NO.20.
G1 George Square, UK, 2011
Type: Office Development
Location: George Square, Glasgow
Client: HFD Group , Dragon Developments
Architect: Cooper Cromar
Structural Engineer: Woolgar Hunter
Services Engineer: Ramboll UK
Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner and Theobald
Main Contractor: McLaughlin and Harvey
Size 131,000 sq. ft.
Details G1, George Square was a £70 million re-development of the former General Post Office in Glasgow. Large scale, high quality office development, awarded the 'Best Commercial Office Development' by the British Council for Offices in 2011.
The development includes 2 large high quality restaurants, Jamie's Italian and Browns.
Scope: Temporary works, piling, deconstruction, maintenance
Programme: 26 weeks
Resources: 50 operatives , 260 tonnes of steelwork , Piling and steelwork subcontractors
Specialist cranage
Tonnage: 12500 tonnes
Neighbours: Lawyers, Barristers, Accountants, Consultants, Glasgow City Council, George Square, Gap & Benetton
The exceptional re-development of the Grade A listed, former General Post Office Building provides 131,000ft2
of luxury office space across nine floors, in George Square, Glasgow's cultural and commercial heart.
A dramatic triple height feature entrance leads to the sophisticated entrance hall, designed in Bavarian limestone. From here, six high speed lifts give access to nine office floors, providing flexible open plan office space.
Much of the beauty of the building is in the attention to detail, from maximising natural daylight on all elevations to providing
bright, spacious and efficient workspace. External roof terraces on floors six to nine provide a unique view over Glasgow City Centre and offer a stunning backdrop to occupiers.
Taking inspiration from Victorian railway architecture, the glass and metal domed roof re-invents a rich history of grand Victorian
terminus and glass house buildings. The design creates a dramatic statement that harmoniously fuses both contemporary and Victorian architectural styles.
This major facade retention and demolition project to a grade I listed building – The former Post Office building central, challenged our Technical Team to deliver a variety of complex temporary works solutions to meet the clients demanding programme.
The six storey building adjoins another building which provides accommodation for Scotland’s leading Barristers, Consultants and high flying Executives. The three remaining sides of the building are all retained using external structural steelwork.
This in itself presented major challenges with regard to access, traffic and pedestrian management.
Our scope included:
• Service disconnections
• Condition surveys
• Piling and temporary works design
• Traffic management diversion and road closures
• Forming a 5 x 5m opening in the listed facade
• Piling & pile caps
• External steelworks
• Internal demolition / deconstructions
• High spec hoarding and temporary lighting
This facade retention and demolition project required total commitment from our Management Team along with the total support from our partnered sub-contractors and Consultants to deliver a project with such constraints, given two weeks to mobilise and 26 weeks on site remain a challenge to our company.
#restoration , #addition , #conservation , #Office
#redevelopment , #restaurant , #lighting
https://telegram.me/revitalization
G1 George Square, UK, 2011
Type: Office Development
Location: George Square, Glasgow
Client: HFD Group , Dragon Developments
Architect: Cooper Cromar
Structural Engineer: Woolgar Hunter
Services Engineer: Ramboll UK
Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner and Theobald
Main Contractor: McLaughlin and Harvey
Size 131,000 sq. ft.
Details G1, George Square was a £70 million re-development of the former General Post Office in Glasgow. Large scale, high quality office development, awarded the 'Best Commercial Office Development' by the British Council for Offices in 2011.
The development includes 2 large high quality restaurants, Jamie's Italian and Browns.
Scope: Temporary works, piling, deconstruction, maintenance
Programme: 26 weeks
Resources: 50 operatives , 260 tonnes of steelwork , Piling and steelwork subcontractors
Specialist cranage
Tonnage: 12500 tonnes
Neighbours: Lawyers, Barristers, Accountants, Consultants, Glasgow City Council, George Square, Gap & Benetton
The exceptional re-development of the Grade A listed, former General Post Office Building provides 131,000ft2
of luxury office space across nine floors, in George Square, Glasgow's cultural and commercial heart.
A dramatic triple height feature entrance leads to the sophisticated entrance hall, designed in Bavarian limestone. From here, six high speed lifts give access to nine office floors, providing flexible open plan office space.
