Demolition of the old Agfa-Building in Munich

This is about the demolition of the old Agfa-Building in Munich using explosives on February 17. 2008.
I will start with a general view and a few pictures of the preparations. There will be many pictures and one movie.
As the building belongs to the medical division, there is a new one now I will show at the end.

Here it goes - the windows were already removed - a general view:



Please excuse the varying quality - it was my start with darktable - digging in my archive.

More to follow...

Best regards,
Michael

The day

This was the day, you see the visitors arriving, the building fall and at the end of the post is a link to a little movie.




Then the buffer was full and I had to wait - but the next one was rewarding:



The movie is here.

Next: The aftermath.

Best regards,
Michael

The Aftermath

The dust disappeared quite quickly - three views of the rubble and one of the later demolition of one of the AA defense towers.



Here you can see that this tower was different - just look at the thickness of the concrete roof.



Later: What's there now.

Best regards,
Michael

Interesting sequence of events! I was expecting more of an implosion upon itself with smaller pieces of rubble and was surprised to see such large parts of the structure still left after it collapsed.

James,

Thanks. The building was not that high - 50m. 125kg of explosives were enough and collapsing onto itself was no option. It had to fall away from the road with a slight rotational motion around the vertical axis to avoid damage of the road nearby. This is why larger chunks were still intact.

The demolition experts did this perfectly.

Best regards,
Michael

New building

This is the new building. The structure replicates the former building. but the tower and the main building are slightliy higher.




Best regards,
Michael

Michael,

I thought this demolition just happened, LOL! I'm thinking, that was fast. Those germans are indeed so efficient! Of course, I was so into the explosions, that I missed that the year 2008 in your first post!

Is this just corporate offices, or do they make film there too?

Asher

Asher,

Agfa produced cameras and lab equipment in Munich - this is long gone. What remains is Agfa Healthcare. The Munich site develops imaging equipment for x-ray (image plate scanners etc.).

Best regards,
Michael