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Headquarters, Stadtwerke Neuss GmbH
Headquarters, Stadtwerke Neuss GmbH
Neuss, Germany
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Headquarters, Stadtwerke Neuss GmbH
Neuss, Germany
Given
a flat property lacking what is
generally
called “historical context,” there
is
only one genuine architectural option,
and
that is to place a highly ambitious
building
onto the site that is both functional
as
well as aesthetically pleasing. This was
the
approach conceived for the administrative
building
constructed for Stadtwerke
Neuss,
the municipal utility company. The
building
is located in a densely built, even
congested
commercial area occupying
both
sides of the Konrad-Adenauer-Ring
to
the south of downtown Neuss. It has
a
northwest-southeast orientation among
other
buildings that all tend to look like
boxes
or flat, formless structures. The
building’s
unusual shape makes it stand
out
among these other buildings: a large,
not
quite symmetrical “Y” that largely
forgoes
straight lines. The concave sides
of
the building—two with gentle curves
and
one with a sharper curve—form a
lively
contrast to the three ends, which
feature
split and offset, upwardly inclining
walls.Clad
on all sides with aluminum
panels,
the four-story building is accessed
on
the southeast by a broad entrance
area
with a projecting roof. A café and a
bistro
are behind the foyer. Most striking,
however,
are the two stairways leading
from
the ground floor to the second floor
and
the second floor to the third. What
makes
this arrangement so special is less
the
large “V” shape and more the way
the
formal contrasts operate between
black
and white on the one hand, and positive
and
negative on the other.
While
adhering to a simple layout, in which
a
sequence of offices line a corridor to
the
left and right, the administrative building
represents
a highly sophisticated
adaptation
of this convention. The threecorridor
system
has the appearance of
streets
that meet from three different
directions
at a plaza. There are open kitchenettes
and
bar tables in the hallways.
There
are single, double, and triple offices,
all
based on a 1.35-meter grid. The rooms
have
floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Fresh
air
is provided through aluminum vents
coated
with an anthracite-colored powder.
Upon
closer examination, the building
proves
to be a continuation of the ideas
and
concepts developed five years earlier
for
the headquarters of Rheinkalk GmbH
in Wülfrath.
a flat property lacking what is
generally
called “historical context,” there
is
only one genuine architectural option,
and
that is to place a highly ambitious
building
onto the site that is both functional
as
well as aesthetically pleasing. This was
the
approach conceived for the administrative
building
constructed for Stadtwerke
Neuss,
the municipal utility company. The
building
is located in a densely built, even
congested
commercial area occupying
both
sides of the Konrad-Adenauer-Ring
to
the south of downtown Neuss. It has
a
northwest-southeast orientation among
other
buildings that all tend to look like
boxes
or flat, formless structures. The
building’s
unusual shape makes it stand
out
among these other buildings: a large,
not
quite symmetrical “Y” that largely
forgoes
straight lines. The concave sides
of
the building—two with gentle curves
and
one with a sharper curve—form a
lively
contrast to the three ends, which
feature
split and offset, upwardly inclining
walls.Clad
on all sides with aluminum
panels,
the four-story building is accessed
on
the southeast by a broad entrance
area
with a projecting roof. A café and a
bistro
are behind the foyer. Most striking,
however,
are the two stairways leading
from
the ground floor to the second floor
and
the second floor to the third. What
makes
this arrangement so special is less
the
large “V” shape and more the way
the
formal contrasts operate between
black
and white on the one hand, and positive
and
negative on the other.
While
adhering to a simple layout, in which
a
sequence of offices line a corridor to
the
left and right, the administrative building
represents
a highly sophisticated
adaptation
of this convention. The threecorridor
system
has the appearance of
streets
that meet from three different
directions
at a plaza. There are open kitchenettes
and
bar tables in the hallways.
There
are single, double, and triple offices,
all
based on a 1.35-meter grid. The rooms
have
floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Fresh
air
is provided through aluminum vents
coated
with an anthracite-colored powder.
Upon
closer examination, the building
proves
to be a continuation of the ideas
and
concepts developed five years earlier
for
the headquarters of Rheinkalk GmbH
in Wülfrath.
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