City centres attract people from all walks of life and with very different requirements. The new landmark at the foot of the Abteiberg is a striking response to this trend.
Seven detached houses with polygonal layouts form an attractive complex of residential and commercial buildings. Each has between four and seven stories. The concept draws on the Dutch approach to urban planning: instead of separating workplaces and residences from the public sphere, the public is brought into the quarter. The new quarter does not have a typical perimeter block structure. Instead, the buildings face the street in line with the existing north/south relation towards the centre. In the interior of the quarter, the staggered buildings are interlinked like fingers to create space for eight expansive courtyards. A public walking path runs diagonally through the complex. It traverses a landscaped garden of trees, paths, lawns and water that is designed as a reference to the former Gladbachtal valley.
The seven-storey commercial units face the Fliethstraße; their striking superstructures resemble colonnades. Residents, employees and visitors benefit from the daycare centre and the local restaurants facing the inner courtyard. The lower storeys of the buildings along the Fliethstraße offer ample parking for commercial tenants. At the same time, this row insulates the inner courtyards from the noise of the Fliethstraße to ensure a pleasantly quiet environment.
The residential buildings of Roermonder Höfe face the Lüpertzender Straße. All flats in the three four-storey houses will be barrier-free to ensure easy access for people with disabilities. The flats in the five-storey parts of the Fliethstraße buildings are also barrier-free and easily accessible. All residential buildings offer residents and their visitors direct access to one of the underground car parks.
City centres attract people from all walks of life and with very different requirements. The new landmark at the foot of the Abteiberg is a striking response to this trend.
Seven detached houses with polygonal layouts form an attractive complex of residential and commercial buildings. Each has between four and seven stories. The concept draws on the Dutch approach to urban planning: instead of separating workplaces and residences from the public sphere, the public is brought into the quarter. The new quarter does not have a typical perimeter block structure. Instead, the buildings face the street in line with the existing north/south relation towards the centre. In the interior of the quarter, the staggered buildings are interlinked like fingers to create space for eight expansive courtyards. A public walking path runs diagonally through the complex. It traverses a landscaped garden of trees, paths, lawns and water that is designed as a reference to the former Gladbachtal valley.
The seven-storey commercial units face the Fliethstraße; their striking superstructures resemble colonnades. Residents, employees and visitors benefit from the daycare centre and the local restaurants facing the inner courtyard. The lower storeys of the buildings along the Fliethstraße offer ample parking for commercial tenants. At the same time, this row insulates the inner courtyards from the noise of the Fliethstraße to ensure a pleasantly quiet environment.
The residential buildings of Roermonder Höfe face the Lüpertzender Straße. All flats in the three four-storey houses will be barrier-free to ensure easy access for people with disabilities. The flats in the five-storey parts of the Fliethstraße buildings are also barrier-free and easily accessible. All residential buildings offer residents and their visitors direct access to one of the underground car parks.
The concept draws on the Dutch approach to urban planning:
instead of separating workplaces and residences from the public sphere,
the public is brought into the quarter.
The concept draws on the Dutch approach to urban planning: instead of separating workplaces and residences from the public sphere, the public is brought into the quarter.
The new quarter does not have a typical perimeter block structure.
Instead, the buildings face the street.
The new quarter does not have a typical perimeter block structure. Instead, the buildings face the street.
Seven detached houses with polygonal layouts
form an attractive complex of residential and
commercial buildings.
Sieben freistehende vier- bis siebengeschossige Gebäude mit polygonalen Grundrissen formieren sich zu einem Ensemble für Wohnen und Arbeiten.
Section view west
Section view east
Flexible and versatile offices
CLIENTS
CLIENT
Gondo Immobilien
LOCATION
Mönchengladbach
TYPE OF BUILDING
Residential and commercial buildings,
restaurants, daycare centre
PROJECT DEVELOPER
Schrammen Architekten BDA
STATUS
Completed, 2018
COMPETITION
2012, 1st prize
AWARDS
2020, German Design Award Winner
2020, BDA Recognition Award
VISUALIZATIONS
Schrammen Architekten BDA
PHOTOS
Jens Willebrand
CLIENT
Gondo Immobilien
LOCATION
Mönchengladbach
TYPE OF BUILDING
Residential and commercial buildings,
restaurants, daycare centre
PROJECT DEVELOPER
Schrammen Architekten BDA
STATUS
Completed, 2018
COMPETITION
2012, 1st prize
AWARDS
2020, German Design Award Winner
VISUALIZATIONS
Schrammen Architekten BDA
PHOTOS
Jens Willebrand