Aegidiimarkt, Modern architectural complex in Münster-Mitte, Germany.
Aegidiimarkt is a building complex in Münster-Mitte bounded by Johannisstraße to the north and Aegidiistraße to the east, built on the site of the former Aegidii car park. The design by architects Dieter and Ulrike Kälberer won the city's competition; construction began in 1976 and the complex opened in 1979. It combines shops, offices and housing with a multi-level underground car park.
Before 1819 the site held the Cistercian convent of Aegidii. After the dilapidated Aegidii church was demolished, the Aegidii-Kaserne, also called Dreizehnerkaserne, of Infantry Regiment No. 13 was built around 1830. It was destroyed in World War II, and the land served as a car park for a long time until the city bought it and built a commercial, office and residential centre, opened in 1979.
The complex houses the Volkshochschule, a community education center where residents participate in classes and cultural events. This makes it an important gathering place for learning and community engagement in the city.
The complex lies between Johannisstraße to the north and Aegidiistraße to the east, and the attached Aegidiimarkt bus stop is a central hub of Münster's city bus network. The underground car park reaches ten levels, with the civil defence shelter on the tenth. The site was built from 1976 and opened in 1979.
The tenth underground level of the car park holds an ABC civil-defence shelter built into the complex, designed to protect 3,000 people in a crisis. It was fitted during construction from 1976, when the complex was built to designs by Dieter and Ulrike Kälberer.
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