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In close proximity to the Duisburg main railway station, in an area known as Quartier 1, Aurelis Real Estate is realizing a five-storey office building (approx. 11,400 m²) that will be used by the financial service provider Consors Finanz.

The project comprises a V-shaped building that will be constructed behind the south wing of the station. It will have a transparent entrance structure connecting the two legs and a single-level underground car park.

Earthmoving work already started in October 2020 and shell construction work is underway. The interior fit-out is planned for August 2021.

Upon completion of the project in the autumn of 2022, Aurelis will apply for certification of the property with a Gold Certificate from the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB).

Picture credit: HHVISION, Cologne

Mercator One was honored with an award by the jury of the architecture prize “BDA 2020 Rechter Niederrhein” on October 14, 2020.

The approx. 100 meter long, 17 meter wide and 26 meters high building with high-quality office and commercial space is centrally located between Mercatorstraße and Duisburg central station.

The first tenants have already moved into the new office space. The handover of the outdoor facilities has taken place.

Client: DEVARIO represented by SK62 Grundstücks- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

Picture credit: IQ Real Estate GmbH

From 20.10.2020, 05.00 am to 21.10.2020, 15.00 pm the underwater concrete base of the construction pit was successfully concreted.

A coordination of approx. 375 concrete mixing vehicles was required  to ensure a smooth concreting. After the base has hardened the water was pumped out in the construction pit.

Picture credit: IQ Real Estate GmbH

We congratulate the winner in the “Architizer + Facades” category:
The objective was to design a facade for the parking garage that not only seems light and transparent, but also surrounds the S-shaped curved structure with a poetic-organic shell that gives it a light plasticity. The uniformly designed facade does not seem ornamental – instead, it is designed like a big organic structure that gives the impression that it breathes.

The P22a parking garage (design: schultearchitekten, Cologne) at the Cologne Trade Fair is located at the Zoobrücke bridge and offers 3,250 parking spaces on 5 levels. Our task, on behalf of Koelnmesse GmbH (Trade Fair Cologne) and the city of Cologne, was to design an innovative and emblematic facade for the existing S-shaped curved plan.

To carry out this task, roughly 3,000 laser-cut panels with edge reinforcement were manufactured from perforated metal. The gill-like gaps and the perforations of the panels themselves ensure the natural throughflow of air needed in the parking garage and also provide sufficient natural lighting of its interior. The overlapping metal panels create interesting geometric patterns that evoke a sensuous, emblematic symbolism, especially at night. IQ Real Estate was responsible for the project management.

Source: Wulf Architekten/ Architizer

Picture credit: Koelnmesse / Tobias Vollmer