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Architects: Chaix & Morel et Associés, JSWD Architekten
- Year: 2010
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Photographs:Christian Richters, Günter Wett, Michael Wolff
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Manufacturers: POHL, Loytec, Ophelis, Wagner-Ewar, thyssenkrupp
Text description provided by the architects. Announcing its return to Essen, the principal, ThyssenKrupp AG, clearly turns its attention to the region where the technology giant has its roots. The company continues to write its history on the grounds of the former Fried. Krupp cast iron factory from 1811. Typologically, the new quarter follows the idea of campus architecture, an ensemble of various individual buildings on a “green carpet” with trees, connecting paths and small squares. Expectations were focused on a structure that would flexibly react to changes within the company. The Q1 building is the readily noticeable accent at the centre of the structure-providing main water axis.
