Fünf Höfe

The shopping arcade Five Courtyards in downtown Munich (in the range Salvator, Theatinerstrasse, Kardinal-Faulhaber -Strasse, and others) was from 1998 to 2003 after the gutting of a building complex of HypoVereinsbank. 2004, the five yards to the DIFA ( now called the Union Investment Real Estate AG ) have been sold since then, the official name CityQuartier five yards.

General

Overall, the five farms offer visitors to approximately 14,000 m² around 60 stores and approximately 2,500 square eight cafes and restaurants. They also include the Hypo - Kunsthalle (approx. 3,200 m² of floor space ), showing temporary exhibitions on various topics, artists and eras.

There are also 24,300 m² of office space and 3,200 m² apartments, which are barely noticeable from the passages from.

The ensemble is considered cosmopolitan and elegant to cool. It was primarily related to the higher price classes of shops and restaurants.

Architectural History

The plan for the redevelopment of the entire block was in 1994 the first international competition success of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The client was by the HVB Immobilien AG (a subsidiary of the then HypoVereinsbank ) represented five yards GmbH & Co KG,

With substantial retention of the facades and buildings of the old portfolio Herzog & de Meuron built the hitherto closed Old Town block inside radically to, gutted it and decorated it an ensemble of courtyards and passages with different views and insights, each court has its own character should. In the first phase, which was completed on 8 February 2001, emerged from her designs of Perusa and Portiahof, as well as the Pranner and a part of the Salvatorpassage and Hypo - Kunsthalle. The architect Ivano Gianola designed the Maffeihof and designed the south of the five courtyards, the area to Schäfflerhof. The second phase, which was inaugurated on 19 March 2003, designed the Munich architects Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht the facade to Salvatorstraße.

Art

Some of the courtyards and passages are furnished with works of art:

• In the Salvatorpassage the " Hanging Gardens " by Tita Giese were installed.
• In the Prannerpassage made ​​by the Mayer'schen Hofkunstanstalt glass sequins mosaics of rundgeschliffenem clear window glass in the walls and ceiling to 317 m² so inserted into the gray concrete that arise glitter effects.
• In Viscardihof designed by Ólafur Elíasson "Sphere" is attached, a large, hanging ball of steel braid.