White precast elements for Leipzig University

Parapet elements with light and airy lattice structure

Originally inaugurated as a Catholic monastery church in 1240, the ‘Paulinerkirche’ was later transferred into the ownership of Leipzig University in the course of secularization. Since then, it had been a Protestant church and went through an eventful history until it was blown up and demolished in 1968. Following German reunification, reconstruction of the building – used originally as a convent church – took place on the basis of the drawings of the Rotterdam architect Erick van Egeraat. Current uses of the building include conducting functions as an auditorium of the University of Leipzig....

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