Landmark turbine factory, Mannheim

  • task:
  • Design for the landmark building of the turbine factory on Rollbühlstraße in Mannheim

  • client:
  • Aurelis Real Estate Service GmbH, Eschborn
  • procedure type:
  • competition 2016, invited, 3rd prize
  • size:
  • 15.000 sqm
  • technical planner:
  • Hagen Ingenieurgesellschaft (fire protection) | inovis Ingenieure GmbH (energy concept, TGA) | GTL Michael Triebswetter (landscape architects) | Tragraum Ingenieure PartmbB (structural engineering) |
  • team:
  • Rosanna Just, Marco Padberg
  • visualization:
  • luxfeld digital art, Darmstadt |
  • The ‘Landmark Building’ is designed as a floating volume above an elongated 6-storey plinth building. The plinth gives the boulevard extension of Rollbühlstrasse its urban setting and enables the clear contouring of the turbine plant area. An inviting and flexibly usable ground floor zone enables the address formation and public activation of the neighbourhood with restaurant and outdoor catering. The entrance foyer of the high point opens up across the corner. Here, a generous staircase spans the historic gatehouse and marks the urban opening into the turbine factory. A special storey with a lush green roof garden for the conference area is inserted via the ‘horizontal section’ in the building cubature. Ceramic pilaster strips in the colour canon of the bricks are an identity-forming link to the turbine works area.