Concept for an industrial building with an expandable and subdividable typology

Warehouse and office building complex Alpha 1 and 2, Publicare GmbH, Cologne

Fensterraster und Träger geben der großen Halle Rhythmus, Lichthöfe geben Durchblicke

Alpha Eins, ein ausgewogenes Verhältnis von Glas und Stein verleiht dem Klinkerbau Ruhe und Eleganz

The building complex Alpha 1 and 2 is located in the new Triotop industrial park in Cologne. The heart of the building is the two-storey warehouse space, which is traversed by Virendeel trusses and receives daylight not only from many windows but also from two roof lanterns overhead. The expandable and subdividable typology offers a flexibility that is independent of the current user and pragmatic for industrial buildings.

This project was put up for discussion in the network series “wieweiterarbeiten – Workspaces of the Future“.

Categories	Working
Region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Developer	Hiba Grundbesitz GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne
Planning	Giuliani.hoenger AG dipl. architekten eth.bsa.sia, Zurich; PLMK Beratende Ingenieure, Cologne (Alpha 1); STRACKE Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Cologne (Alpha 2)
Planning partners	Ingenieurbüro Rapita (building services), Mönchengladbach; gkp Fassadentechnik (façade design, Alpha 1), Aadorf; ISRW Dr.-Ing. Klapdor (building physics and acoustics, Alpha 2), Düsseldorf
Completion	2006 (Alpha 1) / 2010 (Alpha 2)
Planning period	2005–2006 (Alpha 1) / 2009–2010 (Alpha 2)
Building costs	3.2 M € (Alpha 1, CCP 1-9)
Documentation	Plans Alpha Cologne (PDF)

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