City gate (Düsseldorf)
The Stadttor is a high-rise office building designed by the architects Petzinka , Overdiek und Partner in the Düsseldorf district of Unterbilk . It was from 1999 to 2017 as a country house the headquarters of the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister and is located in the government district of the state capital. The state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia , various ministries of the state, the WDR state studio Düsseldorf as well as the Rheinturm and Medienhafen are nearby .
The building with a height of 72.55 m and 20 floors above ground was erected between 1992 and 1998. The inauguration took place on May 8, 1998. The floor plan corresponds to a parallelogram that the architects derived from the geometry of the surrounding buildings and the Rhine bank tunnel running under the building . A special feature of the building is an approximately 65 m high central hall, which is lined by the office space on two sides and on the attic floor. This arrangement gives the building the character of a gatehouse , which explains the name “city gate”. The building marks the entrance to the federal highway 1, which is here as Rheinuferstraße, into the city center, which leads under it into the Rheinufertunnel. The city gate uses the tunnel as a foundation.
Around 27,000 m² of office space is available in the city gate. The double façade consists of a double-shell glass construction that reveals the steel construction. The inner facade is a beech wood and glass construction, the outer one is a steel and glass construction. Between the inner and outer facade there is a 1.40 m wide climate buffer with walk-on balconies as well as sun protection elements. The double-shell glass facade provides natural ventilation for the building and is intended to help save energy. In addition, when outside temperatures are high, energy-saving geothermal groundwater cooling ensures acceptable climatic conditions, which, however, cannot be compared to those of an electrically operated air conditioning system. In severe winters, this water can also be used for easy preheating. The city gate is also connected to the district heating network of the Lausward thermal power station .
From 1999 to 2017, the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia was located in the city gate. At the initiative of the then Prime Minister Wolfgang Clement , the previous location of the State Chancellery, around 500 m away, was given up and premises on the middle floors of the city gate were rented. From 2017, on the initiative of Prime Minister Armin Laschet, the old state chancellery building in the state house was used again for these purposes. In addition, the global law firm McDermott Will & Emery and the national law firm Kapellmann have rented space. There are also various shops and restaurants on the lobby level (4th floor).
At the end of December 2013, parts of the glass facade fell from a point at the rear of the building. In 2009, a facade element made of glass on the 13th floor had come loose.
In April 2017, Andreas Rossmann criticized the architecture of the city gate and the architect of the city gate, Karl-Heinz Petzinka, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The city gate is a sixteen -story high-rise building with a structural glazing facade , which has been placed in a residential area regardless of scale and surroundings and, with the charm of an oil rig, stands on the mouth of a road tunnel. It is not a real city gate, as the space between the two office towers does not allow a passage.
Web links
- City of Düsseldorf - city gate
- Website of the Düsseldorf city gate
- City gate (Düsseldorf). In: Structurae
- Photo series for the construction of the Düsseldorf city gate
- Architectural firm Petzinka, Pink and Partner
Individual evidence
- ↑ A reason to celebrate - Dusseldorf city gate inaugurated with a party and fireworks. In: Baunetz . May 8, 1998. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
- ↑ ila: Parts of the facade fall from the city gate . Rheinische Post dated December 30, 2013, last accessed December 30, 2013
- ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of April 29, 2017, Flying high - Karl-Heinz Petzinka at the Düsseldorf Academy, by Andreas Rossmann
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 55 " N , 6 ° 45 ′ 40" E