Bayer skyscraper
| Bayer high-rise (W1) | |
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| Bayer skyscraper | |
| Basic data | |
| Place: | Leverkusen |
| Construction time : | 1960-1963 |
| Abort : | 2012/2013 |
| Status : | Tore off |
| Architectural style : | avant-garde |
| Architects : | Helmut Hentrich, Hubert Petschnigg, Fritz Eller, Erich Moser, Robert Walter, Hans Köllges, Hans Stutz |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | former Bayer corporate headquarters |
| Client : | Bayer AG |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 122.0 m |
| Floors : | 31 thereof 29 usable + 4 basement |
| Elevators : | 8 + 1 loads |
| Floor area : | 26,000 m² |
| Building material : | Steel, concrete, aluminum, glass |
| Construction: | Steel skeleton |
| Height comparison | |
| Leverkusen : | 1. ( list ) |
| Germany : | 36. ( list ) |
| address | |
| City: | Leverkusen |
| Country: | Germany |
The Bayer high-rise (internal Bayer designation: W1 ) was a 122-meter-high former administration building of Bayer AG in Leverkusen . It was designed by the Düsseldorf architects Hentrich , Petschnigg & Partner and built between 1960 and 1963. After the failed attempt to convert the house into a large media facade , it was announced on January 20, 2011 that it would be demolished. The demolition was carried out in 2012. At the point of the skyscraper there is nowadays access to the basement floors that are still preserved and used.
history
Because production at the Bayer plant in Leverkusen has increased steadily since the currency reform, it was necessary to build new buildings. A separate high-rise near the main administration was to be built for the sales departments. The decision in favor of a high-rise was made because it took up little floor space and was easy to integrate into Carl-Duisberg-Park, but above all because it could be seen from afar and marked the location of the plant. The design comes from Helmut Hentrich, Hubert Petschnigg, Fritz Eller, Erich Moser, Robert Walter, Hans Köllges and Hans Stutz, who were then part of a working group.
The 65-meter-long and 19-meter-wide Bayer high-rise had 29 usable floors with a floor area of 26,000 m². It was listed on the 35th place of the tallest building in Germany, and at that time, at 122 meters, it was the tallest and most modern office building in Europe.
The building served as Bayer corporate headquarters from 1963 to 2002. This then moved into a new building, which is located directly next to the high-rise. Until the end of 2006, the high-rise was the headquarters of the Bayer Group company Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) and also housed individual departments of Lanxess AG . These were then divided into other buildings. Since then the building has been completely empty.
In March 1999, for advertising purposes and on the occasion of the 100th aspirin anniversary, the Bayer high-rise was clad for several weeks with a film in aspirin packaging.
Demolition plans and conversion to a media sculpture
The Bayer skyscraper was originally supposed to be demolished in 2001. After the demolition date was repeatedly delayed, the demolition was waived in May 2007.
Bayer AG was now planning to convert the former corporate headquarters into a media sculpture that could be seen from afar and was to be used as a communication tool. For this purpose, the building was gutted and the facade was renovated. 5.6 million LED lights were attached to the outer wall, which could display moving images in large format. A so-called "green core" made of semi-transparent Makrolon was built inside the building .
After completion, which was initially scheduled for autumn 2009, the Bayer high-rise should be one of the largest media facades in the world. Due to technical problems, the project was abandoned in January 2011 and the demolition was announced again.
The demolition was carried out in 2012, the resulting open space was added to the adjoining Japanese garden (status: March 2013).
See also
Web links
- Bayer skyscraper. In: Structurae
- Bayer high-rise and media facade at Leverkusen.com
- LED crisis on the skyscraper
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bayer high-rise at CTBUH
- ↑ Bayer high-rise (formerly)
- ↑ Bayer media facade is being torn down ( memento of the original from January 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , RP online January 20, 2011
- ↑ Bayer high-rise. Paint factories Bayer AG, Leverkusen. In: Institut für Bauplanung und Bautechnik (Ed.): Monographs and work reports on large European buildings . tape 2 . Detmold 1963.
- ↑ http://www.leverkusen.com/presse/db/presse.php?view=00019261 “Light sculpture” from BAYER is being torn down
- ↑ http://www.leverkusen.com/presse/db/presse.php?view=00016102 Start of the last construction phase for the Bayer media facade
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 49 ″ N , 6 ° 58 ′ 54.1 ″ E