Constructed in 2006 and acquired by the Folkwang University of the Arts in 2010, the SANAA building designed by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners in the renowned Japanese architectural firm, SANAA, is widely considered an architectural masterpiece with a ground-breaking energy concept.

Coinciding with Essen’s year as European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, the creators were awarded the Pritzker Prize, the world’s greatest honour for architects. The SANAA building breaks the architectural raster of Zollverein’s former industrial buildings and combines heritage with modernity.

Areal A [Schacht XII]
Gelsenkirchener Str. 209
45309 Essen

www.folkwang-uni.de

Getting here:

By car: 
Parking B

By train: 
From Essen central station (Hbf) tram 107 in the direction of Hanielstr. / Gelsenkirchen Hbf to stop Zollverein (15 mins.)
From Gelsenkirchen central station (Hbf) tram 107 in the direction of Essen Hbf to stop Zollverein (20 mins.)
From Duisburg central station (Hbf) via Oberhausen central station (Hbf) train ›S-Bahn‹  in the direction of Dortmund to stop Zollverein Nord (20 mins.)
From Dortmund central station (Hbf) via Gelsenkirchen central station (Hbf) train ›S-Bahn‹ in the direction of Duisburg to stop Zollverein Nord (40 mins.)

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