The Hotel Königshof is prominently located on Karlsplatz – a square that, like the hotel itself, has changed its appearance time and time again. The design for a new hotel building, which emerged from a competition in 2014, follows the independent nature of the urban buildings erected on this site in the past: the private house of Gustav von Vorherr from the 19th century, the Hotel Bellevue that repurposed the house in 1866 and the new construction of the Hotel Königshof in 1955. With a precisely cut volume and three-dimensional joint, the building asserts its prominent urban position in the city and is a deliberate architectural response to the striking axial frontality opposite Stachus and Neuhauser Strasse. In connection with this frontality and axiality, the new Hotel Königshof establishes a modern interpretation of classical concepts within this special location, which finds expression in the long, prismatic inner volume that reveals the building to the city.
Team:
Architects: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Project Management: Jocher & Paul GmbH, LMR Bauund Projektmanagement GmbH Structural Engineer: B+G Ingenieure Bollinger & Grohmann GmbH, Berlin. Sailer Stepan & Partner GmbH, München Services Engineer: Moser und Partner Ingenieur GmbH, Absam, Österreich. HL-Technik Engineering GmbH, Munich Landscape Architect: Frank Kiessling Landschaftsarchitekten. Kaltenecker Ingenieurbüro für Straßenplanung Fire Safety Consultant: Kaupa Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG. Kersken + Kirchner GmbH Acoustic Consultant: Müller-BBM Building Solutions GmbH Project Control: Leitwerk AG
Photographer: Roland Halbe
Materials Used:
Facade cladding: Fa. F.X. Rauch GmbH & Co. KG: Natural stone facade 'Turkish Trosselfels' Fa. Wilhelmer: Aluminum facade, perforated and partially smooth sheet metal, coated with Axalta coating
Flooring: Juramarmor; Parkett, Adler Parkett Carpets, Ulster Carpets
Doors: Exterior doors and gates by Fa. Schindler Fenster & Fassaden GmbH: Custom aluminum frame doors (profile systems by Gutmann and Wicona), some as automatic doors, and some as arched sliding doors, aluminum coated with Axalta coating. Interior doors by Fa. Studio 3, Schörghuber: Wooden doors with real wood veneer. Fa. Wilhelmer: Steel frame doors, partially with glass inserts and partially with aluminum cladding as a custom construction (profile system by Jansen), aluminum coated with Tiger Coating.
Windows: Glazing by Fa. Saint-Gobain: Partially triple-pane thermal and sound insulation glass, and partially triple-pane thermal, solar, and sound insulation glass (low-iron and color-neutral glass), some of which also include burglar-resistant glazing.
Interior/exterior lighting: WML GmbH: Flos, LED Linear, Bega, we-ef, LDM GmbH, Egger Licht GmbH, Wever & Ducré GmbH, unonovesette lighting instruments, modular lighting instruments, Andreea Braescu, Henge, Heathfield & Co
