A modern, open plan office building has been built in the centre of Duesseldorf in close proximity to the avenue ‘Kennedydamm’ from which the building’s name derives.

The office building is characterized by two architectural themes: the typological transformation of the town block into a group of five buildings, as well as its protective glass skin.

Location
Duesseldorf / Germany
Client
Frankonia Eurobau AG / Germany
Planning / close of construction
2001 / 2004
Gross Floor Area
21,400 m²
Four buildings line up in alternation with inner courtyards around a fifth building, the central middle wing. The structure of the five coupled blocks is arranged so to provide a high level of flexibility. Each floor can either be used separately, i.e. by up to five office tenanci

Four buildings line up in alternation with inner courtyards around a fifth building, the central middle wing.
The structure of the five coupled blocks is arranged so to provide a high level of flexibility. Each floor can either be used separately, i.e. by up to five office tenanci

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Design
Kister Scheithauer Gross (in cooperation with Prof. U. Coersmeier)
Photographs
Martin Classen, Carola Kohler