Die Welle Cologne

The large green area leading to the Ringpark is situated within the sector and is reached easily, very close to the new housing area. For this reason, we did not want to create any additional central public space on the site. The spaces between the buildings form different green identities, which themselves shape the buildings and are gently embraced by them.

The need for individual protection has an ever increasing effect on the appearance of our cities and the architecture at the interface between, for example, the source of noise and a housing area. Nevertheless, the aim of the design is to face up to the city in a manner as open and lively as possible within the given framework. Accordingly, the supposedly repellent noise-protection wall opens up over adjacent spaces wherever possible. Leisure areas appear closely staggered out of the wall and create long views along the roads. Adjoining rooms arranged on the ground floor on the road side, as well as raised outer zones create the necessary distance between residential and public space.