The „Mutterhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern“ in Munich’s city center was refurbished, energetically upgraded, and converted for clinical and administrative use by the LMU Klinikum. Today, the “St. Vinzenz Haus” accommodates outpatient clinics and day clinics, doctors’ offices, administrative and therapy spaces for the Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as well as Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, the Institute of General Practice, and teaching facilities for the Carl-August-Heckscher School.

The former church space was transformed into a multifunctional event venue, the so-called Friedrich-von-Gärtner Hall. The former cloister, which surrounds the inner courtyard on the ground and first floors, was subdivided with glass elements and upgraded to meet fire protection requirements, allowing it to remain perceptible as a defining spatial element of the historic monastery building. The main corridors now serve not only as circulation areas, but also as spaces for social interaction and waiting. The conversion created space for modern clinical use while preserving the character of the listed building.

The building, which is listed as an individual monument, was constructed in 1837 as a monastery according to plans by Friedrich von Gärtner. The Sisters of Charity, invited to Munich by Ludwig I., were primarily dedicated to nursing care, which is why the building was connected to a hospital building via a bridge structure on the first floor. Following its secularization in 2000, parts of the building were used by the University Hospital Munich before it remained largely vacant from 2007 onwards. Planning for the comprehensive refurbishment began in 2016.

Prior to tendering, a detailed life cycle assessment of various flooring materials was carried out for the St. Vinzenz Haus. Based on this analysis and the evaluation of toxicity values, a particularly environmentally friendly flooring material was selected in order to reduce the project’s ecological footprint. As a result, CO₂ emissions across production, installation, and use phases were minimized.

Particular attention was also paid to reducing potentially harmful emissions and improving long-term user comfort.