General information	Southwing of the new parliament building © Peter Thieme, Berlin The inauguration of the new parliament building took place on January 21, 2014 with an official ceremony. The public was invited to an open house event on January 18 and 19, 2014 to visit the new building. Further details are available at www.landtag.brandenburg.de
Location	In May 2005, Brandenburg's state parliament passed a resolution to construct its new parliament building on the site of the city palace demolished in 1959 in the center of Potsdam. The new parliament building is located on the Alter Markt in close proximity to city hall, the Nikolaikirche, Knobelsdorffhaus and the Havel.
Parliament building project	The new parliament building was constructed within the outlines of the original city palace designed by Georg Wenceslaus von Knobelsdorff. The building was set within the reconstructed outer facades and in reference to the original massing of the palace. The five-story building is 100-meters wide, 140-meters long and 23-meters high. The new parliament building has an area of approximately 35,000 sqm. The interior offers all of the necessary functions that a parliamentary institution requires with a modern style of expression. Besides the plenary hall with a characteristic opening in the ceiling, the building houses around 370 offices for parliament members, political parties and the parliamentary administration. In addition, the building is fit-out with meeting and conference rooms, a library as well as a restaurant and roof terrace open to the public. Besides organizing and executing the award procedure, [phase eins]. provided services including an art-in-architecture competition and parts of project controlling in the context of construction of the new building.
Facts and numbers	• Project type: Office/administration • Total number of offices: approx. 370 • Usable floor area UFA (excluding underground parking): 15,100 sqm • Gross floor area GFA: 34,525 sqm • Gross volume: 150,600 sqm • Building costs: 119.7 million Euro
Award procedure	Following an award procedure between 2006 and 2009, the contract for construction was awarded to the architect Prof. Peter Kulka. The objective of the procedure was to determine the most economical solution for the planning, construction, financing and operation of the new building within a context of a public-private partnership (PPP).
Client	Federal State of Brandenburg represented by the Brandenburg State Ministry of Finance Steinstrasse 104-106 14480 Potsdam and BAM PPP Landtag Potsdam Projektgesellschaft mbH Seedamm 44 60489 Frankfurt Further information available at www.mdf.brandenburg.de
Coordinating general contractor	BAM Deutschland AG Mönchhaldenstraße 26 D-70121 Stuttgart Further information available at www.bam-deutschland.de
Operations	BAM Immobilien-Dienstleistungen GmbH Wolframstraße 62 70191 Stuttgart
Architect	Peter Kulka Architektur Köln GmbH Neusser Strasse 27 - 29 50670 Cologne Prof. Peter Kulka, Henryk Urbanietz Further information available at www.peterkulka.de
Schedule	• 2006 to 2009: Competitive dialogue (award procedure) • September 2009: Contract awarded/project contract signed • 25 March 2010: Groundbreaking ceremony • 25 October 2010: Permanent exhibition about the new Parliament Building opens • 16 February 2011: Laying of the cornerstone • 24 November 2011: Topping-out ceremony • November 2011 to Juni 2012: Art-in-architecture competition • 10 October 2013: Handover of keys, moving in • 21 Januar 2014: Ceremonial inauguration