The original planning brief foresaw an adaptation of the existing house, which was inhabited by the building owner at the time. The home owner’s driving aspiration for the project was the integration of a swimming pool with a visual relationship to the outside. After many design variations and the exhaustion of all building parameters it became clear this would not be feasible within the constraints of the old house. However the strong desire for a private swimming pool remained, leading the owner to the courageous decision to tear down the original house and build new in order to realize their ideas.
The former railway head office is on Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer immediately opposite the Rhine River and in immediate vicinity of Cologne’s main railway station, the cathedral and the city centre. There are visual links to the cathedral, the bridge Hohenzollernbrücke, the opposite riverbank as well as beyond the Rhine bend to the more distant office buildings and the Cologne Trade Fair Centre, Koelnmesse. Clearly visible from the other side of the river, Neue Direktion Köln is an important landmark within Cologne’s urban landscape.
Services: Completed service phases: Building design, acc. to HOAI, service phases 1-5, interior design, acc. to HOAI, service phases 1-8
Project team:
kadawittfeldarchitektur: Gerhard Breuss, Santiago Canete, Henning Drefke, Mathias Garanin, Jochen Hansen, Morna Hildebrandt, Bodo Jülicher, Lars Junold, Jan Kemper, Maria Meglin, Sebastian Potz; Andreas Horsky, Sascha Thomas (visualisation); Andrea Blaschke (model building); Marc Bennemann (MA student), Kerstin Gnielinski (MA student), Nina-Rebecca Ismar (MA student), Hanns Luh (MA student), Jan Recker (MA student), Patrick Zamojski (MA student)
kadawittfeldconsult: Christiane Luiz, Golshan Majlessi, Daniel Trappen
Competition: Simona Czysch, Astrid Dierkes, Julika Metz, Johannes Müntinga; Benjamin Grab (MA student), Maksim König (MA student), Martin Van Laack (MA student), Sophie Schulten (MA student)
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