High-rise tower block in Baierbrunner Straße

Thanks to a conscious modification of the load-bearing structure, we were able not only meet the latest fire safety requirements but also to compress the access zone and design it so flexibly that the residential typology can be adapted sensitively according to the location within the building and to the orientation. Using a new transverse housing typology, the number of purely north-facing units can be decisively reduced.

For the new façade, despite the integration of private free areas, we wanted to retain the genes of the original façade and thus the character and style of the building. The new façade therefore takes up the previous building’s expression with its rigour and straightforwardness. Deep vertical façade profiles, together with the horizontal storeys, form the new yet systematically unchanged, superordinate structure of the façade. The new floor-to-ceiling glazing on the one hand takes the special living situation in the tower block into account, and on the other, gives the building a new, elegant proportion. The openings for the inward-facing loggias are overlaid by the structure of the façade grid pattern and appear as shimmering disturbances in the pattern of the new, old dress.