CropScience Facade<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Joint study with Werner Sobek for a new fa\u00e7ade of the Crop Science headquarters, BAYER Monheim (1982)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The building is located on the BAYER campus, which is situated between Cologne and D\u00fcsseldorf in Monheim am Rhein. The campus in Monheim covers an area of 65 hectares and has several building complexes. These were designed in the 1980s in an architectural competition with a master plan by Kisho Kurokawa and completed in various construction phases.<\/p>\n
The existing fa\u00e7ade of around 10,500 m\u00b2 is to be refurbished, upgraded in terms of energy efficiency and possibly redesigned.
\nThe present study has produced three concepts: a minimum variant, a medium variant and a maximum variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Variant 1<\/p>\n
The basic design idea is to create a vertical, holistic structure in the fa\u00e7ade in order to unify the many projections and recesses of the current fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n
Variant 2<\/p>\n
Variant 2 represents a conversion of the first variant. In principle, the fa\u00e7ade in variants 2 & 3 should be greened in a way that is still justifiable from a maintenance point of view, but allows the building to blend in perfectly with its surroundings.<\/p>\n
Variant 3<\/p>\n
Variant 3 is a combination of the first two designs. The horizontal shading is still located at the lintel level and supports the fa\u00e7ade planting. In variant 3, however, the vertical fins move in front of the overhangs and recede to the fa\u00e7ade level with the tapering overhangs with a minimum depth of 10 cm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Joint study with Werner Sobek for a new fa\u00e7ade of the Crop Science headquarters, BAYER Monheim (1982)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The building is located on the BAYER campus, which is situated between Cologne and D\u00fcsseldorf in Monheim am Rhein. The campus in Monheim covers an area of 65 hectares and has several building complexes. These were designed in the 1980s in an architectural competition with a master plan by Kisho Kurokawa and completed in various construction phases.<\/p>\n
The existing fa\u00e7ade of around 10,500 m\u00b2 is to be refurbished, upgraded in terms of energy efficiency and possibly redesigned.
\nThe present study has produced three concepts: a minimum variant, a medium variant and a maximum variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Variant 1<\/p>\n
The basic design idea is to create a vertical, holistic structure in the fa\u00e7ade in order to unify the many projections and recesses of the current fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n
Variant 2<\/p>\n
Variant 2 represents a conversion of the first variant. In principle, the fa\u00e7ade in variants 2 & 3 should be greened in a way that is still justifiable from a maintenance point of view, but allows the building to blend in perfectly with its surroundings.<\/p>\n
Variant 3<\/p>\n
Variant 3 is a combination of the first two designs. The horizontal shading is still located at the lintel level and supports the fa\u00e7ade planting. In variant 3, however, the vertical fins move in front of the overhangs and recede to the fa\u00e7ade level with the tapering overhangs with a minimum depth of 10 cm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>