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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

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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.

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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

In an investor competition, Art-Invest Real Estate Funds GmbH acquired the heritable building right in the Alte Kämmerei property located at Marktplatz 5-6 in Düsseldorf. Art-Invest intends to refurbish the listed property and reposition it in the marketplace  as office building with retail outlets and catering establishments on the ground floor and an event hall in the inner courtyard.

The administration building was constructed in 1957 as a perimeter development with a full basement and arcades along Marktstraße and Rheinstraße and is now in need of refurbishment. Since the city treasury and the tax office moved out in 2014, the office levels have been vacant, while the shops are still being used. The entire building including the interior fit-out was listed as a historic monument in 1987, and the area in which it is located is subject to a preservation statute.

SOP Architekten were commissioned with the planning & design and IQ Real Estate GmbH will serve as project manager.

Picture credit: Art-Invest Real Estate Funds GmbH