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New urban entrance and centre
Location
Düren, Germany
Brief
The shopping mall is to be supplemented with an anterior positioned city hall centre, which then receives a defined sense of identity. The premises is situated on a main road and is open to the meadow
on the opposite side.
Client
Building developer requests a few proposals for the above brief
Solution
The recommended solution characterizes the city hall as a communicative centre, open to the city and to the street. The sculptured shape assigns its distinctness in the urban environment. A wing of the
building connects directly to the shopping centre and sections of the building annex can be sub-let.