The new Chemical Invention Factory building by SEHW Architekur forms a new building block within the TU Campus, which represents contemporary and sustainable research thanks to its compact cubature, its economic grid and its materiality. The cube, which stands out from its surroundings with its simple, shiny metallic façade, serves as a figurehead and new …
Continue reading...Berlin-Brandenburg 2070
The metropolitan area of Berlin-Brandenburg is growing. In the future, the intertwining of urban and rural space will need holistic urban-rural planning. That way it will meet the demands of a powerful metropolitan region. Our climate-neutral scenario seeks to turn away from the suburbanization of rural areas, which takes up increasingly more space, and instead …
Continue reading...Workshop Procedure Blankenburger Süden
In the course of the urban planning workshop procedure Blankenburger Süden, four planning teams were selected to develop a framework plan for the new residential and working location. The objectives are to create a quarter with 5,000 – 6,000 residential units including the necessary infrastructure and to provide an area of approx. 40 ha for …
Continue reading...Good Living, Ludwigsfelde
The design proposes five residential buildings for the 12,300 m² site. The design is based on an approximately 4 x 4 m module grid. Due to their prefabricated, modular wooden construction, the two- and three-storey buildings offer affordable, yet differentiated 2- to 4-room apartments. The new architecture translates the context of the systematic timber construction …
Continue reading...Georg-Knorr-Park, Berlin
The project aims to transform the former industrial and production location of the Knorr-Bremse company in the Berlin district of Marzahn into a residential and business neighbourhood. A modern business courtyard structure will be built in addition to a maximum of 1,400 residential units surrounded by historic landmark industrial buildings, a shopping center, railways and …
Continue reading...Ob dem Längelter, Heilbronn
The town’s new district “Ob dem Längelter” is a place that creates identity, consciously addressing the qualities of the urban and surrounding landscape. These qualities include the special location on the Längelter Hill, with a view of both the city and the landscape alongside the Neckar river, as well as close access to the town …
Continue reading...Daycare Center, Velten
Due to stuctural change and dismantling, two large buildings of the settlement in Velten-Süd were removed. The new daycare center completes the large figure of the settlement. Furthermore it marks the beginning and end of the band of public facility buildings. The formal kink of the new architecture creates a forecourt towards the center of …
Continue reading...Garden Town Angerbachauen, Duisburg
The planning team Christoph Kohl Architekten and Fugmann Janotta Partner was awarded first place for three out of five construction sites in a tender for the residential construction “Am Alten Angerbach” in the Huckingen district of Duisburg, Germany. The landscape’s character in Huckingen, Duisburg is shaped by the green meadows of the Angerbach water system. …
Continue reading...North-South Greenway, Munich
The bidding consortium comprising FUGMANN JANOTTA PARTNER and Kolb Ripke Architekten was invited to take part in the multi-phase negotiation procedure for the North-South Greenway. Munich is planning to create a new greenway and biotope connection in place of the industrial and urban railways that were once part of the Oberwiesenfeld station, a location on …
Continue reading...Church Square, Erkner
–The redesigned church square is the landmark centrepiece of the city of Erkner. Clear-cut boundaries make the place feel even more coherent and therefore establish identity. Framed by two old rows of trees in the north and south and by the succinct church facade in the west, the place attracts both the youth and elderly. …
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