Design and construction planning of bridge to BMW Museum, BMW Welt, Munich

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COOP HIMMELB(L)AU (archive creator)

Title:

Design and construction planning of bridge to BMW Museum, BMW Welt, Munich

Date:

2002-2007

Description:

Original directory name: "25_TRIAS-Aussenbrücke". File content shows the design and construction planning for a pedestrian bridge connecting BMW Welt to the BMW Museum. Records include plans, drawings, research material, presentations, approval planning, building specification, list of plans, final handover of the arch bridge, etc.

The bulk of records are CAD drawings and 3D models of the design development and planning. The drawings are organized by type of plan: site plan, sections, axonometric views, etc. As for 3D models, they are organized mostly by file format, and then by date. The "3D" sub-directory also contains more than 1500 screenshots saved as JPEG. Additional records include site photographs, digitized sketches, visual research material, presentations of the concept, bridge structure technical descriptions, 2D and 3D technical drawings (in PDF, CAD, JPG, and Illustrator formats), renderings, project planning charts, and plan lists.

Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, AutoCAD Drawing, 3DM, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Maya Binary File Format

Form:
drawings
textual records
born digital
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 File

Extent and medium:

4,264 digital files (20 GB)

Reference number:

AP181.S1.019

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Some photographs of the site in "b_Bilder/sitefotos/" were dated 2000-01-01, likely an error in the encoding of the timestamp. Date was changed to 2004-10-07, which corresponds to the date of a photogrpah of the same series present in this directory.

Conditions governing access:

Digital material can only be accessed on-site. Please contact Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca for more information. Access by appointment only.

Credit line:
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records
Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal.
Don de COOP HIMMELB(L)AU/
Gift of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

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