Wolfsburg, Germany, 2000
A 3-D presentation of the spirit of Audi
Autostadt is a very ambitious project launched by Ferdinand Piech, Chairman
and Managing Director of Volkswagen. He wanted to build a sort of car
town (Autostadt in German) at Wolfsburg factory in North
Germany.
The different automobile manufacturers: Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Seat,
Skoda, Volkswagen, (and soon Bugatti) have a pavilion each and there is
also a museum, a luxury hotel, and lots of restaurants,…
For the Audi pavilion, we decided to lead the visitor into the workshop
and loft of a sculptor who has a passion for cars and is in love with
the Audi TT coupé. From Max and Klara's work and living space transpires
an aura of quality, refinery, and the love of beautiful things… in
other words the spirit of Audi. In the basement, there is a surprise:
a fleeting appearance (a few seconds) of an entirely new, extremely powerful
Audi: the 16 cylinder Rosemeyer…
| type of achievement | The Volkswagen Automobile Attraction Park |
| client | Audi Autostadt |
| partner | Jochen Hunger, architect |
| co-production | Confino&Co AlphaBeth GmbH (our German subsidiary) |
| location | Autostadt Wolfsburg, Germany |
| attendance | 2 million visitors during the first year |
| floor space | 1 500m2 |
| budget for scenography & architecture |
€5.1 million |
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PROJECT DETAILS
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The pavilion from the outside
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Oceanliner Museum . Saint-Nazaire, France, 2000 |
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Micropolis . Saint-Leons, France, 2000 |
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The Audi Pavilion-Autostadt . Wolfsburg, Germany, 2000 |
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Time for time . Paris, France, 2000 |
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Exhibit Master Plan . Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2002-03 |
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Restaurant . Turin National Cinema Museum, Italy, 2003 |
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Barolo Wine Museum . Italy, 2003-07 |
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L.A. Light-Motion-Dreams . Los Angeles, USA, 2004-05 |
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Turin Automobile Museum . Italy, 2004-08 |
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Collapse? . Los Angeles, USA, 2005-06 |
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Suzhou Science Museum . China, 2005-08 |
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Television Museum . Aubervilliers, France, 2005-09 |
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1913 Building Galleries . Los Angeles, USA, 2006-08 |
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BIE Expo x Expos . Milan, Italy, 2008 |
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Future to come . 2011 |
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Future Pavilion . Shangaï, China, 2010 |
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Memorial of Slavery . Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, 2009 |
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450th birthday of the University of Geneva . Geneva, Switzerland, 2009 |