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Cradle-to-Cradle in Düsseldorf
Hybrid Timber Construction Office Building, Germany ? design by HPP, architects
21 Nov 2017
Cradle-to-Cradle
Design: HPP, architects
Location: Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cradle-to-Cradle
HPP design cradle-to-cradle project in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf’s first hybrid timber construction office building
Düsseldorf’s first hybrid timber construction office building is being developed according to HPP Architects’ designs. In late October the city council approved the HPP design. The building on Speditionstrasse 2 in the Media Harbour will be built by Ratingen project developer INTERBODEN and will open development on the southern part of Harbour A.
Approximately 5,200 square metres of office space, as well as 600 square metres of space for gastronomic use on the ground floor will be created between the Trivago and Heimathafen projects, which are already under construction.
The “Speditionstrasse 2” project is particularly characterised by the “cradle-to-cradle-principle ©”, whereby, according to the biomimetic approach to the design of buildings, individual components are recycled after use, CO2 emissions are reduced and the use of non-recyclable materials is minimized. The latter is reflected in the hybrid wood construction: The load-bearing timber ceilings are connected reversibly to concrete filigree roofs, th...