany