“Hammerstrasse”, Office and Commercial Building

Location

Düsseldorf, Germany

Architect

Petzinka Pink Architekten
Düsseldorf, Germany

Data

Overall Project Time:
2001 - 2002

Execution Period:
18 Months

Scope of work

• 3,500 m2 suspended, fine-finish, ventilated facade in overlapping “fish-scale“ glass.
• 5,800 m2 transom-mullion construction with wood/aluminium windows.
• 900 m2 steel framework and glazing for the atrium.
• Entrance doors.
• Sun protection systems.

Innovations / Challenges

• Realisation of the architects’ “Low Tech“ concept at the highest level: louvered facade.
• Suspended construction with milled nodules and integrated connecting joints.