Refurbishment of the Rhine embankment with concrete step cascade
Architectural concrete for Cologne’s Rhine Boulevard
In Köln-Deutz, an inner-district of Cologne, the Rhine Boulevard, as it is popularly known, is currently under reconstruction. The project involves a section of the Rhine embankment about 300 m long, between Deutzer Bridge and Hohenzollern Bridge.
In 2011, the Berlin architectural firm Planorama won the competition for refurbishment of the Rhine embankment. The Planorama design is based on the concept of stepping the site in a manner similar to a Roman theater. The difference in height between top ground level and the Boulevard, with its width of approx. 3.50 m, is bridged by a cascade of nine...
