Dezeen promotion: Chapman Taylor Architects has clad the German Aerospace Centre offices in Godesberger Allee, Bonn, with a copper and black concrete facade from materials developer Rieder.
Completed in 2020 for Munich real estate company Fondara, the building is clad in a glass-fibre-reinforced concrete system developed and manufactured by Rieder.
The German Aerospace Centre's office is clad in glass-fibre-reinforced concrete
Chapman Taylor Architects designed the -black and copper facade to evoke the appearance of a universe ? something that made sense as its main tenant is an aerospace organisation.
"At the German Aerospace Centre's offices, you can allow yourself to conjure up an association of space and universe," explained Rieder. "Coincidentally, the graceful space black of the facade appears to have been tailor-made for the main tenant of the office complex on Godesberger Allee in Bonn."
"On the other hand, the sharp-edged moulded parts made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete were individually manufactured for the needs of the building's architecture," the company added.
The building features black and copper cladding
The geometrical facade was predominately made using Rieder's fibre-glass-reinforced concrete formparts.fab system, coloured liquid black.
These panels were combined with pilasters clad in copper sheets to create a striking contrast.
The copper covers pilasters between the windows
The flexibility of the material enable...