The conversion of the former railroad repair facility can start.

According to designs submitted by JSWD, a new urban campus, called “Cube Factory 577”, is underway in Leverkusen-Opladen.
The design calls for the revitalization of the former repair facility to enhance the development of student and general housing as well as for office use, retail shops and catering establishments at a campus. The central square at the new neighborhood will grow into the attraction for all users.
Additional plans call for various sporting facilities and a new parking garage at the new 21,500 m2 property directly adjacent to campus of the Technical University [TH] Cologne CUBE.
Now the Planning permission has been given fpr the first constuction section. Project completion is scheduled for 2022.

Link CUBE Factory 577, Homepage of CUBE Real Estate

Visual: The Third for JSWD

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Conversion of a former farmstead

A 19th century farmstead located in the lower Rhein Valley close to Düsseldorf is now the seat of zgoll: GmbH. Two existing buildings were replaced by new ones.  The former barn became a showroom for current conference technology equipment. Other areas serve as offices, workshops and warehouses.
JSWD’s material concept is based on the existing buildings. The uniform, flat-format bricks used on the new building facade and the minimal roof covering demonstrate a deliberate detail reduction. The scaly arrangement of the bricks reinterprets the clapboard formwork.

Have a look at the data bank of the Architektenkammer NRW

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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Foundation stone ceremony at 18th of march 2020

JSWD has been working on behalf of Art-Invest on the construction of a new hotel within the Domestic area of the Konrad Adenauer Airport near Cologne. The pentagonal base design and the facade somehow borrow from the architectural styling of the terminal built in 1970 by Prof. Schneider v. Esleben; the current design, however, stops short of copying it. Approximately 250 guest rooms are distributed across four building levels. The lobby, a restaurant and the roof terrace are situated on the fifth floor. The upper levels permit direct view toward the activities on the runway and tarmac.
The inauguration of this hotel, which is part of the Marriott Group, is projected for 2021.

Visual: Rendertaxi for JSWD / Art-Invest

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Opening of the Hall 1plus in 2021

The building shell of the first module of the master plan 3.0 named Hall 1plus has just been completed. The new exhibition hall will upgrade the inner city Exhibition and Convention Center of Cologne from 2021 on.

Photo: JSWD

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The building shell of Hybrid.M is completed now.

The construction of a pioneering design bus maintenance depot for around 200 vehicles is underway at the approximately 36 hectares piece of land in the Moosach area of Munich. The surrounding area is characterized by the wide thoroughfare of the Georg Brauchle Ring. The objective of the approximately 25 m high office building with the integrated high-rise parking garage is to shield the interior from noise pollution.

Link Press kit SWM

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“House of European History” in Brussels is one og the “Winners”

Each year the German Design Awards honour top international achievements in product design, communications design and architecture. The winners' exhibition for the category »Excellent Product Design« will be presented at Galleria Nord, in the exhibition grounds, during Ambiente 2020. The »Excellent Communications Design« and »Excellent Architecture« exhibitions will be presented at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt am Main from 8–23 February.

Our Project, the Museum in Brussels, (in cooperation with Chaix & Morel architects, Paris and TPF engineering, Brussels), is one of the “Winners” in the category “Excellent Architecture”

Link Online-Gallery German Design Award 2020

Link Exhibition

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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Book about the shortlisted projects of the DAM Award 2020

DOM publishers, ISBN 978-3-86922-755-9

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Opening at DAM Museum, Frankfurt, 31th of January, 19 pm

Link Museum DAM in Frankfurt, Germany

Link: Shortlist DAM Preis 2020

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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1st price for JSWD together with RMP landscape architects

The planners had to design the expansion of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Berlin about 30.000 sqm.

Exhibition: 22th january - 5th february 2020 at BBR, Ernst-Reuter-Haus, Straße des 17. Juni 112, 10623 Berlin

Link press release of thr initiators of the competition (Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben, Berlin)

Visual: Rendertaxi /JSWD

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JSWD won the 3rd prize.

Link Competitionline.com

Visual: LOOMN

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Chapter about the office building for VIVAWEST, Campus Nordstern in Gelsenkirchen

"Jahrbuch der Architektur 19/20"
Hardcover, 293 Seiten
Dennis Krause, DAV 2019
ISBN-Nr. 978-3946154495

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Olaf Drehsen, Managing Director of JSWD, is also Guest Speaker at the University of South Florida.

One of the cornerstones of our program, the USF School of Architecture & Community Design's Lecture Series introduces students and the Tampa Bay community to a diverse range of ideas and global perspectives. Every semester, architects, urbanists, designers, academics and artists from across the United States and the world speak about their experiences and knowledge.

 Have a look to the program of the Lecture Series of the USF. Olaf Drehsen will speak at the 12th of october.

Each year the German Design Awards honour top international achievements in product design, communications design and architecture. The winners' exhibition for the category »Excellent Product Design« will be presented at Galleria Nord, in the exhibition grounds, during Ambiente 2020. The »Excellent Communications Design« and »Excellent Architecture« exhibitions will be presented at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt am Main from 8–23 February.

