Developer: Gross and Partner
Architect: UN Studio
Type: Residential, Office, Retail, Hotel
Location: Banking District, Downtown
Construction Timeline: 2017 Start Date - 2020 Completion
- 4 towers on top of a 6 storey base
- 228m tower (59 floors), mixed use
- two residential towers (approx. 160m and 120m)
- 100m office tower
- 200,000 square meters of space (90,000 sqm of office space | 60,000 sqm residential | 30,000 sqm hotels | 20,000 sqm retail and gastronomy)
- public access to roof gardens
Mixed-Use Tower Cluster Proposed for Frankfurt’s City Center
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Dutch firm UNStudio is to bring a mixed-use scheme comprising offices, apartments, retail, hotel, and culinary opportunities to the former Deutsche Bank site in Frankfurt. Aiming to open up the site towards the city center and integrate the listed building façades on the Junghofstraße, the proposal will introduce four high-rise towers – the tallest rising to 228 meters in height – and will provide approximately 600 new apartments for the burgeoning city center district. The main towers will be among the highest residential and office buildings in Frankfurt, while the varied program proposed for the podium is designed to invigorate the financial district.
Ben van Berkel, founder of UNStudio comments: “bringing a mixed-use project into this financial district will not only enliven the area during daytime, but it will also introduce evening programs and create an essential form of social sustainability to this part of the city. The introduction of the residential and the leisure components are key to this strategy. This sculptural family of towers will also create the suggestion of a cohesive neighborhood within the skyline and emphasize the importance of this part of the city within the whole.”
The four towers will be organized to frame the central square. Their contrasting orientation and heights will inherently articulate variations within the skyline and optimize daylight penetration.
As the complex moves out of the proposal stage, construction is expected to start in the course of the coming year; the first building is due to be in use by 2020
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