Much of the beauty of the building is in the attention to detail, from maximising natural daylight on all elevations to providing
bright, spacious and efficient workspace. External roof terraces on floors six to nine provide a unique view over Glasgow City Centre and offer a stunning backdrop to occupiers.
Taking inspiration from Victorian railway architecture, the glass and metal domed roof re-invents a rich history of grand Victorian
terminus and glass house buildings. The design creates a dramatic statement that harmoniously fuses both contemporary and Victorian architectural styles.
This major facade retention and demolition project to a grade I listed building – The former Post Office building central, challenged our Technical Team to deliver a variety of complex temporary works solutions to meet the clients demanding programme.
The six storey building adjoins another building which provides accommodation for Scotland’s leading Barristers, Consultants and high flying Executives. The three remaining sides of the building are all retained using external structural steelwork.
This in itself presented major challenges with regard to access, traffic and pedestrian management.
Our scope included:
• Service disconnections
• Condition surveys
• Piling and temporary works design
• Traffic management diversion and road closures
• Forming a 5 x 5m opening in the listed facade
• Piling & pile caps
• External steelworks
• Internal demolition / deconstructions
• High spec hoarding and temporary lighting
This facade retention and demolition project required total commitment from our Management Team along with the total support from our partnered sub-contractors and Consultants to deliver a project with such constraints, given two weeks to mobilise and 26 weeks on site remain a challenge to our company.
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#redevelopment , #restaurant , #lighting
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NO.91.
Empire Stores / S9 Architecture
CLIENT: Midtown Equities, HK Organization and Rockwood Capital.
SIZE: 450 000 SF.
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY, US
.STATUS: Built 2017.
TEAM: Architects: S9 Architecture, Studio V.
Landscape Designer: Future Green Studio.
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates.
MEP Engineer: Mottola Rini Engineers.
LEED Consultant: Spiezle Architectural Group.
Lighting Consultant: Tillotson Design Associates.
AWARDS: Urban Land Institute. Awards for Excellence in Development. 2018. NYC x Design On the Boards Awards. 2017.
For over 150 years, between the iconic Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges on the Brooklyn waterfront, lay seven beautiful historic brick structures. These Civil-War-era structures were named after their use as coffee “stores” or storage warehouses, and for the epithet of a growing state: the Empire Stores.
Studio V's designs inject new life into the structures. The designs combine creative contemporary architecture with exacting historic rehabilitation, and combine overlapping uses with public spaces that reveal the inhabitants and historic structures. On top of the building’s extensive green roofs sit two-story glass and steel additions with gardens and terraces frame stunning views of the surrounding bridges. A glass and steel courtyard and passage slices through the historic structures, reconnecting the community cut off from its waterfront. The public passage reveals original sparkling schist walls, around which a spiraling steel and concrete staircase culminates in a public rooftop park revealing a stunning Manhattan Skyline. The unique design combines tech offices and public spaces with cultural and hospitality amenities to create a unique interface between work and play, public spaces and private commerce, that perfectly expresses the ethos of creative contemporary Brooklyn.
Designing an oxymoron isn’t easy: synthesizing old and new, honoring an industrial structure while reinventing it and preserving history while creating meaningful new designed to be representative of our time and culture. This is the design of Empire Stores: speaking to Brooklyn’s historic past, expressing its vibrant culture today, and pointing the way to its future.
1977
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission designates Fulton Ferry as a historic district, protecting Empire Stores from demolition.
2013
After years of failed attempts to revitalize the deteriorating warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park and developers Midtown Equities announce plans for an adaptive reuse of Empire Stores. “All across the waterfront, we are reclaiming and renewing areas that have long been abandoned or neglected, and Empire Stores and the Tobacco Warehouse are the latest examples of that work,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the time.
2017
Empire Stores opens to the public with 360,000 square feet of restaurant, retail, office, and event space. The building’s historic charm is preserved with original architectural details like the iconic brick masonry and iron-shuttered façade, schist stonewalling, and, as a nod to its heritage, coffee chutes, and hoisting wheels.
#USA , #public_space , #lighting , #stair , #awards, #courtyard , #industrial , #store , #office , #public_space , #restaurant , #interior_design
@revitalization
Empire Stores / S9 Architecture
CLIENT: Midtown Equities, HK Organization and Rockwood Capital.
