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18.01.2021
We are delighted to have won third prize with our design for the new headquarters of Koelnmesse. Our design and urban planning concept provided for two buildings: the new company headquarters with 25,000 m² of floor space and a high-rise with 30,000 m² of space. Both of these are divided into one higher and one lower wing, which the public access via a transparent gap – and this in turn creates direct links to the urban area that serve as connecting routes guiding visitors from the exhibition entrance in the north through the atrium and to the new forum. The greened, canopied atrium of the exhibition building becomes the ideal meeting place and a green living space for the trade fair administration staff. The office areas offer individual solutions for a continually changing work environment: modern and open-plan working, flexibly usable communication spaces and quiet zones – always with links to the green lung in the middle. Both buildings are shielded from the traffic and yet stand as modern, prestigious elements within the surrounding development thanks to their glass façades. While the two transparent podium buildings permit a glance inside, the dual glass façade that sits above them, with its slightly rounded panes, emphasizes the curving, sculptural nature of the building.
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04.01.2021
From 1 January 2021, we will be named KSP ENGEL. We have a new graphic identity and a new website. With the new corporate identity, we continue to focus on our holistic approach, the content-related examination of current developments and topics in planning and building. Our repositioning is an expression of our quality standards in architecture and its design.
Nothing will change for you, all contracts will remain unchanged. Our address also remains the same. As of 1 January, you can reach us under our new name.
We look forward to a continued good and successful cooperation with you in the new year.
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13.11.2020
The prayer hall of the Grand Mosque of Algiers (“Djamaa el Djazair”) was officially opened on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Mawlid an-Nabi on Oct. 28 and on Nov. 6, 2020 opened its doors to the general public for the first time for Friday prayers. Designed by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten the religious ensemble in the Bay of Algiers has been constructed on a 26-hectare-large site and is a symbiosis of a traditional Maghreb mosque with a column hall and influences from European Modernism. The design leitmotif in the ensemble is slender columns with a broad capital – a feature to be found in all the sections of the complex and inspired formally speaking by the blossom of the calla, a plant found throughout Africa. The Friday mosque includes the prayer hall, with a capacity of 36,000 worshippers, and the world’s highest minaret (265 meters). Like a town center in its own right, the overall complex also houses public facilities, such as a museum, a library, a theological college, apartments as well as stores and restaurants.
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13.10.2020
We are delighted to have won first prize in the architectural competition for an office building in Stuttgart Feuerbach organized by PANDION AG. The new building ensemble with around 17,000 m² GFA is the first building block of a new generation of buildings on the quarter, which are completely dedicated to the topic of new working worlds. The former production of goods is followed by a modern “production site” for new ideas and forward-looking services. The office complex designed by our Frankfurt competition team envisages a working environment with a high quality of stay for indoor and outdoor spaces. The interior spaces offer flexible and diverse uses such as think tanks, encounter zones, meeting points, cellular offices to open space areas. Landscaped balconies, loggias and rooftop terraces directly associated with the rental units connect the working world with nature. For urban outdoor living, inner courtyards as well as a green base create an urban stage: seating steps, outdoor staircases and outdoor terraces offer ample opportunities to linger. The generous greening and outdoor space design thus shape the identity of the site to a particular extent.
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09.09.2020
We are delighted to have won second prize in the workshop process for the office and hotel building “The VIEW” in Sindelfingen. As a three-part building figure in the green, the new quarter appears permeable and as a self-confident ensemble in a heterogeneous environment. The three buildings with a gross floor area of approx. 25,000 m² form a closed urban edge to the street to the north and east and open up to the pond to the south. Three buildings, angular in plan, house two hotels in the north and the office building at the southeast corner of the site. Light-colored materials are chosen to strengthen the open and permeable profile of the ensemble. The facade design of the new buildings is clear and modern. The aluminum ribbon facade of the office and hotel buildings follows a horizontal structure that achieves a dynamic effect. Unlike the new office building, the facade of the hotels is clad with clinker brick slips.
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08.09.2020
Our design for the new headquarters of Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe was awarded first prize. The 12,400 m² (gross floor area) new building blends in with the surrounding harbor development thanks to its striking form. The silhouette corresponds to a modern interpretation of typical warehouse buildings. Roof terraces with a view of the harbor scenery are created by staggering the six-story structure on the long sides by one to two stories. The façade of rough, reddish-brown clinker brick makes reference to materials typical of the harbor. Vertical clinker pilasters and a horizontal structure with fine cornices characterize the facade design. The main entrance on the east side is oriented towards the outdoor area with campus character and is highlighted by a two-story colonnade. A special feature on the inside is the atrium, which extends over the entire height of the building. Informal meeting points are grouped as open meeting areas on each floor around the atrium, which also connects both entrances on the west and east facades.
