Hotel Tivoli in Germany by CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

Article source: CROSS Architecture

On the site of the old Tivoli on Krefelder Strasse in Aachen, Germany, a new, attractive residential area with high-quality office and commercial spaces has been built. The new 3-star Hampton by Hilton Aachen Tivoli hotel of the Hilton Group is located halfway between the motorway and – within walking distance – the historic city centre and the famous Aachen cathedral.

With its deliberate elevation of the cubature and an excptional façade design, it not only marks the access to the new urban quarter, but also the important entrance situation at the foot of the Lousberg.

Facade: Front, Image Courtesy © Jens Kirchner view, Image Courtesy © Jens Kirchner

• Architects: CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH
• Project: Hotel Tivoli
• Location: Germany
• Photography: Jens Kirchner
• Software used: Autocad
• Client: DaixKo Hotelbaugesellschaft mbH & Co.KG
• Project Team: M. Sporer, C. Wens, J. Görling, S. Vijgen, F. Elshoff
• Building Services: DSTR Planungsgesellschaft mbH
• Structural Engineering: B. Walter Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
• Building Physics: B. Walter Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
• Fire Protection: B. Walter Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH

Image Courtesy © Jens Kirchner

• Landscape Architect: Greenbox Landscape Architects PartG
• Gross floor Area: 9,800 m²
• Competition: September 2011
• Start of Construction Works: February 2016
• Opening: July 2017

Image Courtesy © Jens Kirchner

Image Courtesy © Jens Kirchner

The façade as design accent

The hotel with a total of 164 guest rooms surrounds the square property on three sides and is designed as a dissolved block-edge development. The guest rooms and ancillary rooms of the hotel are arranged in a solid volume and span the generous, inviting driveway and the seamlessly adjoining, open hotel lobby as a compact, partly “floating” structure.

The outstanding and memorable design feature of the hotel is the tailor-made curtain façade made of three-dimensionally deformed aluminium sheets which, as vertically arranged slats, override the strict rhythm of the perforated façade and create a subtle dynamic on the façade through varying dimensions. With its great spatial depth and vibrant purple colours, the façade of the hotel sets an unmistakable accent with a long-distance effect on one of the most important arterial roads in the city of Aachen.

Image Courtesy © Jens Kirchner

The evolution of the cubature, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

The evolution of the cubature, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

The evolution of the cubature, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

The evolution of the cubature, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

The evolution of the cubature, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

The evolution of the cubature, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

The facade: dynamic perception, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

Floorplan, Image Courtesy © CROSS Architecture / Benthem Crouwel GmbH

Tags: Germany

Categories: Apartments, Autocad, Commercial Building, Hotel, Office Building, Office space, Offices, Residential

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