SIZE: 450 000 SF.
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY, US
.STATUS: Built 2017.
TEAM: Architects: S9 Architecture, Studio V.
Landscape Designer: Future Green Studio.
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates.
MEP Engineer: Mottola Rini Engineers.
LEED Consultant: Spiezle Architectural Group.
Lighting Consultant: Tillotson Design Associates.
AWARDS: Urban Land Institute. Awards for Excellence in Development. 2018. NYC x Design On the Boards Awards. 2017.
For over 150 years, between the iconic Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges on the Brooklyn waterfront, lay seven beautiful historic brick structures. These Civil-War-era structures were named after their use as coffee “stores” or storage warehouses, and for the epithet of a growing state: the Empire Stores.
Studio V's designs inject new life into the structures. The designs combine creative contemporary architecture with exacting historic rehabilitation, and combine overlapping uses with public spaces that reveal the inhabitants and historic structures. On top of the building’s extensive green roofs sit two-story glass and steel additions with gardens and terraces frame stunning views of the surrounding bridges. A glass and steel courtyard and passage slices through the historic structures, reconnecting the community cut off from its waterfront. The public passage reveals original sparkling schist walls, around which a spiraling steel and concrete staircase culminates in a public rooftop park revealing a stunning Manhattan Skyline. The unique design combines tech offices and public spaces with cultural and hospitality amenities to create a unique interface between work and play, public spaces and private commerce, that perfectly expresses the ethos of creative contemporary Brooklyn.
Designing an oxymoron isn’t easy: synthesizing old and new, honoring an industrial structure while reinventing it and preserving history while creating meaningful new designed to be representative of our time and culture. This is the design of Empire Stores: speaking to Brooklyn’s historic past, expressing its vibrant culture today, and pointing the way to its future.
1977
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission designates Fulton Ferry as a historic district, protecting Empire Stores from demolition.
2013
After years of failed attempts to revitalize the deteriorating warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park and developers Midtown Equities announce plans for an adaptive reuse of Empire Stores. “All across the waterfront, we are reclaiming and renewing areas that have long been abandoned or neglected, and Empire Stores and the Tobacco Warehouse are the latest examples of that work,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the time.
2017
Empire Stores opens to the public with 360,000 square feet of restaurant, retail, office, and event space. The building’s historic charm is preserved with original architectural details like the iconic brick masonry and iron-shuttered façade, schist stonewalling, and, as a nod to its heritage, coffee chutes, and hoisting wheels.
#USA , #public_space , #lighting , #stair , #awards, #courtyard , #industrial , #store , #office , #public_space , #restaurant , #interior_design
@revitalization
The second level is a children’s Discovery Centre, a single large bright room equipped with smart tables, robot building kits, and built-in feature walls with Lego, Lite Brite and magnets. In keeping with the mixing of old and new, a floating glass boardroom/ teaching space and a large exterior rooftop terrace and green roof overlook the river, and also provide up-close views of the heritage building, including its newly restored slate roof.
One of the greatest pleasures of the building is the attic Makerspace—an all-white space that soars to a peak, and is braced by an elegant arrangement of star-shaped steel trusses, now adapted to hold strips of lighting. Between these trusses the architects have created a fully-equipped studio outfitted with a laser cutter, 3D printers, soldering stations, vinyl cutters, irons, sewing machines, and wood and metal workshop tools. Visitors can gaze up into the clock tower through a glass ceiling, and see its weights and gears in action. An extended glazed parapet condition at the roof level discreetly houses its mechanicals.
As they updated the building for the present, the architects were also thinking about the future. Anticipating that a river walk will eventually follow the water’s edge, they clad the soffit of the cantilever with aluminum panels, polished with a mirror-like finish, heightening the building’s relationship with its surroundings, and giving future walkers a reason to look up.
Cambridge is a small city, but it has a rich architectural and library heritage that provides context for this project. The Old Post Office is just one of a wealth of historic brick and limestone buildings lining Water Street, including a stately brick Carnegie library, one of three built in the area. These nineteenth-century libraries used classical architecture to show the value placed on knowledge and ideas. With their reimagining of the Idea Exchange Old Post Office, juxtaposing brick and slate with glass and metal, RDHA has made the same statement in an updated architectural language, and shown the value in merging the historical with the contemporary. And while the Idea Exchange Old Post Office is bookless, the Idea Exchange Queen’s Square branch, with an extensive book collection, is only a short walk away.
