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Öko Skin glassfibre-reinforced concrete at Kulturbahnhof Critical Art Ensemble with the project entitled "Winning hearts and minds" Environmentally-friendly Öko Skin concrete facade Sustainable Museum at the dOCUMENTA (13) Rieder has a long tradition of supporting art projects.	12.06.2012 Öko Skin facade for the Sustainable Museum at dOCUMENTA (13) Concrete panels manufactured by Rieder will play an important role at the world's largest exhibition of contemporary art this year. More than 150 artists from 55 countries will present their multi-faceted artistic projects in Kassel, Germany, from June 9. Der Grüne Punkt (Green Dot) and Green Building Group, who both sponsor dOCUMENTA (13), have built the first Sustainable Museum with sustainable building materials. One of the environmentally friendly museum buildings is clad with Öko Skin by Rieder. Sustainable Museum In the inner-city park Karlsaue and the Kulturbahnhof visitors will find 24 exhibition buildings this year. These buildings, which are distributed across the park area and the former central station, together form the Sustainable Museum. Der Grüne Punkt and Green Building Group, a Graz-based company specializing in sustainable prefabricated houses, emphasize the need for environmentally-friendly construction. The buildings symbolize a sustainable, closed-cycle economy, a responsible use of limited resources and environmentally compatible and climate-friendly production technology. Conceived as monuments for the "protection of the earth", the houses will be donated to social and cultural institutions, environmental organisations and aid projects after dOCUMENTA (13) to remind people of the huge environmental problems facing the world today. Öko Skin glassfibre-reinforced concrete at Kulturbahnhof The 24 artist pavilions are used as exhibition space. The house on the grounds of the former central station Kulturbahnhof is reserved for the famous artistic group Critical Art Ensemble with the project entitled "Winning hearts and minds". In addition to discovering the projects of this media-critical artist group, visitors can also discover the building's environmentally-friendly Öko Skin concrete facade. As an ecologically sound, extremely durable facade material, Öko Skin has been very high on the list of sustainable construction materials for the Sustainable Museum built for dOCUMENTA (13). Öko Skin is based on purely mineral raw materials and is thus fully recyclable. In comparison with other facade materials, the production of Öko Skin glassfibre concrete generates 40% less greenhouse emissions. Wolfgang Rieder is enthusiastic about the intention to provide a platform for "sustainable building" at the renowned dOCUMENTA (13). "We are very proud to be part of the first Sustainable Museum at dOCUMENTA (13). This is a confirmation of our efforts to revolutionize the world of concrete construction with regard to eco-friendliness, functionality and aesthetics. « back to overview

Öko Skin glassfibre-reinforced concrete at Kulturbahnhof

Critical Art Ensemble with the project entitled "Winning hearts and minds"

Environmentally-friendly Öko Skin concrete facade

Sustainable Museum at the dOCUMENTA (13)

Rieder has a long tradition of supporting art projects.

12.06.2012

Öko Skin facade for the Sustainable Museum at dOCUMENTA (13)

Concrete panels manufactured by Rieder will play an important role at the world's largest exhibition of contemporary art this year.

More than 150 artists from 55 countries will present their multi-faceted artistic projects in Kassel, Germany, from June 9. Der Grüne Punkt (Green Dot) and Green Building Group, who both sponsor dOCUMENTA (13), have built the first Sustainable Museum with sustainable building materials. One of the environmentally friendly museum buildings is clad with Öko Skin by Rieder.

Sustainable Museum
In the inner-city park Karlsaue and the Kulturbahnhof visitors will find 24 exhibition buildings this year. These buildings, which are distributed across the park area and the former central station, together form the Sustainable Museum. Der Grüne Punkt and Green Building Group, a Graz-based company specializing in sustainable prefabricated houses, emphasize the need for environmentally-friendly construction. The buildings symbolize a sustainable, closed-cycle economy, a responsible use of limited resources and environmentally compatible and climate-friendly production technology.

Conceived as monuments for the "protection of the earth", the houses will be donated to social and cultural institutions, environmental organisations and aid projects after dOCUMENTA (13) to remind people of the huge environmental problems facing the world today.

Öko Skin glassfibre-reinforced concrete at Kulturbahnhof
The 24 artist pavilions are used as exhibition space. The house on the grounds of the former central station Kulturbahnhof is reserved for the famous artistic group Critical Art Ensemble with the project entitled "Winning hearts and minds". In addition to discovering the projects of this media-critical artist group, visitors can also discover the building's environmentally-friendly Öko Skin concrete facade.

As an ecologically sound, extremely durable facade material, Öko Skin has been very high on the list of sustainable construction materials for the Sustainable Museum built for dOCUMENTA (13). Öko Skin is based on purely mineral raw materials and is thus fully recyclable. In comparison with other facade materials, the production of Öko Skin glassfibre concrete generates 40% less greenhouse emissions.

Wolfgang Rieder is enthusiastic about the intention to provide a platform for "sustainable building" at the renowned dOCUMENTA (13). "We are very proud to be part of the first Sustainable Museum at dOCUMENTA (13). This is a confirmation of our efforts to revolutionize the world of concrete construction with regard to eco-friendliness, functionality and aesthetics.

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