The Docks

THE DOCKS

Meixner Schlüter Wendt

The Docks
Courtsey of Meixner Schlüter Wendt

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Schüßler Plan

MEP ENGINEER
Elektrotechnisches Planungsbüro Laber

MEP
Merker

LEAD ARCHIETCTS
Claudia Meixner, Florian Schlüter, Martin Wendt, Stephan Rosa

MANUFACTURERS
Sto, Knauf, Hupfeld&Schlöffel Metallbau GmbH, Schüco

LANSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Bittkau - Bartfelder

FIRE PROTECTION
Bes Ag

DESIGN TEAM
Ramon Di Nora, Christine Dörr, Ulrich Domnick, Cordula Fischer, Emanuel Gießen, Chang-yeh Ho, Angelika Köstler, Felicitas Krätzner, Friederike Sartor, Funda Urungu

BUILDING PHYSICS
ITA Ingenieurgesellschaft für technische Akustik

FACADES
Christian Bonik Fassadenberatung

AREA
37800 m²

YEAR
2022 

LOCATION
Frankfurt, Germany

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

The Docks
Lars Gruber

Text description provided by architect.

Right on the waterfront in Frankfurt’s Osthafen district, the new office building The Docks comes together with Dock 2.0, a slab-like existing structure, to create a homogenous ensemble.

The area surrounding this new office building is dotted with industrial complexes and warehouse facilities and characterized by the uniquely special atmosphere of a container port.

The Docks
Christoph Kraneburg
The Docks
Lars Gruber

What immediately springs to mind is associations with terms such as “storage”, “stacking”, “moving” and “shifting”.

Along with the usage requirement for various “attachable” elements, these terms were the starting point for an edifice whose structure, shape, and appearance fit in instinctively with the look and feel of the Osthafen.

The Docks
Lars Gruber
The Docks
Lars Gruber

While the façade facing Lindleystrasse is divided up into three sections and boasts a calm appearance, the side giving onto the wet dock has been inspired by bright stacks of shipping containers, with a many-hued façade that integrates the building into the port environment.

These features result in the façade structure facing the harbor, which uses prefabricated, folded trapezoidal sheets to form a simple, functional office façade.

The Docks
Lars Gruber
The Docks
Lars Gruber

It develops an associative presence and thus enhances the site.

As in the external appearance, the design of the interior spaces also reflects the ambivalence of the building task and the location.

High, inviting foyers along the street frontage greet employees and visitors alike as they enter the building.

The Docks
Courtsey of Meixner Schlüter Wendt
The Docks
Courtsey of Meixner Schlüter Wendt

State-of-the-art office premises with central, excess-width corridors and floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as inviting and lavishly greened sun decks are the most salient features of these offices in their exceptional waterfront location.

Loggias giving onto the wet dock and large roof terraces with views of the ECB and the skyline utilize the advantages of the setting.

The Docks
Lars Gruber


The Docks
Christoph Kraneburg
The Docks
Christoph Kraneburg
The Docks
Christoph Kraneburg
The Docks
Christoph Kraneburg


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Plan - First Floor
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