Silver tower

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Silver tower
Silver tower
View from the south in front of Skyper and the Opera Tower
Basic data
Place: Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1 ( Bahnhofsviertel )
Construction time : 1975-1988
Opening: 1978
Architectural style : Modern
Architects : ABB Architects
Use / legal
Usage : High-rise office building
Technical specifications
Height : 166.3 m
Floors : 32 upper floors
Usable area : 77,900 m²
Building material : Concrete , steel , aluminum
Height comparison
Frankfurt am Main : 10. ( list )
Germany : 10. ( list )
Europe : 55. ( list )
address
City: Frankfurt am Main
Country: Germany

The Silberturm (also called Silver Tower or Silberling ) in the station district of Frankfurt am Main is one of the most famous skyscrapers in the Main metropolis. From 1978 to 1990 the 166 meter high tower was the tallest skyscraper in Germany until it was surpassed by the Frankfurt exhibition tower . Until 2008, the Silberturm served as the headquarters of Dresdner Bank and is therefore often referred to as the Dresdner Bank high-rise or, after its location, the Jürgen-Ponto high-rise . After extensive renovation, Deutsche Bahn and its own IT service provider DB Systel GmbH have been using the building as a tenant since April 23, 2012 .

Location and history

View from the Roßmarkt
Entrance to the building as the headquarters of Dresdner Bank (around 2003)

The silver tower is on Jürgen-Ponto-Platz, which opens onto Kaiserstraße . Jürgen Ponto became CEO of Dresdner Bank in 1969 and murdered on July 30, 1977 by members of the RAF . From 1978 to 2008, the Silberturm and the seven-story boardroom building Gallusanlage 8 together were the corporate headquarters of Dresdner Bank; In 2003 the neighboring Gallileo high-rise was also occupied. The board member Manfred Meier-Preschany was entrusted with the artistic design of the boardroom. In addition to works by the Dresden Brücke artists , by Max Beckmann , works by Bauhaus masters and sculptures by Calder and Moore, Meier-Preschany also acquired the sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti . It was auctioned in February 2010 on behalf of Commerzbank for the equivalent of 75 million euros.

In the course of the takeover of Dresdner Bank by Commerzbank at the beginning of 2009, Commerzbank planned to sell the Silberturm because the space was no longer needed. Since a sale of the building, which at the time was probably worth 200 million euros, did not seem possible during the financial crisis , the entire high-rise was rented long-term to Deutsche Bahn in summer 2009 . In addition, the railway also rented the Gallusanlage 8 building; Commerzbank, however, continues to use the Gallileo high-rise.

At the end of 2008, the employees of Dresdner Bank moved out of the Silver Tower; At the beginning of 2009, the Frankfurt architects Schneider + Schumacher started a complete renovation to modernize the office space, reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by a third and comply with current fire protection regulations. Commerzbank is aiming for a certificate from the German Society for Sustainable Building in silver. The characteristic facade of the tower is preserved. The gutting of the building began at the beginning of 2009 and the facade was replaced at the beginning of 2010.

At the beginning of November 2011, Commerzbank announced the sale of the building to a community of investors led by the Bonn-based real estate company IVG Immobilien . On February 16, 2012, after renovation work, the silver tower was symbolically handed over to the new owner IVG Immobilien and the tenant Deutsche Bahn, with the name “silver tower” being used officially for the first time for the high-rise. In the first half of 2012, the DB Systel subsidiary moved its headquarters to the building. In 2012, Commerzbank received the DGNB silver certificate for the careful and energetic complete renovation of the building; Drees & Sommer supported the certification process.

In January 2015 IVG sold the tower and the directly adjacent former management board building of Dresdner Bank to a consortium led by Samsung SRA Asset Management.

construction

View from the 31st floor of the Silver Tower

The high-rise has two basement floors and 32 upper floors. The staff canteen was located on the third and fourth floors until 2008 and is now again. Until 1994, the 31st floor housed a water reservoir required by fire protection law, which was also used as a swimming pool. A few years ago it was converted into a large conference room. The windows there extend from the ceiling to the floor. The 32nd floor was partially destroyed in a fire on April 1, 1998.

In the standard floors, the floor height is 4.2 m with a floor area of ​​1900 m². The high-rise is founded on a 4.0 m thick and 3400 m² reinforced concrete slab . The floor plan of the high-rise consists of two large, rounded squares that are offset lengthways by a few meters. In the niches formed in this way, there is an elongated rounded rectangle on each side in which the supply cores (elevators, emergency staircases) are located. The theme of the rounded corners can be found throughout the building: in the windows and in the supporting pillars and signs inside.

Others

The building served as the backdrop for the German feature film Abwärts in 1984 . In the opening scenes, the swimming pool - which is no longer there - can be seen. Forty floors were assigned to the building for dramaturgical reasons, eight floors more than in reality.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Silver Tower  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Silver Tower at CTBUH
  2. Michael Hierholzer: Giacometti - Surprising return. In: FAZ.net , February 10, 2010.
  3. Commerzbank is examining the sale of the Dresdner Bank Tower. In: Handelsblatt , February 11, 2009.
  4. ^ Bahn moves into Dresden "Silver Tower". In: Handelsblatt , March 6, 2009.
  5. The train rents in the "Silberturm". In: FAZ , March 6, 2009.
  6. Schneider + Schumacher renovation Silver Tower 2008-2011
  7. commerzbank.de
  8. Railway reports in February 2012. In: bahnnews.info , accessed on May 3, 2012.
  9. DGNB pre-certified and certified projects
  10. Frankfurt Silberturm: "Silberturm" changes hands. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. January 15, 2015, accessed January 16, 2015 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '34.84 "  N , 8 ° 40' 9.62"  O