What Koolhaas has built is a very large version of himself, a system that, through a method of researching and building, is capable of reliably creating beautiful and intelligent ideas on how the world could be. Koolhaas’s greatest achievement is therefore not a building or book, but a system that is capable of harvesting, questioning and producing ideas. Earlier buildings include Casa da Música in Porto (2005), Seattle Central Library (2004), and Netherlands Embassy in Berlin (2003).We look at the current moment and see where and in what way we could make certain breakthroughs - Rem Koolhaas Earlier buildings include Fondazione Prada in Milan (2018), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2015), Fondazione Prada in Milan (2015) G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (2014) Shenzhen Stock Exchange (2013) De Rotterdam (2013), CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012), New Court, the headquarters for Rothschild Bank in London (2011) Milstein Hall at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York (2011) and Maggie's Centre, a cancer care centre in Glasgow (2011). OMA’s completed projects include Taipei Performing Arts Centre (2022), Norra Tornen in Stockholm (2020), Axel Springer Campus in Berlin (2020), MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre (2020), Galleria in Gwanggyo (2020), nhow RAI Hotel in Amsterdam (2020), a new building for Brighton College (2020), and Potato Head Studios in Bali (2020). OMA-designed buildings currently under construction are the renovation of Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin, The Factory in Manchester, Hangzhou Prism, the CMG Times Center in Shenzhen and the Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux. OMA is led by eight partners – Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, Jason Long, and Managing Partner-Architect David Gianotten – and maintains offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia. OMA's buildings and masterplans around the world insist on intelligent forms while inventing new possibilities for content and everyday use. Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is a leading international partnership practising architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis.
Built projects in Berlin include the Netherlands Embassy (2003) and Checkpoint Charlie Apartments (1990). In addition to a new building for the Axel Springer media group, this is OMA’s second ongoing project in Berlin. With this project, OMA addresses accelerating shifts in consumer behavior and the challenges brought by online retail that have affected the tradition department store model. The new components fragment the original mass into smaller, easily accessible and navigable components – similar to distinct urban sectors embedded into a unified city fabric. OMA’s proposal is tactical: rather than treating the existing building as a singular mass, the project introduces four quadrants. The transformation will address KaDeWe’s desire to redefine its current model, and relationship with its patrons and with its physical and urban environments. The renovation plans of the historic Berlin department store Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) by OMA have been unveiled.ĭepartment stores were one of the pillars of early modern retail, acting as an incubator for sophisticated crafts, social exchange and challenging experimentation in services.
Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), the Historic Berlin Department Store, to be Renovated by OMA
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