Florentino Pérez presented the joint project by GMP Arquitectos and L35 Ribas, winner of the International Tender for Architectural Ideas for the remodelling of the Santiago Bernabéu, at the stadium´s directors´ box this afternoon.

The new Real Madrid Bernabeu design will be by German firm GMP and the Catalan architects, L35 Ribas.

The losers were the teams of Rafael Moneo and the Swiss Herzog & de Meuron, Norman Foster and Rafael de la Hoz, and Carlos Lamela and Populous.

All architects received on January 29, 2014, a call from Real Madrid where they were told the decisión.

Volkwin Marg, the German architect who heads the bid to turn the Whites’ stronghold into an architectural icon and an international leader in sports venues, said that the goal is “to transform it into the most advanced and developed twenty-first century stadium. This building is undoubtedly the most important project of our careers”.

The president of Real Madrid stated that: “We want to turn the Santiago Bernabéu into the best stadium in the world and to create a better football experience for the fans. The best stadium in a unique location that will be a global symbol”.

The main support for the project, by GMP, has been Florentino Pérez. Coincidentally, one of the architects who designed the stadium with the German company, architect Josep Ribas, is a member of Barcelona, that also did not like some managers of Real Madrid.

The club were those who opted for the new stadium was designed by a firm of international standing as Rafael Moneo, Norman Foster and Herzog & De Meuron, These architects finally were relegated.

The president of Real Madrid officially announced that the project by GMP Arquitectos and L35 Ribas is the winner of the "International Tender for Architectural Ideas for the remodelling of the Santiago Bernabéu". The budgeted cost is 400 million euros.

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L35 Architects is an architecture, urban planning and design studio with offices in Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Paris, Milan, Miami, Mexico, Bogotá, Santiago, Istanbul and Abu Dhabi. Formed by 25 partners and more than 200 professionals, since its founding in 1967 the studio has specialized in the areas of residential, offices, hotels, commercial, stadiums, mixed uses and urban developments.

Of particular relevance is its experience in large-scale projects and complex mixed-use programs. With projects in 40 countries, L35 Architects addresses any architectural challenge based on collective reflection with its clients and collaborators, pursuing excellence in design.

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gmp Architekten. gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (abbreviated gmp Architeckten or gmp) is a German Architecture practice based in Hamburg and with offices in Asia and other regions. It was founded in 1965 by the architects Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg. In the first two years of the Meinhard von Gerkan and Marg Volkwin association, they won eight architectural competitions already, including the design for the Berlin Tegel Airport.

Meinhard von Gerkan. Born in Riga, Latvia in 1935, Meinhard von Gerkan is an architect at the Technical University of Braunschweig, where he graduated in 1964. The following year, he teamed up with Volkwin Marg, a partnership which still exists today under the name "von Gerkan, Marg und Partner "(GMP), and with a base in Hamburg.

In 1974 Gerkan was appointed to a professorship at the Technical University of Braunschweig, where he directed 2002 the Institute of Architectural Design (Department of Architecture and Design A).
Meinhard von Gerkan is also a member of the Free Academy of Arts Hamburg.

Marg Volkwin. Marg Volkwin was born in 1936 in Königsberg, East Prussia. From 1958 to 1964 he studied Architecture in Berlin at the Technical University of Braunschweig, where he graduated in 1965, the year in which he also founded the architectural firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) together with Meinhard von Gerkan.

In 1972 he was appointed as a member of the Free Academy of Arts Hamburg and in 1974, a member of the German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning. From 1975 to 1983 he was the first vice president, then (1979) President of the Federal German Architects (BDA). In 1986 he received a professorship at the RWTH Aachen for city planning and teaching work.

Since 2007 Marg is director of the Academy of Structures (AAC), which he founded along with von Gerkan through the GMP Foundation. Volkwin Marg is a member of the advisory board of the Federal Cultural Foundation Construction.

In 2009 he was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany ausgezeichnet. In 2010 he became a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

In 2012 he received an honorary doctorate in the Department of Architecture, awarded by the Academic Council of the University of Hamburg HafenCity.

Together, Meinhard von Gerkan and Marg Volkwin have won more than 490 awards in national and international contests, among which more than 290 are first prizes.

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Ribas & Ribas Arquitectos is an architectural firm based in Barcelona with 58 years of experience in the area of ​​Architecture and Urbanism. Founded in Barcelona almost six decades ago by Josep Ribas González and now run by the second and third generation of family architects, José Ribas Folguera, Inmaculada Ribas Folguera, Adriana Ribas.

The firm offers a wide range of work to cover all possible urban and social needs of each moment. Ribas & Ribas Arquitectos has international experience and is currently developing exciting new projects in Spain, Andorra, Peru and Dubai.

The firm has established successful collaborations with renowned architects such as Josep Lluís Sert and Ateliers Jean Nouvel among others.

Ribas & Ribas has developed several projects such as the Torre Colón in Barcelona, ​​​​the Church of Baqueira - Beret, the New IESE Business School in Barcelona, ​​​​the Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel and the Life Marina condominium in Ibiza in partnership with Ateliers Jean Nouvel.

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Published on: January 31, 2014
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