Our Project, the Museum in Brussels, (in cooperation with Chaix & Morel architects, Paris and TPF engineering, Brussels) is one of the “Winners” in the category “Excellent Architecture”

Link Homepage German Design Award 2020

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The new office building is published in the current issue 109-2019 of xia.

An additional administrative building for approximately 300 employees of the user Vivawest has been planned for the area of the former Nordstern mining site. The former mining site has been the real estate group’s headquarters since 2012. A transparent, inter-building communication level has been added between the basement and the four office levels of the approximately 120 m long new office building. Skywalks connect the main building and workshop to the already existing buildings of the Campus Nordstern.

Link xia 109

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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New Building for the University Medical Center UKSH in Lübeck, Germany, is completed.

The Master Plan for the University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein (abbreviated in German UKSH) calls for both the expansion and optimization of the two locations, Lübeck and Kiel, the ultimate goal being the improvement of the system’s economic viability and competitiveness.
Following negotiations, the project was awarded to the bidder consortium of BAM PPP Deutschland GmbH and VAMED Health Project GmbH in 2014, for this PPP Project (Public Private Partnership).
The architectural concept and the ensuing planning of the new healthcare buildings as well as the required reconstruction and rehabilitation work fell on the planning consortium of HDR, tsj architekten, sander.hofrichter architekten and JSWD. Olaf Drehsen of JSWD is the authorized representative of this planning consortium.         

Link Homepage of UKSH, Photo: UKSH

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Constructed with the Lego Principle

The new Exhibition Hall will upgrade the inner city Exhibition and Convention Center of Cologne as of 2021. By using prefabricated steel frames, the building shell will be completed at February of the year 2020.

Photo: Koelnmesse GmbH / Andreas Hagedorn

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Our FLOW Tower in Cologne and a residential building in Frankfurt are nominated for the award and thereby part of the book „Architekturführer Deutschland 2020“. Both high-rise projects of JSWD are reused office buildings.

Date: 24th October 2019, 19.00 p.m.

Address: Architektur Galerie Berlin SATELLIT, Karl-Marx-Allee 98, 10243 Berlin, Germany

Homepage: www.architekturgalerieberlin.de/events

"Architekturführer Deutschland 2020", DOM publishers, ISBN 978-3-86922-749-8

Photo FLOW Tower Cologne: Christa Lachenmaier

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Cologne Architecture Guidebook is online

After publishing the hardcopy of this guidebook in 2015 the redaction of koelnarchitektur.de has just started the online version.

This projects of JSWD are part of the guidebook:

New Headquarter of GAG

FLOW Tower

Elementary School at Mainzer Straße

KHM Art College for Media

Photo: Jens Willebrand

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New Construction for the University Medical Center UKSH, Campus Kiel, Germany

The Master Plan for the University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein (abbreviated in German UKSH) calls for both the expansion and optimization of the two locations, Lübeck and Kiel, the ultimate goal being the improvement of the system’s economic viability and competitiveness.
Following negotiations, the project was awarded to the bidder consortium of BAM PPP Deutschland GmbH and VAMED Health Project GmbH in 2014, for this “ÖPP” Project (Public Private Partnership).
The architectural concept and the ensuing planning of the new healthcare buildings as well as the required reconstruction and rehabilitation work fell on the planning consortium of HDR, tsj architekten, sander.hofrichter architekten and JSWD.   Olaf Drehsen of JSWD Architekten is the authorized representative of this planning consortium.

Link Homepage of UKSH

Photo: www.ChristianBeeck.de

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Olaf Drehsen, CEO of JSWD, speeks at Rotary Club in Bonn-Siegburg.

Visual: JSWD/Art-Invest

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 FLOW Tower Cologne nominated and shortlisted.

Link: Shortlist DAM Award 2020

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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“Best address of Bonn”

- this is the slogan of the project developer Art-Invest. On 14th of June 2019 the foundation stone of the new office complex has been layed. The focus of the design of JSWD is on high-end attractive architecture, that also offers urban and functional quality. Three office buildings of differing elevations, all designed with pentagonal floor plans, will in future surround the new municipal square. The high point with 28 floors a tower with more than 100 meters height.
The completion of the inner-city landmark is scheduled for 2022.

Photo: Art-Invest

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Startschuss für die Revitalisierung der Porzer Innenstadt!

Gemeinsam mit der Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Köln, Frau Henriette Reker, den ausführenden Firmen und dem Team von JSWD legte die Geschäftsführung des Bauherrn, der moderne stadt GmbH, den Grundstein in der Porzer Innenstadt. Drei Häuser werden am ehemaligen Hertie-Standort entstehen. JSWD zeichnet für die städtebauliche Planung des Gesamtprojektes und den Entwurf des ersten Wohn- und Geschäftshauses verantwortlich.
„Wir freuen uns sehr, diesen wichtigen Meilenstein für die Neue Mitte Porz heute feiern zu dürfen. In den kommenden Wochen und Monaten wird an dieser Stelle das erste Haus entstehen. Es ist gut, dass die Neue Mitte Porz bald Formen annehmen wird und die Revitalisierung der Innenstadt so zügig voranschreitet “, sagte Andreas Röhrig, Geschäftsführer der moderne stadt GmbH.

