ingenhoven architects Architekten 1 Bligh Street Prize winner International Highrise Award 2012 Christoph Ingenhoven, Photo: Edgar R. Schoepal Office profile Christoph Ingenhoven founded the architectural studio ingenhoven architects in 1985. The studio in Duesseldorf employs some 90 staff members from nineteen different countries. Essential for ingenhoven architects s work are an ecological and sustainable approach, the wellbeing of the users, technical innovation, flexibility and efficiency, logical structures and a precise finish. With offices in Switzerland, Australia, Singapore and the USA the high quality of execution can be guaranteed. The most important projects include the RWE Tower, Essen, the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, the Lufthansa Aviation Center, Frankfurt, the Breezé Tower in Osaka, the Oeconomicum of the University Duesseldorf, the Daniel Swarovski Corporation, Zurich, the highrise 1 Bligh, Sydney, the HDI-Gerling Headquarters, Hannover and the Main Station Stuttgart as well as the Office- and Apartment highrises Marina One, Singapore, both under construction. All projects are oriented according to international Green Building Standards. Ingenhoven architects were honored for their projects with numerous national and international awards, a.o. the Global Holcim Awards Gold for the Mainstation Stuttgart, the RIBA International Awards for the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, the BCA Construction Excellence Award for 71 Robinson Road, Singapore, the Green Good Design Award for the Oeconomicum of the University Duesseldorf, the Asia Pacific Awards for Marina One, Singapore as well as the Premio Internazionale Architettura Sostenibile Fassa Bortolo, the CTBUH Tall Build Building Award Best Building Australasia and the Harry Seidler Award for 1 Bligh, Sydney. Christoph Ingenhoven - 1978-1984 Studies of Architecture at the RWTH Aachen - 1980-1981 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Prof. Hollein - 1985 Founded the architectural office ingenhoven architects Efficiency, the economical caring for resources and a high aiming for esthetic quality and innovative technology characterizes his work. Christoph Ingenhoven is member of the founding committee of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) as well as from the Bundesstiftung Baukultur and a.o. member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Science and Arts (Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste). www.ingenhovenarchitects.com
Architectus Architects 1 Bligh Street Prize winner International Highrise Award 2012 Ray Brown, Photo: Architectus Office Profile Architectus offices are in Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Architectus Directors have been honoured with over 100 awards from the Australian Institute of Architects, the New Zealand Institute of Architects and the Planning Institute of Australia as well as awards from specialist industry sectors. The office s philosophy is to: - place environmental and social sensitivity and sustainability at the core of its practice and professional responsibilities - develop and continually improve its practices, procedures, services and standards that will enable the implementation of sustainable design - educate its staff, fellow professionals, clients, the building industry, government and the general public about the importance of and available opportunities for sustainable design and appropriate environmental solutions Ray Brown, Director Architectus, project manager 1 Bligh Street Ray brown has an Bachelor of Architecture (Hons 1) at University of NSW. He was awarded the RAIA Prize for Outstanding Performance in the Bachelor of Architecture course. As a director and design principal of Architectus, Ray has an active role in developing the strategic direction of the business and leads multiple project teams. His design approach is to work from the tenant back to achieve commercial viability, efficiency, aesthetic quality and civic value. www.architectus.com.au
DEXUS Property Group Client 1 Bligh Street Prize winner International Highrise Award 2012 About DEXUS Property Group DEXUS s vision is to be globally recognised as the leading real estate company in Australia, with market leadership in office. DEXUS invests in high quality Australian office and industrial properties and, on behalf of third party clients, is a leading manager and developer of office, industrial and retail properties, with $13 billion of assets under management. The Group s stock market trading code is DXS and has more than 18,000 investors from 15 countries. DEXUS stands for the quality of its properties and people, delivering world-class, sustainable workspaces and service excellence to the tenants. DEXUS is committed to being a market leader in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. www.dexus.com
1 Bligh Street Sydney / Australia Prize winner International Highrise Award 2012 Photo: H. G. Esch Architects: ingenhoven architects + Architectus Christoph Ingenhoven, Duesseldorf; Ray Brown, Architectus, Sydney Project architects: Martin Reuter (ingenhoven architects), Mark Curzon (Architectus) Client: DEXUS Property Group, DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund, Cbus Property Use: office building Height: 139 metres Completion: 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia With its elliptical footprint and its moderate height of 139 m, this office highrise is at a slight angle to the street grid, meaning that all the offices have a direct view of Sydney Harbor and the famous Harbor Bridge. From the public plaza at the foot of the building steps offering seating and a café area lead to the foyer. The facades of the foyer storey feature adjustable glass lamellas and folding glass elements that can be raised during the day and allow fresh air to stream through the lobby. The central atrium extends over the entire height of the building, 130 m, with the natural flow of air being drawn up by the chimney effect and dispersed at roof level, guaranteeing permanent air exchange. The tower is fully glazed, both the interior walls of the atrium and the elevator, as well as the external, naturally ventilated double facades which is a first for a highrise in Australia. This double facade allows for optimum levels of daylight, decreases the thermal load and heat loss, and accentuates the homogenous, crystalline overall appearance of the building. Each floor contains up to 1,600 square metres of office space; nearly half the office space is no further than 4.5 meters from the facade. On the 14th storey, the office space is set back and surrounded by a wraparound terrace. A glass protects the roof terrace with a wooden decking and trees on the 28th floor. A trigeneration system powered by gas and solar energy generates the necessary cooling and heating energy and provides electricity to the office floors; an evacuated tube solar collector on the roof with a 500-square-metre surface helps to cool the building through the use of heat exchangers.