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10.08.2020
We are delighted to have been awarded 1st prize for the Cultural and Art Center in Shanghai. The site is located in Taopu Smart City, a former industrial area that is being transformed into an innovation center for science and technology. A shiny black block divided into three volumes forms the basic building block of the design. Pedestrian walkways continue the alignment of existing streets and building edges and provide the breaking edges of the volumes, which are polygonal in plan. The image of a jade stone cut into three pieces forms the leitmotif for the design - while the stone itself appears dark, the cut surfaces are bright and iridescent. The semi-transparent façade of the cultural building, which is protected by a light curtain of vertical, brass-colored round bars, gives passers-by a view of the interior. In addition to a theater building and an exhibition building, a structure is also being constructed that will house a library, rehearsal rooms, administrative offices and other exhibition spaces.
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10.08.2020
We are delighted to have won third prize for our “Midtown” design in the competition organized by Pandion. As the fourth and final building block, the 118 m long building block completes the quarter on the former site of the Bohemian Brewery, which is to be built by 2023. Our concept provides for three different house types, which offer different apartment sizes and orientations for an optimal mix. Joints and recesses divide the building structure, forming six clearly readable volumes, which the jury praised in addition to the façade dynamics. The optimal orientation of the 144 apartments to the south, or their corner location or pierced organization is extended by private open spaces in the form of balconies and loggias. The facades are based on the red clinker bricks of the brewery building: the red plaster is accentuated by structuring and contrasts with the two-story concrete base.
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04.08.2020
The FSB 1271 product range received an Iconic Award in the category “Innovative Architecture” as Best of Best. In the “Innovative Architecture” category, the new building for SAP in Eschborn received the “Winner” award. The international prize is awarded annually by the German Design Council for outstanding, holistic architecture and interior design. The optimized shape of FSB’s lever handles combines precision with pleasant, convenient handling and permits uniform object fittings with lever handle, framed door handle and window handle in identical geometry. A special feature is the framed lever handle, which does not require any cranking or offset. The new SAP office building is characterized by the use of a few different facade elements and window types, giving the high-quality element facade a dynamic appearance. The slight offset of the two high-rise slices gives the volume a slender silhouette. The floor-by-floor changing window rhythm and the impact panes create a subtle three-dimensionality.
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09.07.2020
We are pleased to have been awarded 2nd prize for the development of the Deutsche Bundesbank campus in Frankfurt. The jury, chaired by Prof. Arno Lederer, praised the unobstructed view of the main building, which is thus particularly accentuated. In our design, we further develop the urban concept of the open campus into a green axis bordered by colonnades, which stages the main building of the Bundesbank as the most important building in the center of the area. Three high-rise slices grow out of the base zone, their orthogonal positioning emphasizing the visual axis in the direction of the main building. The plinth mediates between old and new: it takes up the horizontality of the existing building and connects the buildings with each other. A total of 29 designs were submitted, which will be exhibited at the DAM from July 16.
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06.07.2020
We are delighted about the third prize we were awarded for our design of the “Junge Bühne” in Dortmund. The jury praised the compact structure of the integrated children’s and youth theater with children’s opera, which cleverly connects the heterogeneous existing buildings of the Schauspielhaus. The clear form of our design is composed of three elements: a transparent base with a translucent cube standing on top. Through both, the heart of the “Junge Bühne” stands out, which was also given special mention by the jury: the stage enclosure with sculptural staircase. A generous glass façade of the two-story foyer connects the interior and exterior spaces and continues the historic building lines. The “Junge Bühne” presents itself as an open house and allows the events inside to be experienced from the outside. As one of three award winners, we are now participating in the VgV procedure.
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14.05.2020
In the historic old building of the high-rise project at Neue Mainzer Straße 57-59, a new branch for the Weltkulturen Museum of the City of Frankfurt is to be built on around 900 square meters. This will give the Weltkulturen Museum the opportunity to present its collection on a larger scale than before. The museum use in the base of the 200-meter-high office tower is an important building block for the future cultural mile along the Wallanlagen. “With the great high-rise design by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten and the museum, today’s result is a cultural as well as urban development gain for the whole of Frankfurt,” concludes Planning Director Mike Josef. Helaba’s high-rise project marks the northern endpoint of the high-rise cluster on the Wallanlagen. The base building integrates the listed Gründerzeit facade of the former bank building on the street corner of Neue Mainzer Straße and Junghofstraße. Both components are connected by a passage that creates a public passage to the Wallanlage. The future branch of the Weltkulturen Museum will also be accessible from there. A positive preliminary building application has been received for the high-rise project.
