Paul-Gerhardt-Allee Residences / allmannwappner

Paul-Gerhardt-Allee Residences / allmannwappner

Textual content description offered by the architects. There’s a new city quarter rising on Paul Gerhardt Allee with residences, shops, and workplace area. Because the quarter’s principal procuring space full with the primary sq. out entrance, this residential and business property enjoys a novel city setting. The first ambitions of the brand new construct are to spotlight the way in which into the quarter at its western edge, to behave as a stabilizing aspect for the encompassing buildings, and to replicate the completely different options of this multi-purpose city landmark straightforwardly and intuitively.

With vibrant white exteriors all through, this residential and business constructing has an ethereal, elegant look, whereas the format is distinctive and differentiated. Three polygonal constructions are resting on a ground-floor pedestal that covers all the footprint. Seen from Paul Gerhardt Allee, the tallest of the three constructions acts as an attention-grabbing and welcoming gateway to the brand new neighborhood. The opposite two are offset from each other and staggered in top.

The ensuing tectonic combine mediates between the contours of the legacy structure and the neighboring new builds, making a balanced impact. The outlets, eating places, and native facilities will all be positioned on the ground-floor pedestal, which is accessible from the shared vestibule or instantly from the primary sq.. On the ground above, and due to this fact separate from the business, public zones, are the entrances to the roughly 160 residential models housed within the higher blocks.

Many of the residences have an east-west orientation, with the bigger of the models dealing with either side and spacious terraces that improve the residences’ enchantment. A semi-public exterior staircase results in the rooftop terrace above the bottom ground, the place there may be in depth landscaping in addition to quite a lot of leisure and play areas. This roof backyard, enclosed by a white pergola, is a shared area for all residents.

The variable façade grid superimposed throughout the completely different buildings makes for a placing general impact. There are folded metallic screens included into the grid, a few of that are strong and others perforated, some stationery and others retractable. This provides all three high-rises on the pedestal a special look relying in your vantage level, presenting as clear after which extra strong. On the similar time, residents can alter the views into and out of the residences themselves utilizing the retractable screens.