#Canada , #interior_design , #office , #public_space , #landmark , #cultural_center , #library , #hub , #extention , #glass , #skylight
@revitalization
One of the greatest pleasures of the building is the attic Makerspace—an all-white space that soars to a peak, and is braced by an elegant arrangement of star-shaped steel trusses, now adapted to hold strips of lighting. Between these trusses the architects have created a fully-equipped studio outfitted with a laser cutter, 3D printers, soldering stations, vinyl cutters, irons, sewing machines, and wood and metal workshop tools. Visitors can gaze up into the clock tower through a glass ceiling, and see its weights and gears in action. An extended glazed parapet condition at the roof level discreetly houses its mechanicals.
As they updated the building for the present, the architects were also thinking about the future. Anticipating that a river walk will eventually follow the water’s edge, they clad the soffit of the cantilever with aluminum panels, polished with a mirror-like finish, heightening the building’s relationship with its surroundings, and giving future walkers a reason to look up.
Cambridge is a small city, but it has a rich architectural and library heritage that provides context for this project. The Old Post Office is just one of a wealth of historic brick and limestone buildings lining Water Street, including a stately brick Carnegie library, one of three built in the area. These nineteenth-century libraries used classical architecture to show the value placed on knowledge and ideas. With their reimagining of the Idea Exchange Old Post Office, juxtaposing brick and slate with glass and metal, RDHA has made the same statement in an updated architectural language, and shown the value in merging the historical with the contemporary. And while the Idea Exchange Old Post Office is bookless, the Idea Exchange Queen’s Square branch, with an extensive book collection, is only a short walk away.
#Canada , #interior_design , #office , #public_space , #landmark , #cultural_center , #library , #hub , #extention , #glass , #skylight
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NO.101.
The Waterdog / Klaarchitectuur
OFFICES, ADAPTIVE REUSE, OFFICES INTERIORS
•
SINT-TRUIDEN, BELGIUM
• Architects: Klaarchitectuur
• Area:300.0 m²
• Year:2016
• Manufacturers: Flos, MDF Italia
Klaarchitectuur architectural firm recently moved from its practice in Heers to the 16th century chapel De Waterhond in Sint-Truiden. The protected monument underwent a thorough renovation and now combines the old character of the original building with the modern additions of architect Gregory Nijs. The four boxes stacked on top of each other, which serve, among other things, as an office and meeting room, are the biggest eye-catchers.
The chapel dates from the 16 th century. The original function of the building is not entirely clear. It is originally dated as a barn, but because of the luxurious details that the building has, some sources claim that it may have been a residential home. It's certain is that in the 19 e a choir was built centuries which made the building since then as a chapel.
Halfway through the 20th century, the chapel was transformed into a peace court, after which it also served as a music and drawing academy. Finally, a local theater group used the building as a rehearsal room. The building has been vacant for the past 50 years. It has changed ownership several times, but they have never implemented their plans for the building.
Due to the neglect of previous owners, much of the chapel has been lost. Yet the building now gives back the experience of the past. The original oak roof structure with the gate arch and its shingles are reminiscent of the barn. The decorative columns, the arched windows and the only arched vault in the choir remind us of the chapel. The necessary fresco drawings still give the building the sacred atmosphere of yesteryear.
The existing floor has been completely broken up to install floor heating. The original natural stones were then replaced in the original diagonal cross pattern. Because a large part of the old floor was already gone or broken, a parquet floor with a herringbone pattern was opted for in the choir room. In that room there is a kitchen block in brass, which together with the kitchen appliances processes the link to the altar in the form of a cross.
Furthermore, only the entrance door and the existing display case have been replaced and renewed. The old stained glass windows and the constructive outer shell of the building have not changed, which benefits the charm of the building. In the long term there are plans to restore the exterior facade.
