The Professor-Sep-Ruf Building at the Goetheplatz was returned to its original use as a cinema including food service. Front and centre for this project, besides the expansion of the foyer with a cashier area, was creating an ambiance of “event driven architecture.” (and:guide MUNICH 2005, AB, teNeues Verlag GmbH + Co. KG)
Three new auditoriums were stacked on top of each other in the already existing cinema and the foyer was enlarged. The new auditoriums were themed: “Titanic” with blue waves and a spray of light, “Shadow” with the shadows of dancing trees and hobgoblins, as well as “Graffity” with constantly changing coloured fields of light. (WHO´S WHO Deutscher Innenarchitekten 2003, AB, H. M. Nelte)
Cinema architecture is a combination of entertainment and leisure architecture. It revolves around experience and consumption. The cinema industry is booming, visitor numbers are increasing and the supply of movies is higher than ever before.
(BDIA Handbuch 1999, Anne Batisweiler, B-M-V KONTOR GmbH)
The owners were looking for a clear concept with plenty of atmosphere. The planners decided on warm colours in gold, orange and sunshine yellow. The intention of the lighting design was to bathe the room, which was kept entirely black with the exception of the bright ornage Pullman seats, in a diffuse, soft light with the minimum of glare.
(LICHT – 05/1996, Anne Batisweiler, Richard Pflaum Verlag GmbH & Co. KG)
Major challenges for lighting specialists include not only projections of the film onto the screen of a cinema: a very spezial and essential assignment also includes immersing the space and colours experiended by cinemagoers in a pleasant ambience, in the creation of a cosy as well as exciting atmosphere.
(LICHT – 05/1996, Anne Batisweiler, Richard Pflaum Verlag GmbH & Co. KG)
The design of the Atelier cinema (good things come in small packages) was to be very different from conventional movie theaters. With budget and time constraints (i.e. no time for experimentation), the existing material was assessed and plans were made to use them in the most effective and exiting manner.
(LICHT – 02/1996, Anne Batisweiler, Richard Pflaum Verlag GmbH & Co. KG)