Online-Artikel Kölner Rundschau vom 11.6.2019

Pressemitteilung moderne stadt

Foto: moderne Stadt / Daniel Poštrak

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Presenter: DAW, Beck, Laufen und Dallmer

Location: Office Building Vivawest, Gelsenkirchen

Speaker: Konstantin Jaspert, Partner of JSWD architects

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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for the Museum “House of European History”, Category “Excellent Architecture”.

Museum in Brussels, Belgium, 2017, in cooperation with Chaix & Morel architects, Paris and TPF engineering, Brussels

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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Article about the „House of Elements“ in Essen, Germany

Page 9 - 13, Author: Thomas Geuder
Publisher: www.fassade.ch

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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Author: Sophie Trelcat
Editions HYX, Orléans, France, 2019
Hardcover, 200 x 300 mm
ISBN 978-2-37382-010-2

Homepage HYX: Book "House of European History"

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www.koelnarchitektur.de

Photo: Jens Willebrand

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Two projects of JSWD are on the longlist of the german award.

-          Reused office building in Cologne, now named FLOW Tower, Germany

-          Reused office building in Frankfurt, Germany

Link DAM Award 2020

Photo residential building Frankfurt: Felix Krumbholz

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Ehemaliges Fabrikgelände in Rodenkirchen wird zum grünen Wohnquartier...

Der beliebte Kölner Stadtteil erhält einen neuen städtebaulichen Akzent. An der Bahnstraße rollen die Bagger und die unansehnlichen Gebäudeteile einer schon lange stillgelegten Wurstfabrik werden abgebrochen.  Auch ein alter Bunker mit drei Meter dicken Wänden wird sukzessive abgetragen. Es entsteht Raum für ein durchgrüntes und weitgehend autofreies Wohnviertel. Für das attraktive Grundstück, zentral  gelegen zwischen Grüngürtel und dem Rodenkirchener Markplatz, erarbeitete JSWD zunächst die städtebaulichen Grundlagen. Nun beginnen die Bauarbeiten für die ersten 270 Wohnungen. JSWD plant dabei im Auftrag von Bauwens und Convalor.

Foto: JSWD

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Link: Spiegel Online: www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/immobilien-wie-parkhaeuser-und-supermaerkte-sollen-zu-wohnraum-werden-sollen-a-1255257.html

Photo Credit: www.christalachenmaier.com

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Following the demolition of an existing building in the city center of Brühl, earth moving is now underway.

The structural work for the extension building including the integrated local district library is scheduled to start this summer directly adjacent the heritage-protected old structure. The adjacent Janshof is also scheduled for redesign. Back in 2017, JSWD Architekten had been awarded first prize in the City of Brühl’s competition. The scheduled new construction will preserve the historical cubature of the traditional city hall while developing from there a local style more or less autonomous building volume consisting of three tightly integrated structures.

Visual: JSWD / Mohan Karakoc

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According to designs submitted by JSWD Architekten, a new urban neigborhood, called “Cube Factory 577”, is underway at the site of the former railroad repair facility at Leverkusen-Opladen.
The design calls for the revitalization of the former repair facility to enhance the development of student and general housing as well as for office use, retail shops and catering establishments at a campus. The central square at the new neighborhood will grow into the attraction for all users.
Additional plans call for various sporting facilities and a new parking garage at the new 21,500 m² property directly adjacent to campus of the Technical University [TH] Cologne CUBE Real Estate has invested approximately € 88,000,000 in this project.

A recent demolition party marked the start of the construction project. Certain segments of the facades and the roof construction, however, will be left intact. Project completion is scheduled for 2021.

Link project of the client CUBE Real  Estate:  CUBE Factory 577

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The construction of a pioneering design bus maintenance depot for around 200 vehicles is underway at the approximately 36 hectares piece of land in the Mosach area of Munich. The surrounding area is characterized by the wide thoroughfare of the Georg Brauchle Ring. The objective of the approximately 25 m high office building with the integrated high-rise parking garage is to shield the interior from noise pollution. The new rectangular large-scale design blends well into the surrounding predominantly orthogonal and large-scale structures.
The six-storey new construction along the road runs parallel to the industrial buildings and maneuvering areas of the bus maintenance depot. The hall-like widening of the northwestern corner of the building is the architectural highlight and serves as the address for the new office building. The plan calls for the administrative offices of the bus maintenance depot to be housed on the first and second upper levels. Additional office space above may be made available to third-party tenants. Inside atria and vertical service/ access areas provide structure to the building. Grass will be planted on all roof areas.
The 400 m long scale-like facade “decelerates” the elongated structure. Depending on utilization, the individual building sections will have various facade types of a highly recognizable “family of facades”. For example, the office facade is characterized by diagonally arranged anodized aluminum window elements of various dimensions, which are diagonally offset. The floor-level windows ensure maximum daylight in the interior. Uniformly anodized aluminum frames and the continuous metal ledges reinforce the overall design principle.

