This office interior project posed the challenge of transforming a building designed to provide 45 individual office units into a single unified and fully-integrated working environment which conveyed the values and identity of the tenant company.
The outer skin of the building, designed by Hans Kolhoff, remains untouched, while GATERMANN + SCHOSSIG’s interventions radically transform the former, rather fragmented interior of the building into a series of fluidly-connected spaces that actively encourage communication and interaction. A variety of carefully-chosen materials combine with the architectural deployment of light, colour and transparency to ensure that the building’s interior reads as a single, dynamic entity. The resulting scheme provides a dynamic contrast with the exterior of the building and effectively communicates the tenant’s corporate identity. The interior also features a range of bespoke furniture designed by GATERMANN + SCHOSSIG.
Unconventionally, the client employed a biologist as a specialist consultant to ensure that all materials used in the building were certified non-toxic and of the lowest possible emission rates.
Owner
Hochtief Projektentwicklung GmbH, Köln
User
Dominium, Generali Deutschland Holding
Area
24.600 sqm
Volume
74.340 cbm
Press
db 06 2010
Project Dominium, Generali Deutschland Holding
Back to Projects list- Location
- Köln, Germany
- Year
- 2009
- Client
- Hochtief Projektentwicklung GmbH Köln
- Nutzer
- Generali Deutschland Holding AG
- BGF
- 24.600 m²
- BRI
- 74.340 m³