Commercial and Office Building, Hammerstrasse 19,
Dusseldorf, Germany
SCOPE OF WORK
Suspended, fine-finish, ventilated façade in overlapping "fish-scale" glass. Transom-mullion construction with wood/aluminium windows. Steel framework and glazing for the atrium. Entrance doors. Sun protection systems.
INNOVATIONS
AND CHALLENGES
Realisation of the architects’ "Low Tech" concept at the highest level: louvered façade. Suspended construction with milled nodules and integrated connecting joints.
DATA
Overall Project Time:
2001-2002
Execution Period:
18 Months
AWARDS
2004, AIT: “Innovation Prize for Architecture and Civil Engineering: Syntheses - Architect and Industry in Cooperation”.
Architecture team, founded in 1994. Belief in added value through “technological architecture”. Committed to the functionality of classic modernism. Realisation of inter-nationally noteworthy ecological-technical concepts. Themes involved: glass, steel, light, air, water, thermal and geothermal energy, aero-dynamics …
Selected Awards
- 2002, DIFA Award, Quartiere Germany.
- 2004, Balthasar Neumann Prize.
- 2004, AIT – Architectural Innovation Prize for glass nodules, Hammerstrasse 19, Dusseldorf.
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