ThyssenKrupp Campus, Essen, Germany
The ThyssenKrupp campus on a 17-hectare site in Essen city centre accommodates 2,000 employees and houses the conglomerate’s new headquarters, administrative offices, the ThyssenKrupp Academy (a training centre) and a conference centre on the company’s historic location, for a project total of 160,000 sq m (a first phase of 112,500 sq m delivered in September 2010). The buildings follow a simple, orthogonal design and are informed by a strong environmental approach that provided so many occasions to propose specific sunshading systems for each building and thereby display ThyssenKrupp’s industrial know-how.
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Program
To consolidate the ThyssenKrupp group’s administrative activities in Essen - master plan of the quarter, headquarters, offices, conference centre, training centre, restaurant, childcare centre and car parks - implemented in an environmentally friendly approach.
Client
ThyssenKrupp AG
ThyssenKrupp Real Estate GmbH
Project team
Chaix & Morel et associés, Paris
JSWD Architekten, Cologne, Germany
Paris team :
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Walter Grasmug
with Misha Kramer
and Ania Ait Mesbah, Fabien Barthélémy, Teresa Cortes, Mélanie Drechsler, Gesa Hosang, Till Antonius Kamp, Grete Lochmann, Jakub Pakula, Niccolo’ Ruggini, Patricia Salvador, Mathilde Wacheux, Marc Wehner, Ursula Wufka, Wei Zeng
ECE GmbH & Co.KG – Hamburg, Project management (execution), scheduling management and coordination
Key figures
Competition 2006 - completion phase 1 in 2010 - phase 2 in progress
Surface area (phase 1) : 112 500 m²
Construction costs excl. VAT (phase 1) : 240 M €
Surface area on completion : 160 000 m²
17 hectares plot
Environmental specifications
DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) Gold certified project
Awards and distinctions
1st Prize of the "Prime Property Awards" (sustainable architecture), 2012
Nominated at the Preis des Deutschen Stahlbaues (steel architecture), 2012
City of Essen Architecture Prize, 2010
Innovation Prize at the Glastec trade fair in Dusseldorf (Headquarters facade), 2010
Regional Order of German Architects Prize, 2010
Lamp 2011 Trophy for indoor lighting
Photography credits
Christian Richters
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