Stefan Forster GmbH

Gemeinde

Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas

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Stefan Forster Architekten

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Michael Palm Dipl. Ing., Freier Garten- und Landschaftsarchitek

BUILDING PHYSICS ENGINEERING
AC Bauphysik Consult Ingenieurgesellschaft

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Ingenieurbüro für Geotechnik Dipl.Ing. N. Gündling

CONTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Ingenieurbüro Schmid Ges. für Projektsteuerung und Bauüberwachung

HVACR ENGINEERING
pb Planungsbüro für Haustechnische Anlagen G. Bieger Ing., Ingelheim

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Kannemacher + Dr. Sturm, Beratende Ingenieure für Bauwesen VBI

GAUGER
Wittig + Kirchner Öffentl. bestellte Vermessungsingenieure

PROJECT TEAM
Sandra Söhnel, Julia Goldschmidt, Ute Streit

PHOTOGRAPHS
Lisa Farkas

AREA
2880 m²

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Frankfurt, Germany

CATEGORY
Housing

The Western Harbour – located in the south-western not far from Frankfurt’s city centre and ten minutes to walk from the main train station - was until recently an unattractive “non-place”: a 124,000 square meter area with an elongated offshore jetty lost its importance and function as a trading centre because the logistic of transportation of goods was shifted from water to rails and streets.

Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas

The storage buildings - mostly inconsequential post-war architecture - dilapidated, have been used as a warehouse for carpet dealers and carriers and a concrete mixing factory was sooting.

The conversion of this urban area started in 1993 under the headline “living and working by the river” to create a mixed used area with offices and bars for over 2.000 residents.

On one of the last free plots the residential house with a congregation centre was completed in 2012 and brings the conversion of the “Westhafen” finally to an end.

Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas

The duality of the different uses is expressed in three completely different façades and avoids a classic appearance of a church building.

The house appears to street as an urban residential house, with the entrance to the 14 OAP-suitable apartments in the upper floors and the entrance underground car park.

To the courtyard the house opens with continuous loggias along the living rooms.

Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas

Only the north façade with its clinker profiled entrance provides associations to a church building.

A multifunctional hall with a small protected courtyard and offices of the congregation centre in the second floor offers a forum for all people of the new district.

1- to 3- rooms apartments are barrier-free built and rented especially to older people.

Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas
Gemeinde
© Lisa Farkas

Through the use of high-quality construction materials and insulation, which go beyond the requirements of the German Energy Savings Ordinance, it can be built by preserving resources.

Durable materials like the clinker and the eucalyptus wood for windows offer a high quality and lasting.

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© Lisa Farkas


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Ground Floor Plan
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1st Floor Plan
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2nd to 5th Floor Plan
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6th Floor Plan
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Section 1
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Site Plan

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