The
lotto-turm project has been my diploma theme. After graduating i kept working
on this project. It made his way through several magazins and newspapers (mark
magazin, bauwelt, daily press..) down to the town hall of stuttgart . Till today we are searching for a sponsor or
an investor who is able to realize this extraordinary project. It
is a playfull but at the same time seriously meant project.IDEAIt is call for the
missing of liveliness and dreaminess in our surroundings and in the design
philosophy at present. We have had enough from similiar and repeated objects. We
try to appeal at the delightness, imagination and surprise that we carry from
early age with us.
Summarized
this project is the answer to the atmosphere and attitude of his surrounding
buildings and their designers. The support, the
good will and the enthusiam for the projects from different groups of people
and institutions shows that it has hit a certain desire of our time.
SITEThe
“Österreichischer Platz“ is situated at the edge of Stuttgart’s city center.
Its function has not changed a bit in the last 40 years, it is still surrounded
by and isolated through highways, it is used as a parking spot. But now the
rhythm of the surrounding highway will be interrupted by 55 piled-up sea
containers.
DESIGNFor
a time frame of five to ten years a temporary tower should revaluate the
district, should create an attractive magnet and it should also be a place
where different, lively and diverse forms of use will have a home for some
time. As the project will only be temporary, it will be build out of shipping
containers which will be a construction element as well as it will create new
space. In addition, the containers allow a financially interesting and
short-term realization of the project and you can also reuse and constrcut on
the plaza very fast again.
The
building will be divided into two parts. There will be a courtyard that will be
isolated from traffic and noise and the high-rise tower which can be scaled by
an artificial path around it as well as by stairs that go directly on top. The
building is completely open to the public.
There
will be many differently designed zones: the green duplex that will host a
park, terraces of different sizes, niches and stairways and it will also be
the home of various institutions like the capsule hotel, the Bürgerbüro (the
local administration) to the lovtainer. With all these different options the
lotto-tower as a whole will offer possibilities for all kind of needs
COMPETITIONIt
took part at the Mia Seeger Preis in 2009 and at the 4th International
architecture biennale named parallel cases in Rotterdam 2009. In
both competitionen is has not been selected. The project is supported by a magazin