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13.05.2020
In the new district Gateway Gardens at Frankfurt Airport, the foundation stone for our new construction project EUROPA-CENTER Gateway Gardens was laid in a small ceremony on May 13, 2020. Despite the currently difficult boundary conditions, the shell of this technically demanding building has so far been erected largely without disruption. The office buildings with space for gastronomy and retail on the first floor are scheduled for completion in 2022. The modern office spaces are of particular interest to companies that rely on proximity to the airport, the highway and good public transport links. A special feature of our design are the dynamically curved facades with their white parapet elements and transparent window bands. They give the buildings an unmistakable appearance. Another quality is the shared inner courtyard, which continues the park into the interior and gives the ensemble a certain campus flair. The 37,000 m² building project is scheduled for completion by 2022.
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16.04.2020
Our design for two residential buildings on Mainzer Hafeninsel II and III was awarded second prize. The up to four-storey new buildings with approx. 24,400 m² are characterised by their direct location on the water. Inspired by container and cruise ships, modules are stacked and levels are layered. This creates two residential buildings with different identities. Rhythmically arranged loggias and balconies create a harmonious ensemble. The façades of the two new buildings are designed differently, so that light-coloured ceramic tiles are used in addition to dark clinker. Southwest-facing outdoor living areas are oriented towards the harbour basin, private gardens and communal outdoor areas are created along the canals, and large flats and townhouses benefit from the direct waterfront location.
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01.04.2020
15,000 m³ of concrete and approx. 2,400 t of steel were used during the last year in the shell of the 66 meter high residential tower SOLID Home in Frankfurt’s Europaviertel. Before completion of the shell work, the interior finishing work and the installation of the facade have already started. On behalf of Bauwerk Capital and Red Square, around 200 apartments ranging in size from approx. 33 m² to 200 m² are being built on 21 floors. The floor plans allow urban living with a charming view, as the balconies and loggias face west towards the center. Two plinth buildings, each with seven floors, are grouped around a green inner courtyard. The different heights of the building were designed to blend harmoniously with the surrounding development. The aluminum façade panels in a warm bronze tone give the high-rise residential building its distinctive face. The project emerged as 1st prize from a 2015 competition, with completion scheduled for the end of 2020.
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27.03.2020
In cooperation with FSB, Jürgen Engel developed the design for the FSB 1271 product family, which offers a consistently consistent design option for all areas and doors of a modern building. Particular attention is paid to the framed door handles, which are visually indistinguishable from the other fittings in the product family - the geometry of the framed door handle, lever handle and window handle is virtually identical. The framed door lever handle does not have a typical crank or perceptible offset and is an ideal visual match for the light and delicate tubular frame doors. Initially, the product family will be offered in stainless steel as well as anodized aluminum in various color combinations.
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19.02.2020
Our design for the architectural design of the approximately 75-meter-high office and hotel tower at Riebeckplatz in Halle (Saale) was awarded 1st prize by the jury. It praised the finely articulated façade structure, which emphasizes the height and slenderness of the 18-story tower. The light-colored pilaster strips contrast with the facade of brushed bronze sheeting, which gives the tower a reddish, shimmering appearance. The discreetly carved-out, recessed high-rise crown with a skybar on the 18th floor gives the tower a striking, upper finish. The base area with its black-colored exposed concrete façade grounds the building. The new high-rise building, commissioned by GP Papenburg Hochbau GmbH, will be one of the tallest buildings in Halle in the future and will also give Riebeckplatz, the gateway to the city center, a new face through the planned redesign of the outdoor facilities.
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17.02.2020
Siemens AG has begun moving into the first construction phase of the Siemens Campus in Erlangen. The first of a total of 8 modules with an area of around 100,000 m² was completed in 2019. This construction phase consists of eight office buildings with service and commercial space on the first floors and three parking garages. The new campus with pioneering office, research and laboratory space as well as apartments covers an area of around 54 hectares. In October 2019, the foundation stone was laid for Module 2, which also includes the prestigious reception building as the future central contact point for the new campus. All buildings in the second section will be constructed using the innovative, sustainable wood-hybrid construction method by ZECH Building GmbH. In addition, 80 percent of CO2 will be saved compared to the conventional construction method. This underlines the sustainability claim of the Siemens Campus. Here is a Link to a contribution of the Bayerischer Rundfunk.
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11.02.2020
That was the topic of the panel discussion Jürgen Engel chaired on the first day of the Quo Vadis industry congress on February 11, 2020, which once again brought together the most important real estate experts at Berlin’s Hotel Adlon. His guests were Anne Katrin Bohle, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Prof. Jochen Rabe, responsible for the Urban Resilience program at the Technical University of Berlin, and Coert Zachariasse, CEO of Delta Development Group.
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