Visual: Rendertaxi for JSWD

On 10th of January 2019 the foundation stone of the “Hall 1plus” of the refurbishment of the Exhibition and Convention Center of Cologne has been layed.

JSWD won the competition in 2016. In its effort to attain sustainability, “koelnmesse” calls for an investment of approximately 700 million euros between now and the year 2030. For one, the plans call for the multi-functional “CONFEX-Hall” for exhibitions, conventions and corporate events and an intelligent east-west terminal that links all exhibition areas. Furthermore, a new distinct “Entrance East” will be added to the exhibition complex. The design submitted by JSWD convinced due to its well-thought out organization and rearrangement of the complex, both existing and new pattern of use and developmental structures, which brings the joint flexible use of exhibition halls within the realm of possibilities.

Visual: JSWD / Koelnmesse

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By purchasing the long vacant department store in 2014, the City of Cologne assumed a key role in the effort to advance the pending rehabilitation of the city center of Porz.

The Urban Development Corporation moderne stadt had been given the mandate for the creation of a feasibility study, which was being prepared in collaboration with JSWD Architekten. The generally favored concept provided for the demolition of the department store in the pedestrian zone and the urban redesign of the city center by adding three new structures. The interrelationships of the walking public and desired visibility links will be clearly structured in future and will bring to fruition novel retail concepts for the ground floor areas. Apartments are projected for the upper levels. At this time, JSWD is working on the plans for what is known as “Building 1”. Construction is scheduled to get underway during the remainder of 2019.

Photo: moderne stadt

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List Awards

Photo: Christian Fabris

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Following the inauguration of the Mall adjoining the pedestrian zone toward the principal train station, the adjoining bus terminal has now started operations.

It is designed for 35 bus lines to converge at the newly structured transfer point of the ÖPNV. The principal developers, the WSW, estimate up to 65,000 passengers will use the bus terminal daily. It is estimated that approximately one third of them will transfer to other bus lines, the suspension monorail or the German railroad.
The bus terminal represents the final component of the urban redesign and the structural design of the overall railroad station area. The entire area has been enriched by an attractive urban addition in the city center, a concept developed and realized by JSWD.

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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JSWD has been working on behalf of Art-Invest on the construction of a new hotel within the Domestic area of the Konrad Adenauer Airport near Cologne.

The pentagonal base design and the facade somehow borrow from the architectural styling of the terminal built in 1970 by Prof. Schneider v. Esleben; the current design, however, stops short of copying it. Approximately 250 guest rooms are distributed across four building levels. The lobby, a restaurant and the roof terrace are situated on the fifth floor. The upper levels permit direct view toward the activities on the runway and tarmac.
The inauguration of this hotel, which is part of the Marriott Group, is projected for 2021.

Visual: Rendertaxi for JSWD

„Bekenntnis zu den Wurzeln - Vivawest realisiert ergänzenden Neubau auf (dem Campus der Zeche) Nordstern“ in Gelsenkirchen.

Interview mit Frau Goldenbeld (Vivawest) und Frederik Jaspert (JSWD).
Autor: Dr. Johannes Busmann

Foto: Christa Lachenmaier

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Kölner "Stadtgeschichte(n)" ist / sind das diesjährige Thema, auf das sich die teilnehmenden Architekten, Studenten und anderen Kreativen fokussieren.

Der Einrichter smow überlässt dazu zum dritten Mal seinen Showroom den eingeladenen Akteuren, die sich dort für drei Wochen auf individuelle Art und Weise präsentieren können. Die großen Schaufenster bilden eine Verbindung zwischen dem lebendigen, vielbefahrenen Blaubach, dem Waidmarkt und der zum Betrachten einladenden Innenwelt des Showrooms.
JSWD hat die Historie des Waidmarkts und des hier im Mittelalter gehandelten Färberwaids zur Grundlage der eigenen Rauminstallation "blau machen" im Eckschaufenster gemacht. Blau gefärbte Stoffbahnen pendeln von einem stilisierten, schwebenden Wäschereck. Die Färber konnten damals erst pausieren, wenn das nach einem aufwendigen Arbeitsprozess zunächst gelbe Färbegut  zum Trocknen in der Sonne hing und sich langsam blau färbte.

Adresse: Waidmarkt 11, 50676 Köln
Ausstellungsdauer: 25.10. – 14.11.2018, jeweils Mo.– Sa. von 10 – 18 Uhr

Der neue Sitz der GAG Immobilien AG im rechtsrheinischen Stadtteil Kalk wird nun feierlich eingeweiht.

JSWD hatte im Jahr 2015 das städtebauliche Verfahren für das Büro-und Wohnquartier gewonnen und wurde mit der Planung des Headquarters beauftragt. Das 120 m lange Bürogebäude staffelt sich entlang der Straße des 17. Juni  im Grundriss und in der Höhe dreifach zurück. Zur rückwärtig angrenzenden Wohnbebauung öffnet sich der Neubau am dem 1. Obergeschoss kammartig mit begrünten Innenhöfen. Durch große Glasflächen und den lebhaften Rhythmus der hellen Muschelkalk-Bekleidung wirkt die Fassade offen und einladend.