The four sleek, stacked boxes on the right side of the building provide a pleasant contrast with the old character of the chapel and its open perception of the space. For architect Gregory Nijs it was a basic requirement to preserve the old feel of the building, but also to use the impressive height. Because comfort and space were needed for, among other things, the plumbing, a lift and office spaces, the idea arose from there to stack.
The stacking is arranged in a staggered manner, with the boxes standing over each other. A staircase complex around the boxes provides an extra experience. The terraces on every floor ensure a pleasant moment of rest. The inner space of the chapel is actually the outer space of the office.
The box on the ground floor contains the sanitary facilities, the elevator and the technical room. The first and second floors serve as office spaces. The reception and meeting room on the third floor is literally in the roof and offers a beautiful view of the oak trusses of the original roof structure, which extends floating beyond the roof.
Sustainability was also taken into account during the renovation work. The open part of the historic and also insulated building has underfloor heating on a condensing gas boiler. The insulated boxes, the work area of the architectural office, are equipped with a heat pump and with ventilation D.
#Belgium , #chapel , #extention , #stair , #interior_design , #lighting , #public_space , #office
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The Waterdog / Klaarchitectuur
OFFICES, ADAPTIVE REUSE, OFFICES INTERIORS
•
SINT-TRUIDEN, BELGIUM
• Architects: Klaarchitectuur
• Area:300.0 m²
• Year:2016
• Manufacturers: Flos, MDF Italia
Klaarchitectuur architectural firm recently moved from its practice in Heers to the 16th century chapel De Waterhond in Sint-Truiden. The protected monument underwent a thorough renovation and now combines the old character of the original building with the modern additions of architect Gregory Nijs. The four boxes stacked on top of each other, which serve, among other things, as an office and meeting room, are the biggest eye-catchers.
The chapel dates from the 16 th century. The original function of the building is not entirely clear. It is originally dated as a barn, but because of the luxurious details that the building has, some sources claim that it may have been a residential home. It's certain is that in the 19 e a choir was built centuries which made the building since then as a chapel.
Halfway through the 20th century, the chapel was transformed into a peace court, after which it also served as a music and drawing academy. Finally, a local theater group used the building as a rehearsal room. The building has been vacant for the past 50 years. It has changed ownership several times, but they have never implemented their plans for the building.
Due to the neglect of previous owners, much of the chapel has been lost. Yet the building now gives back the experience of the past. The original oak roof structure with the gate arch and its shingles are reminiscent of the barn. The decorative columns, the arched windows and the only arched vault in the choir remind us of the chapel. The necessary fresco drawings still give the building the sacred atmosphere of yesteryear.
The existing floor has been completely broken up to install floor heating. The original natural stones were then replaced in the original diagonal cross pattern. Because a large part of the old floor was already gone or broken, a parquet floor with a herringbone pattern was opted for in the choir room. In that room there is a kitchen block in brass, which together with the kitchen appliances processes the link to the altar in the form of a cross.
Furthermore, only the entrance door and the existing display case have been replaced and renewed. The old stained glass windows and the constructive outer shell of the building have not changed, which benefits the charm of the building. In the long term there are plans to restore the exterior facade.
The four sleek, stacked boxes on the right side of the building provide a pleasant contrast with the old character of the chapel and its open perception of the space. For architect Gregory Nijs it was a basic requirement to preserve the old feel of the building, but also to use the impressive height. Because comfort and space were needed for, among other things, the plumbing, a lift and office spaces, the idea arose from there to stack.
The stacking is arranged in a staggered manner, with the boxes standing over each other. A staircase complex around the boxes provides an extra experience. The terraces on every floor ensure a pleasant moment of rest. The inner space of the chapel is actually the outer space of the office.
The box on the ground floor contains the sanitary facilities, the elevator and the technical room. The first and second floors serve as office spaces. The reception and meeting room on the third floor is literally in the roof and offers a beautiful view of the oak trusses of the original roof structure, which extends floating beyond the roof.
Sustainability was also taken into account during the renovation work. The open part of the historic and also insulated building has underfloor heating on a condensing gas boiler. The insulated boxes, the work area of the architectural office, are equipped with a heat pump and with ventilation D.
