Belsenpark Offices in Dusseldorf Oberkassel, Germany by slapa oberholz pszczulny I architekten

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The site of a former freight train depot in the Oberkassel district of Dusseldorf is being revitalised by the BelsenPark development and instilled with new life. Criss-crossed by grassy corridors, a green residential and office district is emerging around a 20,000-square metre park and its central lake.

Situated directly on bustling Belsenplatz, the BelsenPark office buildings of Belmundo and LaVista by sop architekten form the spatial entryway to the new district. The five-storey office and commercial buildings accommodate retail shops and restaurants with their ground floors, which can be accessed via a pedestrian street leading to the park. Plazas around the buildings are used as outdoor patios by the restaurants.

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• Architects: slapa oberholz pszczulny I architekten
• Project: Belsenpark Offices
• Location: Dusseldorf Oberkassel, Germany
• Photography: sop architekten, B+E Fotografie
• Developer: CA Immo Deutschland GmbH
• Team: Helmut Oberholz, Nicole Diewald, Katja Knaup, Iljana Slapa, Edith Schewerda, Volker Lau, Markus Lücker
• GFA: ca. 14,900 m², ca. 28,600 m² underground carpark
• Completion: 2015

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Both buildings express a clear and timeless architecture, as well as convey a calm and welcoming image through their open and harmonised façades. A partially glazed ground floor serves as a plinth, supporting a restrained four-storey building of continuous outer edges and sheet metal pilasters arranged in a strict grid. A sectional view of the larger, almost 16,000-square metre building reveals recessed panels alternating with floor to ceiling windows, while the smaller building of around 4,300 square metres has a higher proportion of glazed surface thanks to its 2.5-metre wide, ceiling high windows. The grid façades ensure that the office space inside the buildings – which can be easily arranged to accommodate single, double or open-plan designs – remains brightly lit and filled with light. The penthouse floor of LaVista, the smaller building, also features a wrap-around terrace for tenant use.

Image Courtesy © sop architekten, B+E Fotografie

Image Courtesy © sop architekten, B+E Fotografie

A two-storey, cantilevered box on top of the larger Belmundo building sets an urbanistic tone. The 2.5-meter penthouse structure in contrasting colour juts out over the public square, looking like a monitor towards Belsenplatz, and creates a visual architectural relationship between the newly emerging area and its urban surroundings. The laser-cut elements of white metal that clad part of the façade of the ground floor create exciting patterns.

The Belmundo building has already been certified as a ‘Green Building’ and has been awarded the ‘Gold’ label standard from the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) for its sustainable overall concept.

Image Courtesy © sop architekten, B+E Fotografie

Image Courtesy © sop architekten, B+E Fotografie

about sop architekten

For over 25 years, architects J.M. Slapa, H. Oberholz and Z. Pszczulny have been developing and realising joint projects for administrative, commercial, industrial and residential purposes, including airports and sports stadiums. Based in Düsseldorf with some 90 employees, the international architecture firm of sop architekten is committed to a clear and timeless architectural language as well as a holistic approach to their constructions, down to the last detail. This includes urban planning analyses as well as the revitalisation of existing properties, professional execution planning and construction management, sophisticated interior design or taking the lead in sustainable construction.

With buildings such as the Gap 15, the Hyatt Hotel in Media Harbour, the Esprit Arena or the new Dusseldorf Airport, sop architekten have heavily influenced the face of Dusseldorf. The Orjin Maslak business centre in Istanbul and Wroclaw’s UEFA Euro 2012 football stadium are two of the firm’s successful international endeavours.

Image Courtesy © sop architekten, B+E Fotografie

Image Courtesy © sop architekten, B+E Fotografie

Tags: Dusseldorf Oberkassel, Germany

Categories: Building, Office Building, office Complex, Office space, Offices

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