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Lots of praise for the plans for the Starnberg Museum Quarter

2023-04-22T12:59:20.328Z


The building committee of the Starnberg City Council responded to the planning for the Museum Quarter with a lot of praise and approval. When the three buildings can be realized is written in the stars.


The building committee of the Starnberg City Council responded to the planning for the Museum Quarter with a lot of praise and approval.

When the three buildings can be realized is written in the stars.

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– One with four, one with five, one with six storeys, a publicly accessible terrace with an unobstructed view of the lake, plus free paths to the museum and the St. Benedict monument – ​​these are the main points of the winning design for the Museumsquartier, which the City Council’s building committee tackled on busy Thursday evening.

This concerns the properties at Bahnhofstrasse 1, 1a, 3 and 3a.

The giant pink staircase “cradle of Starnberg” has been standing on part of the area for almost exactly two years.

And that's not likely to change anytime soon.

Because although the building committee unanimously and approvingly took note of the planning and, in addition to much praise for the concept, there was only isolated criticism of the building heights, the date of the realization of the museum quarter is still completely open.

This has to do with the list of priorities according to which the municipal building administration is now processing development plans.

Although the Museum Quarter is classified in Group 1, i.e. it is considered a project with the highest priority, it is only in 16th place there. Around twelve projects can be processed at the same time in the town hall, which take an average of two years.

"It is currently not possible for us to actively work on the MuseumsQuartier," explained City Architect Stephan Weinl openly.

Anke Henniger (FDP) therefore wanted to know whether it was an option to outsource the land use planning for the Museumsquartier to an external office.

"Perhaps the contractor will eventually tire if it takes too long," she feared.

That's not possible, replied Weinl.

"Only the administration can carry out the dialogue with the city council, planners and citizens," he said.

Three rectangular buildings of different heights

Weinl had previously outlined the main features of the planning, for which the office of Beer Bembé Dellinger architects and urban planners from Greifenberg and Burkhardt Engelmayer Mendel landscape architects from Munich are responsible.

As is well known, the owner of the property is the Starnberg project developer Ehrlich and Klein, who also started the competition.

Accordingly, three rectangular buildings of different heights and orientations are planned.

Weinl described this staggering as important.

Small retail spaces and restaurants are planned on the lower floors towards Bahnhofstrasse and the lake, with apartments and offices above.

The mixture should enliven the entire area, explained Weinl.

"This creates urbanity." An extension of the immediately adjacent museum is also conceivable, for example in the form of an open museum depot.

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The model of the planned development of the Starnberg Museum Quarter.

© Peter Schiebel

The underground car park with 68 spaces is to be made of reinforced concrete and accessed via Possenhofener Straße.

A hybrid construction is planned for the upper floors, which focuses on sustainability.

"The character should be as light as possible," explained Weinl.

The timber construction also reflects the character of the neighboring Lochmannhaus.

Overall, the planning appreciates the special situation of the property between the dense city center, lake shore, museum and the beginning of villa development.

In addition, all levels can be reached via stairs, but also barrier-free, including by a public elevator.

The draft was also well received by city councillors.

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Johannes Glogger (WPS) called it "well thought out and beautiful" and spoke of an "urban highlight".

Josef Pfister (BMS) considered the challenges of the property to be "excellently solved".

For some councillors, it is too high

Ludwig Jägerhuber (CSU) found the present plan "the best solution of all that was in the competition".

It's a good concept.

However, he rated the height development as problematic.

A six-storey building directly at the bend in Bahnhofplatz/Bahnhofstrasse is too high.

"In terms of urban planning, it would be an absolute killing for the quarter if the height development were implemented 1:1," he said, speaking of a "high-rise tunnel" and suggesting that each building be reduced by one floor.

Franz Heidinger (BLS) made a similar statement, although a reduction to five storeys on Bahnhofstrasse would be sufficient.

No decisions were made on Thursday.

Source: merkur

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