#Belgium , #chapel , #extention , #stair , #interior_design , #lighting , #public_space , #office
@revitalization
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A special challenge with the task has been that ancient monuments have been found on the building site that give a story about Denmark's history through a thousand years. Most visible is a protected brick ruin of the canons' monastery from the 12th century, which is integrated into an exhibition space to convey the site's many cultural-historical layers.
The building consists of a single, elongated volume with a saddle roof that stands on pillars above the protected archaeological finds. The length of the building is along the square with a scale and roof slope that follows the neighboring buildings on the square. The archetypal building form has a sculptural skew to the south, to create more light and air towards the neighboring buildings in the courtyard.
To the south is an intimate courtyard, bounded by a wall that frames the street spaces along Sønderportsgade and Rykind.
The upper part of the building is clad with specially developed brick shells in reddish-brown hues, related to the town and the area's typical, brick houses, but by virtue of the larger format of the shells in a contemporary interpretation. The lower part has glass facades, which protect the ruin and at the same time expose the unique finds.
#Denmark, #cathedrale, #square, #fire , #ruin , #public_space , #office , #lighting
@revitalization
A special challenge with the task has been that ancient monuments have been found on the building site that give a story about Denmark's history through a thousand years. Most visible is a protected brick ruin of the canons' monastery from the 12th century, which is integrated into an exhibition space to convey the site's many cultural-historical layers.
The building consists of a single, elongated volume with a saddle roof that stands on pillars above the protected archaeological finds. The length of the building is along the square with a scale and roof slope that follows the neighboring buildings on the square. The archetypal building form has a sculptural skew to the south, to create more light and air towards the neighboring buildings in the courtyard.
To the south is an intimate courtyard, bounded by a wall that frames the street spaces along Sønderportsgade and Rykind.
The upper part of the building is clad with specially developed brick shells in reddish-brown hues, related to the town and the area's typical, brick houses, but by virtue of the larger format of the shells in a contemporary interpretation. The lower part has glass facades, which protect the ruin and at the same time expose the unique finds.
#Denmark, #cathedrale, #square, #fire , #ruin , #public_space , #office , #lighting
@revitalization
NO.165
Jacoby Studios Headquarters / David Chipperfield Architects
OFFICE BUILDINGS
•
PADERBORN, GERMANY
• Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
• Area: 12500 m²
• Project start: 2014
• Completion: 2020
• Gross floor area: 12,500 m²
• Architect In Charge:David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
• Client:Jacoby GbR represented by Ellen Jacoby, Franz Jacoby, Yvonne Jacoby
• Partners:David Chipperfield, Martin Reichert, Alexander Schwarz (Design lead)
• Project Architects:Franziska Rusch (Concept study), Frithjof Kahl (Preparation and brief to Developed Design, Design intent details, Site design supervision)
• Project Team:Thomas Benk, Thea Cheret, Dirk Gschwind, Elsa Pandozi, Franziska Rusch, Diana Schaffrannek, Eva-Maria Stadelmann, Amelie Wegner; Graphics, Visualisation: Dalia Liksaite
• Construction Documentation, Executive Architect:Schilling Architekten, Cologne, Jochem Vieren (Project management), Michael Zinnkann (Construction management)
• Landscape Architect:Wirtz International nv, Schoten, Peter Wirtz, Jan Grauwels
• Structural Engineer, Services Engineer, Lighting Consultant:Gantert + Wiemeler Inge-nieurplanung, Münster
• Building Physics, Acoustics Fire Consultant:Hansen Ingenieure, Münster HHP West Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Bielefeld
In the city of Paderborn in western Germany, David Chipperfield Architects have converted and ex-tended a historic building complex, a former monastery, for a family-run company, exposing the his-toric building fabric, and extending it with new wings.
• The former ‘St. Vincenz hospital’ is situated in the medieval town centre of Paderborn next to the western tributary of the Pader Springs. The hospital moved out in 2013 and the existing complex has been converted into a new headquarters for a family-run company designed by David Chip-perfield Architects Berlin.
• The existing ensemble originates from a former seventeenth century Capuchin monastery. The buildings, which were used as a hospital from 1841 onwards, were severely damaged during the Second World War. Subsequently, the complex underwent several changes and extensions through reconstruction and later modifications. The conversion for the Jacoby Studios involved the removal of the post-war additions, exposing the historic building fabric of the monastery once again. In particular, the chapel façade, the cloister, the east building wing and the seventeenth century cellar were preserved and restored, creating a picturesque ruin structure made of quarry-stone masonry with the former cloister at its heart. The complex of monastery and annexes is embedded into a garden designed by Wirtz International.
