An innovative building project of Städelschule in cooperation with the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (UAS) and the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung.

We are pleased to announce the opening of the “The Frankfurt Prototype”, in the inner courtyard of the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt on Tuesday, Oktober 1, 2024 at 6 p.m.  (admission from 5:30 p.m.)

Please register via this link.

Dr. Niklas Maak, initiator of the project and visiting professor at the Städelschule, Prof. Dr. Barbara Clausen, new Rector of the Städelschule, Carsten Kratz, President of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Franzen, Co-initator of the project at Senckenberg and new President of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach as well as Prof. Heinrich Lessing, of Frankfurt’s UAS, will give an introductory speech. 

Afterwards, the building can be visited. Please remember to wear appropriate footwear. Drinks and snacks will be available at the bar.

The Frankfurt Prototype is made possible by the generous support of the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art, LOEWE-Exploration 5. Significant support is provided by Heinz und Gisela Friederichs Stiftung, Schöpflin Stiftung, and Crespo Foudation. The project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Additional support has been provided by Bernd Meÿ, Städelschule Portikus e.V. and Stiftung ohne Titel, 2016. We would like to thank Barkow Leibinger architects and Schneider+Schumacher architects as well as Arup engineering for their commitment and help during the realization of the project.

Photographs and films will be taken and published by Senckenberg and the partners involved in this project in various media for the purposes of event reporting and general public relations.

The project page for “The Frankfurt Prototype” can be found here