In addition, the in-house water treatment system cleans up to 100,000 litres of black water every day 75,000 litres of it from Sydney s sewers for use in the cooling systems and for flushing toilets. As the only office building so far, 1 Bligh has received the highest possible 6 Star Green Star Office Design certification from the Green Building Council of Australia. With its dense agenda including sustainability, public space, workplace environment and view, this relatively small high-rise sets new Australian standards. From the jury s verdict: With its moderate dimensions this building is outstanding in terms of its grandiose overall quality. It avoids the iconic in favour of a firm emphasis on user requirements and the view from the offices. Ecological criteria / sustainability Indoor lighting: Daylight from the external perimeter and the internal atrium. Ventilation: Glass louvres in the south facade provide natural ventilation of the lobby and atrium. Materials: Sustainable construction materials; reduced embodied energy through the use of high-strength concrete; low-voc materials used through-out the building; use of recycled timber, concrete and recycled steel. Water: On-site sewage treatment of 100,000 litres a day of waste water (blackwater) from the building and from city sewage pipes; a 65,000-litre rain-water harvest tank provides rainwater for irrigation. Water-efficient appliances; all water use is monitored via the Building Management System for maximum efficiency. Energy: A trigeneration system uses gas and solar energy to generate cooling, heating and electricity; 500 m2 of roof-mounted solar panels provide energy to directly power the absorption chiller; a hybrid air conditioning system of chilled beams on the perimeter facade and a low-temperature VAV system. Double-skin facade: Double-glazed inner skin of high-performance glass; outer skin of clear glass separated by a naturally ventilated cavity that contains an automated blind for optimum solar control and daylight reflectance while maintaining views. Service: 350 lockable bicycle spots, changing rooms with17 male and female shower cubicles in the basement, shower facilities on each office floor and 290 lockers Certification: Australian Green Star Rating: 6 Star Green Star Office Design V2 of the Green Building Council of Australia; 5 Star NABERS Energy Rating
International Highrise Award 2012 Statuette The Intermational Highrise Award 2012 Statuette Titan and granite, 35 x 15 x 12 cm Artist: Thomas Demand; Photo: Friedemann Steinhausen On behalf of DekaBank Thomas Demand crafted a prize statuette for the International Highrise Award. The symbol of the International Highrise Award consists of paper-thin layers of titanium, which, with the help of electron beam meeting (EBM), can be layered in almost any shape. The process, which is primarily used in the manufacture of medical implants, as well as the aerospace and automotive industries, is currently regarded as the most innovative production technique in rapid manufacturing. A building consists first and foremost of thoughts and ideas, which at the design stage manifest themselves in the form of concepts, plans, data and presentations, and later as contracts, lists of faults, agreements etc a tower of documents. And even after it has been finished, Thomas Demand says, describing his work, as a result of various tenants, visitors, uses, opinions, and congregations being stacked one on top of the other, a high-rise can be interpreted as a tower that represents different conditions, intentions, movements, changes, and deposits. The internationally renowned artist Thomas Demand studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, the Düsseldorf Academy of Art and at Goldsmiths College in London. In recent years his works have been displayed in numerous solo exhibitions, including in the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2005), the Fondazione Prada, Venice (2007), the Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu (2008), the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2009), and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, in Rotterdam. Demand lives in Berlin.