Foto: JSWD / pitPlan

The layout of the Project-Campus Bad Friedrichshall is simiar to giant petals being placed in the distinct topography of the landscape.

Notwithstanding the solitary impression the individual structures convey, they are positioned to encircle a common central green area. Staggered to resemble a terrace, the parking garage levels - some of which open toward the valley - are the base for the high-rise structures.
The positioning of the buildings with their rounded corners results in typical reception bays - each one destined to serve a specific purpose viz. as main entrance, service access or staff entrance - and each is assigned unmistakable and attractive priorities. The main entrance provides access to the conference facilities and the employee cafeteria. The current plans call for the realization of the first construction phase (approx. 3,000 jobs) of the state of the art campus toward the middle of the next decade.

Visual: JSWD / Rendertaxi

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The project just was awarded with the plantin certificate of the German Sustainable Building Council e.V [DGNB].

The Europe Plaza office and business complex is situated almost opposite the "Library of the 21st Century" in the Stuttgart 21 redeveloped quarter. Following a three-stage competition in 2008, the judges voted for the design by JSWD Architects.
A lively city quarter characterized by trade and catering sections as well as freely customizable office space in the upper floors will be created here. A courtyard across two levels forms the core of the building. At "Stockholmer Platz" and opposite "Londoner Straße" the volume of the building in the lower two floors is reduced.

Photo: Burkhard Walther

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Das „Haus der Europäischen Geschichte“ wurde für den Architekturpreis des Deutschen Architekturmuseums in Frankfurt in der Kategorie Auslandsbauten nominiert.

Das im Mai 2017 eröffnete Museum befindet sich im Leopold Park, also im Herzen des Europäischen Viertels von Brüssel. Die erfolgte Umwandlung und Erweiterung einer historischen Zahnklinik in ein Museum ist ein gemeinsames Projekt mit Chaix & Morel et Associés aus Paris. Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft hatte bereits den Realisierungswettbewerb im Jahr 2011 gewonnen.

Link zur Homepage des DAM: http://www.dam-preis.de/de/72/dam-preis-2019/nominierungen/?action=detail&id=385

Foto: Christian Fabris

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Rising to 28 floors, the high point of the building ensemble designed by JSWD Architekten is almost as high as the neighboring “Lange Eugen” [Tall Eugene], the former House of Representatives, which reaches to 114 m.

With this, the new tower ranks number three in the hierarchy of Bonn’s high-rise buildings. At the top of the list is the Post Tower (Helmut Jahn) at 163 m.
Three office buildings of differing elevations, all designed with pentagonal floor plans, will in future surround the new municipal square. The building ensemble blends in well with the urban environment.
The inner-city landmark of the former “Bonn Center” dating back to the 1960s, had been demolished as far back as March of 2017. The structural work is scheduled to begin in early 2019. Meanwhile, the preparation of the 12 m deep excavation is being prepared. The completion is scheduled for 2021. The German Postbank will be the principal tenant of the 40,000 m2 floor space.

Visual: LOOMN for Art-Invest

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At the ground level, an integral artistic concept forms the corners of the two facing buildings.

The artist Annette Sauermann designed a light installation, which on the one hand symbolizes the shared identity of the two institutes but at the same time their independence. With this in mind, white rounded lines on black background characterize the light module of the IPT while straight perspective red lines on white make up that of the ILT. Using computer-controlled input of different impulses, the light lines (LED) symbolize the internal activities of the institutes in abstract form.

Homepage Lichtdesign-Preis 2018

Photo: Anette Sauermann

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The construction of a pioneering design bus maintenance depot for around 200 vehicles is underway at the approximately 36 hectares piece of land in the Mosach area of Munich.

The surrounding area is characterized by the wide thoroughfare of the Georg Brauchle Ring. The objective of the approximately 25 m high office building with the integrated high-rise parking garage is to shield the interior from noise pollution. The new rectangular large-scale design blends well into the surrounding predominantly orthogonal and large-scale structures.
The six-storey new construction along the road runs parallel to the industrial buildings and maneuvering areas of the bus maintenance depot. The hall-like widening of the northwestern corner of the building is the architectural highlight and serves as the address for the new office building. The plan calls for the administrative offices of the bus maintenance depot to be housed on the first and second upper levels. Additional office space above may be made available to third-party tenants. Inside atria and vertical service/ access areas provide structure to the building. Grass will be planted on all roof areas.
The 400 m long scale-like facade “decelerates” the elongated structure. Depending on utilization, the individual building sections will have various facade types of a highly recognizable “family of facades”. For example, the office facade is characterized by diagonally arranged anodized aluminum window elements of various dimensions, which are diagonally offset. The floor-level windows ensure maximum daylight in the interior. Uniformly anodized aluminum frames and the continuous metal ledges reinforce the overall design principle.

Visual: JSWD / Rendertaxi

By purchasing the long vacant department store in 2014, the City of Cologne assumed a key role in the effort to advance the pending rehabilitation of the city center of Porz.

