essen Projects 8 Created 12-Sep-16 By Dirk Deceuninck, Gent, Belgium Westside Essen Essen, office Weststadt Carree RAG Montan Immobilien Kokerei Zollverein 3 Glückaufhaus Museum Folkwang 6 Coal Washing Plant 7 Essen, OMA - Rem Koolhaas renovation, museum, industry 4 Zollverein World Heritage Site 8 Essen, Fritz Schupp culture, industry Essen, office Essen, David Chipperfield s museum Essen, commercial space, office 2 5 Essen, cinema, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ Zollverein Design School 9 Essen, SANAA university 1
Westside Essen Paul-Klinger-Straße 15 45127 Essen The u-shaped building is located in the Weststadt quarter in Essen It is is closed by a glass facade against a busy road to protect the courtyard garden from being too noisy The metal cladding in silver is complemented by a precast concrete facade with ornamental surface 12-2005 10000 m² ruhrpottler http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 2
photo: Andreas Mader photo: Andreas Mader Weststadt Carree Altendorfer Straße 11 45127 Essen The building occupies the size of one urban block in a new city quarter next to the city center It is a mixed use developement with offices and space for retail trade The outer facade is cladded in glas and dark stone In contrast to the outside the inner court is cladded in bright limestone and contains a landscape garden photo: Andreas Mader 9-2005 27000 m² ruhrpottler http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 3
RAG Montan Immobilien Kokerei Zollverein Im Welterbe 8 45141 Essen Being the worldwide first new build development on an UNESCO World Heritage site, the headquarter for RAG Montan Immobilien (montane real estate) has been completed by the beginning of 2012 The building offers workplace for 250 staff and was planned to meet green building standards The H-shaped plan provides two wings of offices at a height of two and three stories linked by glazed communicative areas such as staircases, elevators, lobbies on both entrance levels and tea-point hubs for the use of communicative breaks for the employees A spacious roof terrace with a nice view to the UNESCO World Heritage and the green patio alongside the bistro enables the employees to take flexible and restful breaks 3-2012 7500 m² ruhrpottler http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 4
photo: IFM Glückaufhaus Friedrichstraße 1 45127 Essen Just in time for Culture Capital RUHR2010 the restructuring of the office building 'Glückaufhaus' is completed The office building was built in the early 20s designed by the architect Ernst Bode The new building covering with a charcoal-colored aluminum and glass construction constitutes a unifying element to the historic brick facade of the 'Glückaufhaus' The "open" courtyard of the building to the pocket park forms the center of the entire arrangement photo: IFM 12-2009 27000 m² ruhrpottler http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 5
photo: Courtesy of David Chipperfield s photo: Courtesy of David Chipperfield s Museum Folkwang Museumsplatz 1 45128 Essen http://museum-folkwangde The new building complements the list old building of the Museum Folkwang, conserving its autonomy and is a continuation of its architectural principles with an ensemble of six structures and four interior courtyards, gardens and corridors Public access areas are connected to the existing exhibition rooms without any change in level A large open stairway leads from Bismarckstraße into the new entrance hall, conceived as open interior courtyard with café and restaurant as well as a museum bookstore and is protected from the street by a glass façade The new Museum Folkwang offers a varied series of rooms with considerable natural light for the exhibition areas, as well as library and reading room, a multi-function hall for lectures and events, depots and restoration workshops The new building is oriented towards the Essen city center and forms, in harmony with the neighbouring Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities, a new urban landscape accent photo: Courtesy of David Chipperfield s 2010 21000 m² David Chipperfield s MRND Collection Tue to Sun 10 am to 6 pm Fri to 1030 pm Monday closed Open: Good Friday, May 1st, Ascension Day, June 3rd, November 1st, December 25th, New Year's Day Closed: Christmas Eve, December 26th, New Year's Eve Arriving by public transport Underground From the Essen central station, you can reach the Museum Folkwang with the underground lines U11, 101 and 107 towards Bredeney/Messa Gruga to the Rüttenscheider Stern stop From there, please follow the signs for?museum Folkwang? (ca 5? 7 minutes) Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr Timetable Information On foot from Essen central station along the 'Culture Path' You can reach the Museum Folkwang from the Essen central station in about 20 minutes http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 6