Exhibition BEST HIGHRISES INTERNATIONAL HIGHRISE AWARD 2012 November 17, 2012 January 13, 2013 Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), first floor Schaumainkai 43, 60596 Frankfurt am Main Open: Tue, Thu Sat 11.00 18.00 \Wed 11.00 20.00, Sun 11.00 19.00 Guided Tours: on Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m., with Yorck Förster For the International Highrise Award (IHA) Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) has nominated a total of 26 buildings built within the last two years from 17 countries worldwide. On the first floor DAM presents all the nominated projects as part of the Best Highrises exhibition and thus showcases the range of ideas and current trends in contemporary highrise architecture. The 2012 winner, the 1 Bligh Street office building in Sydney, Australia was designed by ingenhoven architects from Düsseldorf in cooperation with the Sydney studio Architectus and is documented in detail on its own exhibition platform, as are the four other finalist projects. The 2012 finalists include four residential highrises, two of which are in North America and two in Southeast Asia: Eight Spruce Street in New York by Gehry Partners, Absolute Towers in Mississauga (near Toronto) by Beijing-based studio MAD Architects, Pinnacle@Duxton in Singapore by ARC Studio, and The Troika in Kuala Lumpur by Foster + Partners. The special commendation for a revitalization project was awarded to the Deutsche Bank towers in Frankfurt/Main, renovated by Hamburgbased architecture studio gmp (Gerkan, Marg und Partner) as technical architects in collaboration with Mario Bellini Architects from Milan for the design. The exhibition displays structural designs and technical details in the form of architectural plans. The façades and interiors are depicted in numerous photographs, and for some buildings there are interviews with the architects and developers. Models of the finalist highrises give the observer an idea of the buildings in their entirety. Short texts explain the key aspects of each project as well as the ecological criteria. Accompanying Catalog An accompanying catalog entitled "Best Highrises 2012/13. Internationaler Hochhaus Preis 2012 / International Highrise Award 2012" has been published by Edition detail. Edited by Michaela Busenkell and Peter Cachola Schmal, it documents in detail all 26 projects and features articles by Ray Brown, Carol Willis, Sigurdur Gunnarsson, Peter Cachola Schmal and Michaela Busenkell. German - English, 128 pages, 21 x 27 cm, Edition Detail, ISBN 978-3-920034-70-6; Bookshops: 30 EUR; Museum s shop: 25 EUR
Partners International Highrise Award 2012 City of Frankfurt/Main Frankfurt/Main is the dynamic financial and trade fair city with Germany s most striking skyline. A stone s throw from the high-rises there are cozy Ebbelwoi (cider) taverns and historical attractions such as the Imperial Cathedral (Kaiserdom) and the Paulskirche, the cradle of German democracy. As the focal point of the Rhine-Main region, Frankfurt is one of the leading European corporate centers. Its central location, the excellent infrastructure with the largest continental airport, the concentration of future-oriented companies and its international flair give the city a top ranking. Measured by the size of Frankfurt, its cultural pickings are formidable. The curtain rises on a performance over one hundred times a week. Frankfurt has the Museumsufer and well-known institutions, for example Kunsthalle Schirn, the Städel, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), and the Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK). Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Frankfurt am Main When it opened in 1984, DAM was the first architecture museum in Germany. It organizes temporary exhibitions addressing national and international architectural and urban planning themes. As a center for the discussion of current questions it stages a series of conferences and workshops, issues numerous publications and is represented on national and international juries. The architecture of the Museum, which is located on the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, is the work of the renowned Cologne architect Oswald Mathias Ungers. An abstract house-within-a-house, which, using its own basic architectural means, makes architecture its theme, was incorporated in the historical gründerzeit villa. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Frankfurt am Main DekaBank is the main asset manager of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. It bundles its activities in three areas of business. Asset Management Immobilien (AMI), for example, embraces the worldwide real estate activities of the DekaBank Group. Its core task is to offer private and institutional investors attractive products based on investments in real estate or the financing of real estate. The two investment companies Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH and WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbh are responsible for fund management. Their sister company, Deka Immobilien GmbH is, among other things, responsible for the purchase and sale of real estate worldwide, as well as the management of, at the moment, around major pieces of real estate in 24 countries. International real estate financing rounds out the range of services. DekaBank is committed to society in a variety of ways. Focal points are the promotion of culture, science, social affairs, and sport. Particular importance is placed on continuity. The bank embarks on long-term partnerships with renowned institutions. In terms of the concept, the support is geared to drawing to the attention of a wider public ideas and developments that would not be possible without financial security.
For further information and photos for downloading please visit: www.international-highrise-award.com \ www.dam-online.de \ www.dekabank.de Coordination of the IHA 2012 \ Exhibition curator: Dipl.-Ing. Michaela Busenkell \ Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) Your contact partners: Deutsches Architekturmuseum Press and PR Schaumainkai 43, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, www.dam-online.de Brita Köhler T +49 (0)69 212 36318 \ brita.koehler@stadt-frankfurt.de Stefanie Lampe T +49 (0)69 212 31326 \ stefanie.lampe@stadt-frankfurt.de DekaBank - External Communication Mainzer Landstraße 16, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, www.dekabank.de/presse Dr. Rolf Kiefer T +49 (0)69 7147 7918 \ rolf.kiefer@deka.de Miriam Breh T +49 (0)69 7147 5286 \ miriam.breh@deka.de