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Energy-efficient revitalization of BDI building in Cologne

JSWD Architekten of Cologne managed to convert the high-rise office building of the 1970‘s into a residential building with high-quality condominiums Figure: Schöck
JSWD Architekten of Cologne managed to convert the high-rise office building of the 1970‘s into a residential building with high-quality condominiums
Figure: Schöck
For the conversion of the former BDI building, the curved slender high-rise had to be gutted Figure: Schöck
For the conversion of the former BDI building, the curved slender high-rise had to be gutted
Figure: Schöck
Für die Montage und die thermische Entkopplung kam der Schöck Isokorb Typ KST zum Einsatz Figure: Schöck
Für die Montage und die thermische Entkopplung kam der Schöck Isokorb Typ KST zum Einsatz
Figure: Schöck

A new quarter for living and working was built around the BDI high-rise building on Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer. The Federation of German Industries (BDI) had resided in the previously eleven-story building from 1968 to 1999; and since the relocation to Berlin, the building was abandoned. The Munich-based Tauton Beteiligungsgesellschaft acquired the building including the property covering 25,400 m² in 2011. The new owners and their architects then set themselves the thrilling task of revitalization in the southern Rhine metropolis with a shortage in housing supply and interesting building plots.

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