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Iconic Awards 2024 ‘best of best’ for Gasometer

Iconic Design Awards 2024, Rat für Formgebung | German Design Council, BMW Welt, München, 8. Oktober 2024, Foto: Jens Hartmann

The Gasometer project in Münster has been awarded the Iconic Awards 2024 in the category Concept – Visionary Architecture, receiving the honorable mention ‘Best of Best.’ This recognition is a wonderful reward for the work of Mei architects and planners and Peter Bastian Architekten BDA, who are jointly designing this project.

Gasometer: From industrial icon to green oasis

Gasometer Munster by night

The robust industrial gas holder is being transformed into a nature-inclusive residential tower, surrounded by a lush park. The concept is based on three essential core ideas: preserving and building upon the iconic character and identity of the Gasometer; inspiring healthy living and returning energy and greenery to the city; and fostering an engaged local community. The gas holder, which once supplied energy to the city, is undergoing a green transformation, thus becoming the epicenter of innovation and coexistence once again.

“This iconic concept deserves recognition: Disused industrial infrastructure now defines the character of urban and rural areas alike. The Rotterdam planning office Mei architects and planners is planning to transform an unused gasometer in Münster into a spectacular residential building. The project focuses on strengthening and engaging with the community, and on emphasising the local identity bound up in the building; a former storage facility for fossil fuels is thus transformed into a symbol of new and sustainable use. The residential units are to be arranged in a ring within the steel frame, with a funnel-shaped inner courtyard that provides the ground floor with daylight and allows the atrium terraces around it to be planted with vegetation.”

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With this prestigious recognition, Mei architects and planners underscores its commitment to innovative and sustainable architecture. Furthermore, the Gasometer project demonstrates that building Paris Proof is already possible.

Gasometer Munster by night

Gasometer

From gas holder to green icon

From gas holder to green icon Together with a multidisciplinary team, Mei is working on an integrated design for a future-proof, inclusive and vibrant redevelopment of the Gasometer, bringing together…