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Power plant Lausward

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City, Country Düsseldorf, Germany
Year 2013–2016
Client Stadtwerke Düsseldorf
Architect kadawittfeldarchitektur
Services Structural Engineering
Façade Engineering
Facts GFA: 1,620 m² | Gross volume: 33,500 m³
Awards ICONIC AWARDS 2017, Winner, category: Architecture | AIV Düsseldorf - Bauwerk des Jahres 2016, 1st prize | Deutscher Lichtdesign Preis 2018, 1st prize | Deutscher Ingenieurbaupreis 2018, Recognition | Auszeichnung guter Bauten 2017 des BDA Düsseldorf 2017, Recognition | industriebaupreis 2016, Special prize "building"

Düsseldorf’s public service company at the Rheinbogen has a new gas-fired power plant within a new building complex. An architectural competition was organised for the entire new complex with kadawittfeldarchitektur architects from Aachen winning the first prize for the façade design. Their design clad the entire building complex in individual frames that are visually separated by illuminated joints. Located in the north-east of the complex is a high-rise structure with observation platforms, the so-called “Stadtfenster”, that is visible from afar.

The high-rise structure comprises a steel structure and a reinforced concrete core. Lateral stability is provided by the concrete core and a steel frame truss. The concrete core houses mechanical rooms and all means of egress and is constructed using slip-form technique. The approximately 58 m tall and 38 m wide steel building is designed as a framework structure with an integrated bridge structure spanning over the boiler construction in its middle part. From a structural point of view, special attention was paid to the design of the embedded elements in the core walls. Seismic loads had to be considered for the structural design of the entire structure and details.

Besides being in charge of the structural design, Bollinger+Grohmann was charged during the design development phase in collaboration with the architects for the façade design.

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