6117 LOVT Munich

Location:
Munich, Germany

Completion:
2026

Client:
Hines Immobilien

Landscape architecture:
Studio Vulkan

Architecture:
Graft Architekten

Visualization:
Nightnurse

Details:

• [courtyard]
• [open space]
• [rooftop]
• [terrace]
• [vegetation]

Urban Horizons

The former Mediaworks complex in eastern Munich is currently undergoing a transformation into new working environments. In this process, open space plays a central role as a connecting structure. It mediates between new public pathways into the surrounding Werksviertel and clearly addresses the new entrances and access points.

In the western courtyard, the reuse of existing paving materials becomes a central and identity-defining design element. The stored paving stones are refurbished, supplemented with special concrete slabs, and assembled into a new surface pattern. This traces the important circulation routes fluidly and highlights specific areas within the courtyards. Numerous new tree plantings and a richly structured ground-level vegetation concept create a vibrant and multifaceted spatial experience.

On the pavilion-like architectures within the courtyard, a second landscape level with unique open-space qualities is created. Striking staircases, some of them greened, form the connecting typology between the lower and upper levels. In this way, the courtyard becomes accessible in surprising ways and offers special places for seating, bicycle parking, outdoor dining, and flexible uses.

In contrast, the adjoining eastern courtyard is conceived differently. By preserving characteristic existing trees and densifying the tree plantings, a park-like overall impression is established as a counterpoint. Here, niche-like spaces within the greenery create a calm counterpart to the highly active neighboring courtyard, meaningfully enriching the open-space offering.

An elevator leads up to the large roof terrace, the third landscape level. A publicly accessible roof garden is created here, where a variety of leisure uses can be experienced above the city rooftops. This introduces an entirely new open-space typology to the Werksviertel.