Frankfurt Unveils Scaled-Down Plans for Long-Awaited Kulturcampus

After years of delays, city and state officials announce a revised multi-building design for the Kulturcampus on the former university site in Bockenheim.

• The Kulturcampus project, first envisioned in 2010, will center on a new multi-building complex for the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK).
• City and state officials opted for a decentralized design with three separate buildings instead of a single structure, citing space constraints.
• The project is budgeted at €170 million, with construction expected to begin in 2030 and completion projected for 2035, though rising costs pose risks to the timeline.
• Additional cultural facilities, including the Frankfurt LAB experimental theater space, are planned, but funding and timelines for these remain uncertain.
• Key cultural institutions like Ensemble Modern and the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company will remain at their current locations, reflecting a shift to a more dispersed cultural infrastructure.

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