The Urban Development Corporation moderne stadt had been given the mandate for the creation of a feasibility study, which was being prepared in collaboration with JSWD Architekten. The generally favored concept provided for the demolition of the department store in the pedestrian zone and the urban redesign of the city center by adding three new structures. The interrelationships of the walking public and desired visibility links will be clearly structured in future and will bring to fruition novel retail concepts for the ground floor areas. Apartments are projected for the upper levels. At this time, JSWD is working on the plans for what is known as “Building 1”. Construction is scheduled to get underway during the remainder of 2018.

Photo: mordene stadt

Topics such as current trends in residential construction in view of needs-oriented and sustainable urban development were discussed at the round-table discussion, which had been initiated by the BAUMEISTER editorial board and moderated by the editor-in-chief Alexander Gutzmer.

JSWD staff, representatives of the “Lebensraum Ziegel” [Living Environment Brick] and a number of guests had been prompted by the BAUMEISTER Editorial Board to debate the “Urban Planning Cultural Initiative”. Furthermore, the utilization of brick in multi-level residential buildings and the desire for improved interplay of material quality and brick products in facade and roof designs were discussed.#

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

At the “Museum of Silence” in Berlin, a new addition is being celebrated today: The model presented features the “Room of Silence” as had been realized previously at the Forum Q2 of the ThyssenKrupp Quarters in Essen.

The two architectural firms JSWD Architekten of Cologne and Chaix & Morel et Associés of Paris had the idea of the entrepreneur campus conceived and realized for this thought provoking location. In the seven meter high sparsely illuminated room, the suspended cube beckons the visitor opening up the view into its colorfully illuminated interior and inside walls lined with spliced titanium shingles. 

The “Museum of Silence” represents a private initiative by the artist Nikolai Marakov. In addition to his own large-format art representing vague cloud and landscape fragments, there is a permanent exhibition of models by additional architects - among them Volker Staab and Sergei Tchoban.

Photo: Ardex / Armin Wenzel

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District municipal complex Rodenkirchen, Germany

Competition together with RMP landscape architects, Bonn

Following an initial urban planning process in 2008, the architectural design and open space planning competition for the new structure to replace the district municipal complex Rodenkirchen had been released in 2017 and was recently decided.
The design submitted by JSWD provides for a distinct inviting principal structure for the town hall square [Rathausplatz], which is also up for redesign. A powerful urban area with enviable location value has been growing in the historic center of the southern suburb. In addition to the Maternusplatz, which was welcomed by the public, another appealing meeting venue is being created in the center of Rodenkirchen. An attractive alley will in future provide direct access to the nearby Rhine waterfront.

The compact structure follows the typology of the surrounding arcade houses. The glassed-in foyer of the city hall, which is designed fully in compliance for handicap access, opens toward the pedestrian only square. Visitors will find it easy to identify the welcome desk, reception area and the vertically displayed building occupancy information.  A generous staircase leads to the “Belle Etage” where the council chambers and the foyer facing the square are located.

The shell of the business center close to the Vienna Main Railroad Station is completed.

Now it was time to proceed with the "topping out ceremony” (Dachgleiche) meaning the reinforced concrete cover for the highest of the three towers of "The Icon Vienna" had been poured.
The design by JSWD originated at the International Architectural Design Competition in partnership with BEHF Architects of Vienna. Three towers in the form of smooth rocks, each rising to a different height, are linked at the base by a covered shopping arcade, which gives the new urban quarter its distinct character. The public shopping arcade accommodates and channels the visitors thus adopting a steering function between the First Campus, the Belvedere Quartier and the new railroad station.

Photo: Rupert Steiner

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Operation Center and Rescue Guard in Magstadt, Germany

Model: Christoph Leistenschneider, Cologne

The plans call for a globally unique permanent Wallpaper Collection at the Brüder-Grimm Square at the Kassel MuseumQuarter. The design submitted by JSWD Architekten was awarded the 2nd prize.

The proposed new structure is destined to become the distinguishing structure at the square periphery. The adjacent heritage-protected Torwache will be integrated into the museum, but will nevertheless remain the independent principal feature toward the Wilhelmshöher Allee. The staircase at the connecting structure, which dates back to the 1950s, will act as the link.  Deliberate material selection and formal simplicity make it possible to connect two solitary buildings into an impressive whole.

Visual: JSWD / Rendertaxi

In Ulm wurden kürzlich mit der Feier des 1. Spatenstichs die Bauarbeiten zur Erweiterung des Landratsamtes des Alb-Donau-Kreises gestartet.

Die Baustelle liegt im gründerzeitlichen Erweiterungsring um die historische Innenstadt. Der geplante Kopfbau arrondiert den Stadtplatz im „Dichterviertel“. Entstehen wird ein 6-geschossiger Neubau mit Staffelgeschoss. Dieser sattelt auf die bestehende Tiefgarage auf. Im Neubau mit ca. 4.000 qm Nutzfläche werden ab 2019 derzeit dezentral untergebrachte Abteilungen der Kreisverwaltung gebündelt. Der Kreis investiert ca. 20,3 Mio. Euro.

