Main forum

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Main Forum
IG Metall high-rise
Main forum
Main Forum seen from Sachsenhausen
Basic data
Place: Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 79-85 ( Gutleutviertel )
Construction time : 2001-2003
Architects : Gruber + Kleine-Kraneburg
Use / legal
Usage : Office, commercial and residential building
Jobs : 1,400
Apartments : 66
Owner : IG Metall
Client : IGMET GmbH
Technical specifications
Height : 80 m
Depth: 84 m
Floors : 22 upper floors,
2 basement floors
Usable area : 46,680 m²
Building-costs: € 125 million
Height comparison
Frankfurt am Main : 46. ( list )
address
City: Frankfurt am Main
Country: Germany

The Main Forum is a building complex in Frankfurt am Main . It consists of an 80 meter high- rise building and a five-story ring building. It houses the headquarters of IG Metall and is therefore colloquially called IG Metall high-rise . The Main Forum is located on the north bank of the Main between Untermainkai and Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße in Gutleutviertel .

building

Main forum seen from the west

The foundation stone for the Main Forum was laid on May 28, 2001 and both buildings were completed in 2003 after a construction period of almost three years. On the ground floor there is a 20 meter high atrium that connects the building parts and the L-shaped inner courtyard. Here you can find the installation Utsurohi (Eng. "A Moment of Movement") by Japanese artist Aiko Miyawaki . It is a body of water with a chrome-plated steel cable construction that is constantly in motion.

The high-rise was designed according to energy-saving principles. Instead of full air conditioning with chillers, a system of pipes below the main forum is used for cooling. During the cold season, Main water flows into the pipelines, which can be used for cooling in the summer months. The windows in the office can be opened. In order to save energy even in winter, the facades are designed differently depending on the directions. Therefore, the south side is provided with a closed natural stone facade for heat storage. Seen from the Main, the building appears to be divided into two parts. The west side also shows a natural stone facade, while the east side is glazed.

The building also has a conference area of around 1000 m 2 . The largest conference room ("Conference Room North") is also rented out to external organizers by IG Metall.

exhibition

  • 2010: Traveling exhibition Long live freedom! Young people against National Socialism , compiled by the German Resistance Study Group 1933 - 1945

Web links

Commons : Main Forum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Main Forum at telba.de ( Memento of the original from March 16, 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.telba.de
  2. ↑ The area between Wiesenhüttenstraße and Baseler Straße is often incorrectly assigned to the Bahnhofsviertel , since the wide Baseler Straße is perceived as the border between the districts, but in fact the Wiesenhüttenstraße is the border. See: Stadtvermessungsamt Frankfurt am Main (ed.): Portal GeoInfo Frankfurt , city ​​map
  3. ^ Main Forum at Samuelis Baugarte
  4. ↑ Main Forum at Kiesewetter & Mauch Partnership ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2010 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kmpart Partnerschaft.de
  5. ↑ beyerdynamic.de
  6. ↑ FAZ of March 9, 2011, page 37: Punished with death for “Victory”

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 10.8 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 58.2 ″  E