From space requirements to the award: development over time

2007

Detailed analysis by the State of Hessen of the spatial requirements with regard to HEUREKA: additional space required totals just short of 5,000 sqm (HIS 1)

2008

HfG satellite concept at the harbor

2009

> First draft
> K1 expert opinion on the suitability of the sites
> First site-neutral registration of requirements by the HfG
> Resolution by the Senate and Executive Board in favor of the new building

2010

> Endowed professorship for creativity in an urban context
> New building concept in construction phases

2011

> Demand for “Space Space Space!” in the annual report
> Foundation of the Future Lab at the HfG

2012

> Second site-neutral report on requirements
> Request from the State of Hessen: revisit the opportunities for expansion and renovation on the existing site
> K1 expert opinion for modernization and expansion: cost estimated at EUR 88 million excluding land costs

2013

> Concept for an expandable initial construction phase on the church site with costs of EUR 20 million (excluding land costs)
> Public panel discussion in the Bora Assembly Hall in Offenbach with Tarek Al-Wazir

2014

Mainviertel GmbH & Co. KG begins marketing building plots 9a and b and offers the State of Hessen a new, equally suitable option (somewhat cheaper) with building plots 10 and 11.

2015

Decision in principle: EUR 90 million from the HEUREKA II budget

2016

> Symposium: “A 21st-century academy of art”, and HfG General Student Committee lecture series: “What to build?”
> Excursion by the HfG Future Lab to Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)

2019

Acquisition of the harbor plot

2020

Funding available for the new building increased by EUR 50 million

2021

Project follow-up with final appraisal of spatial requirements

2022

Launch of international architecture competition

2023

Jury and award procedure