Cologneo Campus | Cologne

Our four subprojects form part of the Cologneo Campus in Cologne’s Mülheim district. The development taking place here between the Mülheimer Hafen port area and Deutz-Mülheimer Strasse will form an attractive, varied quarter for living and working, businesses and the creative industries. Sophisticated urban modernity will be thoughtfully combined with industrial charm on the former site of Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz, a multinational corporation that wrote the story book for German industry in the late 18th century. In addition to building new, high-quality structures, we will preserve the old halls that still stand alongside other jewels of the industrial heritage by modernising them and giving them a new use.

These halls were once used to build the carriages for the Wuppertal Suspension Railway and feature a striking roof structure. With some of the halls now bearing listed heritage status, all will be preserved in full and converted to new use. A type of “market hall” will be developed as a co-working and open-space concept, with multi-use areas and creative workshops for a range of users.

The car park will adjoin the carriage halls and also include office storeys. The new building will offer plenty of parking spaces and protect the quarter against traffic noise from the nearby Zoobrücke bridge. Infrastructure facilities and commercial units are planned for the ground floor.

The site directly borders the open space of the Quartiersplatz square. The new five-storey, high-calibre building will provide modern office spaces with upscale amenity value. The distinguishing features of its modern architecture will include sustainable materials, a facade with large-scale glazing, an inner courtyard and a green roof.

The group of buildings in the southern part of the site will be renovat- ed, with some being extended upwards and outwards. Any existing commercial enterprises will be retained. The restoration will involve upgrading to contemporary interiors imbued with industrial charac- ter. The new areas created will be home to an event space, studios and offices as well as open-plan offices, and will primarily serve the creative industries and start-ups.