Im Hamburger AIT ArchitekturSalon wird das Studienergebnis zum Thema  „Versteckte Moderne - Stahlbauten der Nachkriegsmoderne“ der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.
„Die Studie des bauforumstahl (BFS) in Kooperation mit dem daf-Institut der Hochschule Anhalt in Dessau, widmet sich der Forschung nach und über diese Gebäude, ihrer Dokumentation und Einordnung. Die Stahlbauten der Nachkriegsmoderne sind oft unentdeckt, da Stahl meist noch versteckter Helfer denn sichtbarer Akteur war. Betrachtet werden Gebäude in Deutschland, der 50er und 60er Jahre sowie exponierte Beispiele bis in die 80er. Neben architektonischen wie konstruktiven Einzel- und Besonderheiten stehen der Umgang, der Erhalt und auch die Sanierung im Fokus.“ (Quelle: BFS).
Auch das ehemaligen BDI-Bürohaus am Kölner Rheinufer, dass JSWD jüngst in ein Wohnhochhaus umgewandelt hat, ist ein Referenzprojekt für eine gelungene Revitalisierung .

Ort: AIT ArchitekturSalon, Bei den Mühren 70, 20457 Hamburg
Ausstellungsdauer:  28.11 2017 – 12.01.2018

Weitere Informationen auf https://www.bauforumstahl.de/news/versteckte-moderne-stahlbauten-der-nachkriegsmoderne

Das bauforumstahl (BFS) als Forum des Deutschen Stahlbaues fördert das Bauen mit Stahl und ist ein Forum rund um Architektur, das ressourceneffiziente und wirtschaftliche Planen und Bauen sowie das Normenwesen.

Foto: Christa Lachenmaier

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Mention for the Center for Windpower Drives in Aachen, Germany.

Photo: Dirk Matull

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Mention for House F, Cologne

Kölner Architekturpreis 2017

Photo: Christa Lachenmaier

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Publisher: DAV,  "Inside-modern-workspaces"

ISBN 978-3-946154-10-5

The portfolio of JSWD Architekten of Cologne reveals a wide range of diverse construction projects. Many projects have resulted from successful participation in competitions.  We take pleasure in supporting construction projects from very large to very small. The projects vary in magnitude, focus and client. It is nevertheless a common thread that runs through most of the already completed projects and those now underway: particular attention to the exterior, which is meant to be not merely a special attention getter for the onlooker, but should also tell the story of the structure and its owner. In addition to the ties to the locale, which are considered important, the focus is above all on building utilization and the philosophy of the client. The façades move the interior outward, but relate to the environment equally. The “skin” of a building by JSWD is not fashionable. Rather it strives toward civil engineering quality and design sustainability. The inherent design quality, resulting from the combination of conceptual clarity and the conservative use of formal means, has frequently found favor in the rest of Europe. Increasingly the firm JSWD Architekten has undertaken planning and execution of projects beyond Germany. With the display of schematic views of sectional building shells the current exhibit portrays important JSWD Architekten projects spanning the entire spectrum - in other words, JSWD close up!   

Exhibition RIBA from 18^th july to 28^th august 2017
Adress:  66 Portland Place, London,W1B 1AD

https://www.architecture.com/whats-on/hautnah

Photo: Christian Richters

Vom 10. Juni bis 17. September 2017 findet in Kassel die Ausstellung documenta 14 statt. Die documenta gilt als bedeutendste Ausstel­lung zeitgenössischer Kunst, die alle 5 Jahre ein internationales Publikum anzieht. Parallel dazu wurde ab 2002 der Galerieraum KAZimKUBA des Kasseler Architekturzentrums von international renommierten Architekten mit deren themenbezogenen architectdocuments bespielt.
Die architectdocuments 4  zeigen dieses Jahr 100 Tage lang Reflexionen über Europa in Verbindung mit Architektur und Städtebau und nehmen damit Bezug zum Motto der documenta 14 (Von Athen lernen). JSWD steuert ein Exponat zum gerade in Brüssel eröffneten Museums „Haus der Europäischen Geschichte“ bei - ein Projekt, das in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Pariser Büro Chaix & Morel et Associés entstanden ist.

Zum KAZimKUBA:
Im März 1998 hat die BDA-Gruppe Kassel im Kulturbahnhof Kassels ein Architekturzentrum gegründet. Das sog. KAZimKUBA bietet ein öffentliches Forum für die Auseinandersetzung mit der Baukultur und möchte dazu beitragen, die Sensibilität für die gebaute Umwelt in der Öffentlichkeit zu schärfen und Qualität einzufordern.