• New extension wings, ranging from two to three-storeys, are arranged in accordance with the or-thogonal structure to the north, west and south of the original buildings. Through the historic en-trance gate and the former chapel, visitors access the entrance foyer.
• Echoing the historic situation, the ensemble appears once again in the cityscape as a well-balanced composition of different volumes. In the urban landscape of the Pader Springs, the new complex has its own sense of identity, while maintaining historic continuity.
#Germany, #monastery, #hospital, #office, #extention
@revitalization
Jacoby Studios Headquarters / David Chipperfield Architects
OFFICE BUILDINGS
•
PADERBORN, GERMANY
• Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
• Area: 12500 m²
• Project start: 2014
• Completion: 2020
• Gross floor area: 12,500 m²
• Architect In Charge:David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
• Client:Jacoby GbR represented by Ellen Jacoby, Franz Jacoby, Yvonne Jacoby
• Partners:David Chipperfield, Martin Reichert, Alexander Schwarz (Design lead)
• Project Architects:Franziska Rusch (Concept study), Frithjof Kahl (Preparation and brief to Developed Design, Design intent details, Site design supervision)
• Project Team:Thomas Benk, Thea Cheret, Dirk Gschwind, Elsa Pandozi, Franziska Rusch, Diana Schaffrannek, Eva-Maria Stadelmann, Amelie Wegner; Graphics, Visualisation: Dalia Liksaite
• Construction Documentation, Executive Architect:Schilling Architekten, Cologne, Jochem Vieren (Project management), Michael Zinnkann (Construction management)
• Landscape Architect:Wirtz International nv, Schoten, Peter Wirtz, Jan Grauwels
• Structural Engineer, Services Engineer, Lighting Consultant:Gantert + Wiemeler Inge-nieurplanung, Münster
• Building Physics, Acoustics Fire Consultant:Hansen Ingenieure, Münster HHP West Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Bielefeld
In the city of Paderborn in western Germany, David Chipperfield Architects have converted and ex-tended a historic building complex, a former monastery, for a family-run company, exposing the his-toric building fabric, and extending it with new wings.
• The former ‘St. Vincenz hospital’ is situated in the medieval town centre of Paderborn next to the western tributary of the Pader Springs. The hospital moved out in 2013 and the existing complex has been converted into a new headquarters for a family-run company designed by David Chip-perfield Architects Berlin.
• The existing ensemble originates from a former seventeenth century Capuchin monastery. The buildings, which were used as a hospital from 1841 onwards, were severely damaged during the Second World War. Subsequently, the complex underwent several changes and extensions through reconstruction and later modifications. The conversion for the Jacoby Studios involved the removal of the post-war additions, exposing the historic building fabric of the monastery once again. In particular, the chapel façade, the cloister, the east building wing and the seventeenth century cellar were preserved and restored, creating a picturesque ruin structure made of quarry-stone masonry with the former cloister at its heart. The complex of monastery and annexes is embedded into a garden designed by Wirtz International.
• New extension wings, ranging from two to three-storeys, are arranged in accordance with the or-thogonal structure to the north, west and south of the original buildings. Through the historic en-trance gate and the former chapel, visitors access the entrance foyer.
• Echoing the historic situation, the ensemble appears once again in the cityscape as a well-balanced composition of different volumes. In the urban landscape of the Pader Springs, the new complex has its own sense of identity, while maintaining historic continuity.
#Germany, #monastery, #hospital, #office, #extention
@revitalization
Right now, the six-inch screen we're holding in our hands has completely reshaped the way we perceive the world, taking us away from concentration and contemplation with its abbreviated images, fragmented messages, and real-time communications. In this era of the bowed generation, a huge screen hanging overhead may temporarily cure contem-porary people's distraction or cervical spondylosis, recovering the tranquility and curiosi-ty of the ancients when they looking up at the starry night.
#China, #factory, #lighting, #stair, #office, #interior_design
@revitalization
#China, #factory, #lighting, #stair, #office, #interior_design
@revitalization