photo: Thomas Mayer / Zollverein database photo: Thomas Mayer / Zollverein database Coal Washing Plant Gelsenkirchener Str 181 D-45309 Essen http://wwwzollvereinde After years of cleaning up the buildings, in 2001 the plan started to refurbish and reuse the coal washing plant, and create a special programme for the future Ruhr Museum Now it houses the Zollverein visitor centre The entrance presented a particular challenge because there was no main entrance during the period in which the pit was in operation, and it had to do justice to the new usage The architects designed a new gangway in the open air in front of the building, supported solely by a single v-shaped pillar With 243 m height it s it the highest open-air moving staircase in The gangway leads visitors from the plaza to the visitor centre in the foyer at the 24-m level From here, on their way into the exhibition, guests pass the impressive machinery with screening drums, dosing wagons and jigging sieves, water basins and conveyor belts, to the imposing bunker which was once used for storing raw coal -now opened up and serves as a stairway to the levels below photo: Thomas Willemsen / Zollverein database 2008 16000 m² Main designer, Client OMA - Rem Koolhaas Hans Krabel Heinrich Böll Entwicklungsgesellschaft Zollverein Naomi April-November, daily 1000-1900 December-March, Sat-Thurs 1000-1700, Fri 1000-1900 Guided Industrial History Tours available A42 from Dortmund exit 15: Gelsenkirchen HesslerTurn left to Katernberg/Stoppenberg Continue in Katernberger Straße Turn right into Gelsenkirchener Straße A52 from Düsseldorf/A40 from Duisburg/Dortmund exit 26: Essen-Frillendorf Go to Stoppenberg/Katernberg Turn right into Ernestinestraße The Zollverein is indicated by brown & white signs Public transp: 107 culture tram, with 60 cultural sights to see along the way From Essen Central Station: tram 107 direction Gelsenkirchen HBF http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 7
photo: Rainer Halama photo: Rainer Halama Zollverein World Heritage Site Gelsenkirchener Str 181 45309 Essen http://wwwzollvereinde The Zollverein World Heritage Site also known as the 'world's most beautiful coal mine today' the most famous industrial monument and centre of the creative industry in the Ruhr area 100 hectares of land in the north of Essen, Shaft XII, Shaft 1/2/8 and the Zollverein coking plant In 1847 the first shaft was sunk, and in 1986 the last coal was brought to the surface In 1993 the coking plant was closed down, and in 2000 the buildings and equipment were officially listed In 2001 Zollverein was inscribed into the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Our watchword is: preservation through new usage Zollverein offers a huge range of attractions History, culture, creativity, events, gastronomy, leisure activities - all this presents Zollverein its around one million visitors per year 12-2001 Client Fritz Schupp Zollverein Foundation AndyRoberts photo: Stahlkocher 1000-2000 (Ruhr Museum shuts at 1800 between October and March) Closed Christmas Eve and New-Years Eve You can reach us with the tram culture line 107, stop at "Zollverein", from the direction of the main station and from Gelsenkirchen From Oberhausen and Gelsenkrichen with the S-Bahn line 2, get off at the station "Zollverein Nord" and follow the yellow canaries of the design avenue "Designallee" to Zollverein If you are visiting us by car, there is free parking availabe at P A1, P A2, P B1 and P C as well as the temporary parking possibility P B2 on Shaft 1/2/8 (From Project Web Site) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 8
photo: Thomas Mayer photo: Thomas Mayer Zollverein Design School Gelsenkirchener Straße 209 45309 Essen http://wwwzollverein-schoolde As the first new building on the grounds of the Zollverein World Heritage site, the Zollverein School will provide ground-breaking impetus for the future transformation of the former industrial complex into a design location with international reach The building will also enhance the urban planning value of the surrounding districts in the northern part of Essen and the Ruhr The sharp-edged bright, light grey 34 high cube looks both powerful and lightweight at the same time The design is characterized by extreme purism The formal closed appearance of the over-sized cube is broken up by the irregular arrangement of windows It comprises four storeys (four levels and a rooftop garden) of different ceiling heights There are few supporting structures and all of the building technology is hidden in the walls and ceilings As a Far Eastern counterpart to the austere Bauhaus style, the building radiates an almost poetic power photo: Thomas Mayer 7-2006 Client SANAA Entwicklungsgesellschaft Zollverein mbh MI_MOA There are guided tours on every last Friday in the month at 4 pm, lasting 1 hour, and will cover all storeys including the roof garden Costs are 6 per person Because guided tours are limited to 20 people, you are kindly requested to register Please send an e-mail to wiegel@zeitsprung-agenturde Visits for groups over 20 people can be arranged separately The ground floor of the building is open to public form Monday to Friday between 8 am and 6 pm Closed on Saturday & Sunday From Essen central station, use the Tramway 107 and get off at stop Zollverein The nearest airport is Duesseldorf http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirk1955/guides/essen/ 9