From Salt Factory to Art Museum: The Story Behind the Schaudepot in Essen, Germany

From Salt Factory to Art Museum: The Story Behind the Schaudepot in Essen, Germany

Photos by Jochen Tack, courtesy of Ruhr Museum Once the largest coal mine in Europe, the Zollverein complex in Essen, Germany, has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past twenty-five years. What was once a landscape of abandoned industrial facilities is now a laboratory of contemporary architecture, featuring works by Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, and SANAA. Their interventions bridge the site’s industrial past with its imagined futur…