The Upside down is a single-family house located in the middle of a new development area in Zwingemberg, in the Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Germany.
The idea of the architect was to play with different volumes in order to create three dimensional geometries in fassade and give them a dialogue between the inner and outer spaces of the building and the sourranded area.
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In time for the timetable change on December 15, 2019, trains stopped for the first time at the new Elbbrücken metropolitan railway (S-Bahn) station. With the opening of this stop, the Elbbrücken Underground and S-Bahn station has been completed and passengers can now change directly from the S-Bahn to the Underground system at this new public local transport interchange. Commuters will now have the opportunity to change trains here on their way to Hamburg city center, which will take some of the pressure off the main railway station. Like the Underground station that has already been completed, the roof of the S-Bahn station and the connecting Skywalk were designed by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) in cooperation with the structural engineers schlaich bergermann partner (sbp).
Two new apartment buildings enclosing a shared inner courtyard are being constructed in a partly landmarked environment near Prinzregentenstrasse and the Friedensengel at the centre of the suburbs Haidhausen and Bogenhausen. On the Trogerstrasse side, the front building carefully closes the existing gap in the block edge and shows formal consideration for the landmarked environment. This is reflected by the saddleback roof, two bay windows towards the street, a plinth, and a classically graceful design language. The various elements create a balance between the individuality of the building and the adjacent neighbourhood of the square.
The Danish architecture firm COBE, headed by Dan Stubbergaard, has designed a new multi-purpose building for the world-famous sports brand adidas’ corporate headquarters in Germany. The building was officially opened last year, and now, the photos have been released for publication.
In 2019, the iconic sports brand adidas had its 70th anniversary. And in 2018, the world-famous company with the three iconic stripes opened a huge and striking new building that forms part of its corporate headquarters, ‘World of Sports’, in the city of Herzogenaurach in southern Germany. The pictures of the spectacular building have now been released by adidas and COBE.
Neuländer Quarree, SAOTA’s concept design for a mixed-use development in Hamburg, Germany was Highly Commended in the Residential Future Project category at The World Architecture Festival (WAF).
WAF, the largest interactive global architectural awards programme and festival – was held on 4-6 December 2019 in Amsterdam. Over two days of judging, more than 500 finalists, from over 68 countries, presented their designs to a prestigious international jury.
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The Hyparschale building in Magdeburg at the eastern bank of the River Elbe, which dates from 1969, is one of about fifty shell buildings by Ulrich Müther that are still in existence. Having stood empty for over 20 years, the refurbishment of the building in line with monument preservation guidelines is now starting to a design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The focus is on reviving the structure as an events and exhibition venue, as well as overhauling and repairing the concrete shell roof, which will once again bring to life the spatial effect of this hall with its column-free construction.
The Hippolytusgarten family centre is part of a new tripartite ensemble. Two new buildings – a parish centre and the family centre – as well as an existing church serve as an open centre for the Catholic community. The constructions are conceived as a unit, in terms of design language and choice of materials and hence create an urban dialogue. On 750 square metres in size, the Hippolytusgarten family centre nestles to the edge of the property in the south and, to the north, it faces towards a protected green area. Indoors, the slat facade is continued in the form of wooden panelling, thus making a connection between the inside and the outside. The building has a bright and open appearance. Warm beech wood and the daylight that enters through the large glass doors, windows and skylights endow the space with its special feeling. The architecture provides a flexible room structure that encourages play. The group rooms can be transformed into theme-based spaces. In the centre, there is the open “marketplace”, a common space and meeting point with integrated breakfast and play area. All group rooms are oriented towards the park.
At the tributary of the river Spree, the Dahme, the quarter “52° North, Living by the water” is being built. The entire area is 100,000 square meters with a 6,000 square meters of newly created water surface, which ensures a pleasant microclimate.
In late summer 2019, two residential buildings were completed on the north bank of the River Spree in Berlin’s Osthafen between the districts of Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain and Treptow. The concept for the new buildings derives from the particular qualities of its waterside location.
The design for the ensemble provides public access to the riverside zone along the Spree. “Wave” not only incorporates the waterfront path, but also orients the building to the south overlooking the water with spacious courtyard gardens and yacht-like balconies. By facing out over the water towards the iconic “Molecule Men” landmark, it avoids the typical inward-looking hermetic privacy of many projects. At its centre, the riverside path widens to form a small square together with gardens and a jetty alongside the Spreepromenade.
Caves, waterholes and campfires. These are the diverse spaces for intergenerational learning in a new purpose-built campus in Hamburg, Germany.
Architectural firm LAVA joined forces with urban agricultural collective Cityplot to design LIFE Hamburg, a new figure eightshaped building of three levels that is energy self-sufficient, and brings inside and outside together into one continuous landscape.Based on the educational paradigms of Learnlife (purpose-inspired and personal learning) and American futurist David Thornburg (variety of spatial typologies), a new type of landscape building will reinvent learning for 800
children and 800 adults, opening in 2023.