Riverpark Tower

By Ole Scheeren © Buro-OS

The Reuse of a 1970s Concrete Office Building as an Open and Transparent Tower for Living
TYPE
Residential, High-Rise
STATUS
Concept Design 2016
Commission 2017
CLIENT
GEG German Estate Group
LOCATION
Frankfurt, Germany
SITE
Wiesenhüttenstraße
SCALE
Gross Floor Area: 26,000m2
PROGRAM
220 Residential Units, Boarding House

RIVERPARK Tower is a spectacular residential high-rise for Frankfurt commissioned by GEG German Estate Group AG. The transparency and openness of the dynamically layered, sculptural architecture will stand in stark contrast to the mute office towers of this German city.

Prominently located on the banks of the River Main, with a height of almost 100 meters, the tower will offer sweeping views of the city’s striking skyline and its riverbank, creating an entirely new quality of life in the heart of the city.

RIVERPARK Tower will emerge through the conversion of an existing concrete office building. Large, horizontal panoramic floors will be inserted into the free-spanning concrete structure of the vertical tower.

The building’s 220 units on 23 floors will offer high standards of modern living, ranging from small business apartments to 4-room suites. The new loft floors at the top of the building will form an expressive gesture with a distinctive apex in the tradition of the iconic Frankfurt skyline.

RIVERPARK Tower will be developed in cooperation with GEG, one of Germany’s most prestigious real estate investment platforms, combining high-quality architecture with environmental innovation and sustainability. 

PROJECT CREDITS
DESIGN TEAM
DESIGN ARCHITECT: Buro Ole Scheeren
PRINCIPAL / DESIGN: Ole Scheeren
COLLABORATING ARCHITECTS: MAP Meier Architekten und Partner: Bernd Meier, Nadja Borbonus
TEAM: Nina Sattler, Nadia Ruseva, Olaf Turck; with: Estelle Brandon, Johannes Drechsler, Vivian Ho, Felix Morczinek, Yurj Zini, Andrew Wu
CONCEPT TEAM: Neeraj Chatterji, Jasmin Delic, Claudia Hertrich, Philip Kramer, Can Liu, Kevin Loftus, Yanyadech Phornphong, Chen Shao, Christine Sohar, Kai Wong, Bruno Zhao; with: Felix Yang, Anton Monedero, Quentin Yiu

COLLABORATORS
LOCAL ARCHITECT: B&V Braun Canton Architekten Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Werner Sobek, Frankfurt am Main
MEP ENGINEER: Drees + Sommer, Frankfurt am Main
FAÇADE CONSULTANT: Drees + Sommer, Frankfurt am Main
LIGHTING CONSULTANT: Kardorff Ingenieure Lichtplanung Gmbh, Berlin
FIRE CONSULTANT: Ingenieur Consulting Rücker
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