Hochhaus Breitscheidstraße 48 (Dresden-Reick)

East facade of the skyscraper in 2018

East facade of the Schokopack high-rise in 2007

End of the 1980s: "Nagema" illuminated letters

The office building at Breitscheidstrasse 48 in Dresden-Reick (called Schokopack high-rise, VMB high-rise, NAGEMA high-rise, NTTDATA high-rise) is the first Dresden skeleton high-rise building and one of the earliest international-style buildings in Dresden. The high-rise building with ancillary building (four-storey building with a covered walkway) and park has been a listed building since 2008 .

History of origin

VEB chocolate pack

The building is linked to the history of packaging machine construction in the Dresden area. This began in the second half of the 19th century.

The company VEB Schokopack and received this new building in the early 1960s. The building was marked from top to bottom with the words "Schokopack".

NAGEMA

In 1972, VEB Schokopack and VEB Tabakuni (predecessor company Universelle , cigarette machines ) were merged to form VEB Verpackungsmaschinenbau Dresden (VMB). That is why the Schokopack lettering was removed.

VEB Verpackungsmaschinenbau Dresden was the leading company of the Nagema combine until 1990 . The skyscraper was a landmark of the combine. In order to emphasize was the NAGEMA- late 1980s neon sign attached.

NTTDATA and itelligence

In 2018, the neon sign of the IT service provider " NTTDATA " and its 100% subsidiary " itelligence " was attached to the high-rise .

description

Landgraf sculpture in the park, 2010

From 1957 to 1963 the 12-storey high-rise was built in the international style in Dresden-Reick according to plans by the architect Johannes Junghans. The building was erected in a reinforced concrete frame assembly and its facade was given a vertical structure with concrete slats, with the window parapets being decorated with mosaics.

Integration into the environment

Workshop

The skyscraper was part of the former VEB Schokopack industrial plant with factory halls, which were built with a shed hall construction and precast reinforced concrete parts by the companies BMK Coal and Energy and VEB Industrieprojektierung Dresden II according to plans by the architects Hans Rösler, Lothar Kaden, Manfred Neumann and Christiane Langer. Contributing engineers were Ferdinand Ullrich, Erich Türke, Armin Schäfer, Siegfried Rischke, Günter Malz and Rainer Kloß. The single-storey workshop belonged to the same building category as a Rostock repair hall. The hall was used for the final assembly of packaging machines for chocolate production. It was arranged at right angles to a seven-aisled production hall, which was closed at the top with shed roofs. The hall was 109 meters long and 16 meters wide. The eaves height was 12.6 meters and the grid dimension was 7.5 meters. The special manufacturing method of the support elements was remarkable. Since these had to be prefabricated in a concrete plant two kilometers away and operated by the crane system there, the upper one-legged part of the support elements had to be attached in a special way. The gable ends were designed as massive panes, while the long side was glazed without putty.

park

In the park next to the skyscraper there was a sculpture created by Wilhelm Landgraf in 1963 that depicts two workers.

After the turn

From the beginning of the 1990s to 2017 - belonging to the successor company Theegarten-Pactec since 1996 - the high-rise fell into disrepair.

The Meiag Saxon Real Estate AG bought the high-rise buildings and ancillary 2011. The aim was to build a retirement home with medical practices. The city administration refused to give its approval because of the proximity to the neighboring industrial park.

Itelligence AG bought the site in March 2017 and announced that by autumn 2018 ^[obsolete] IT jobs for an initial 350 employees will be created on 9000 square meters of office space. A large canteen will be set up on the ground floor. In future, employees can access the park, which is located between two buildings, via a terrace. A fitness studio is to move into the neighboring four-storey building. A parking deck with two levels is planned on the east side.