Ausstellungsort: Kasseler Architekturzentrum im Kulturbahnhof, Rainer-Dierichs-Platz 1, 34117 Kassel

Vernissage der architectdocuments 4:  10. Juni 2017, 18 Uhr

Weiter Infos auf: www.kazimkuba.de

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The portfolio of JSWD Architekten of Cologne reveals a wide range of diverse construction projects. Many projects have resulted from successful participation in competitions.  We take pleasure in supporting construction projects from very large to very small. The projects vary in magnitude, focus and client. It is nevertheless a common thread that runs through most of the already completed projects and those now underway: particular attention to the exterior, which is meant to be not merely a special attention getter for the onlooker, but should also tell the story of the structure and its owner. In addition to the ties to the locale, which are considered important, the focus is above all on building utilization and the philosophy of the client. The façades move the interior outward, but relate to the environment equally. The “skin” of a building by JSWD is not fashionable. Rather it strives toward civil engineering quality and design sustainability. The inherent design quality, resulting from the combination of conceptual clarity and the conservative use of formal means, has frequently found favor in the rest of Europe. Increasingly the firm JSWD Architekten has undertaken planning and execution of projects beyond Germany. With the display of schematic views of sectional building shells the current exhibit portrays important JSWD Architekten projects spanning the entire spectrum - in other words, JSWD close up!   

2nd December 2016 until 12th January 2017

The portfolio of JSWD Architekten of Cologne reveals a wide range of diverse construction projects. Many projects have resulted from successful participation in competitions.  We take pleasure in supporting construction projects from very large to very small. The projects vary in magnitude, focus and client. It is nevertheless a common thread that runs through most of the already completed projects and those now underway: particular attention to the exterior, which is meant to be not merely a special attention getter for the onlooker, but should also tell the story of the structure and its owner. In addition to the ties to the locale, which are considered important, the focus is above all on building utilization and the philosophy of the client. The façades move the interior outward, but relate to the environment equally. The “skin” of a building by JSWD is not fashionable. Rather it strives toward civil engineering quality and design sustainability. The inherent design quality, resulting from the combination of conceptual clarity and the conservative use of formal means, has frequently found favor in the rest of Europe. Increasingly the firm JSWD Architekten has undertaken planning and execution of projects beyond Germany. With the display of schematic views of sectional building shells the current exhibit portrays important JSWD Architekten projects spanning the entire spectrum - in other words, JSWD close up!  

www.DieRaumgalerie.net, Stuttgart

Photo: Christian Richters

Award for the Day Care Center "Miniapolis", Thyssenkrupp Quarter Essen, Germany.

Photo: Michael Wolff

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The portfolio of JSWD Architekten of Cologne reveals a wide range of diverse construction projects. Many projects have resulted from successful participation in competitions.  We take pleasure in supporting construction projects from very large to very small. The projects vary in magnitude, focus and client. It is nevertheless a common thread that runs through most of the already completed projects and those now underway: particular attention to the exterior, which is meant to be not merely a special attention getter for the onlooker, but should also tell the story of the structure and its owner. In addition to the ties to the locale, which are considered important, the focus is above all on building utilization and the philosophy of the client. The façades move the interior outward, but relate to the environment equally. The “skin” of a building by JSWD is not fashionable. Rather it strives toward civil engineering quality and design sustainability. The inherent design quality, resulting from the combination of conceptual clarity and the conservative use of formal means, has frequently found favor in the rest of Europe. Increasingly the firm JSWD Architekten has undertaken planning and execution of projects beyond Germany. With the display of schematic views of sectional building shells the current exhibit portrays important JSWD Architekten projects spanning the entire spectrum - in other words, JSWD close up!

Photo: Christian Richters

"The Cologne architecture firm JSWD demonstrates the long-term benefits of an international presence. JSWD Architekten are currently involved in major projects in Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria, in some cases with European partners. An understanding of building quality, urban design, and competence in the field of sustainable construction are always central aspects of these. JSWD are involved in a wide range of building projects—from a school to a research institute, from a residential building to a museum—and each project is conceived from scratch. “Architecture and urban development have to reflect diversity”—this credo underpins the designs by JSWD. They have shown on many occasions that they are not afraid of size, nor do they have any reserve about designing the smallest of details within their particular context. The common feature of all their work is the search for homogeneity with regard to the building volume, form, materials, and color. This harmonious architecture by JSWD is therefore multifaceted and coherent at the same time." 

Jovis Verlag, Berlin, Germany 
ISBN 978-3-86859-308-2

Mention for the Kurt-Masur grammar school, Leipzig, Germany

Foto: Thomas Lewandowski

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Winner "Iconic Awards 2013", Category "Corporate Architecture"

1st prize "Prime Property Award 2012"

"Preis des Deutschen Stahlbaues 2012"

"LEAF Award 2011", Category „Best Sustainable Technology Incorporated into a Building"
for the Sunshade System of Q1

"Auszeichnung Guter Bauten 2010", BDA Essen

"AIT- Innovationspreis 2010", Category „Architecture + Glas“
for the Sunshade System of Q1

"Architekturpreis der Stadt Essen 2010"

Photo: Thyssenkrupp AG

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Jovis Verlag, Berlin, 2011

Book about the Thyssenkrupp Quarter in Essen, a project of JSWD and Chaix et Morel for Thyssenkrupp (Client: ECE Projekktmanangement G.m.b.H & co.KG).