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In the spirit of the place and with full awareness of natural, historical and human resources: The parameters of the site and the specific challenges of the design brief determine the architectural means and the artistic expression with which Pysall Architekten develops innovative and communicative architecture, made to measure for each project.
By the analysis of different influences - local and global, historical and social - and by the acceptance of the unexpected, the surprising, the challenges of the times, interdisciplinary performance and global knowledge transfer are converted into space, material and technology.
Thus each project is unique, although rooted in its time and place of origin.
Office profile
In collaboration with our interdisciplinary network, we realise tailor-made solutions in the fields of architecture and town planning, as well as interior and exhibition design.
We focus on sustainable, spatially complex projects, master planning for developments, and on conceptual strategies for urban design and town planning. The GeSBC German Sustainable Building Council certified our office building LTD_1 in Hamburg with Gold-rating, being the first of that kind in Hamburg.
Each project exhibits an integrated planning approach, resulting in a high standard of design, function and ecological sustainability.
Through the complete planning process, from sketch to implementation and site supervision, pleasure in sensuality and creativity is combined with a pragmatic approach to construction and technology.
Built works to date range from offices, embassies, residential buildings, museums, restorations and conservations to urban and city master planning, as well as the development of conceptual strategies
Exhibitions took place among others at the International Architectural Biennial in Venice, Italy, at DAM –
Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt and the Architectural Biennial in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Justus Pysall
After completing his diploma in 1989, Pysall went to London and worked at Foster Associates. From 1990 until 1992 he lectured at the London Architectural Association. Following he worked at Jean Nouvel´s office in Paris until the foundation of office Pysall . Ruge Architekten with Peter Ruge 1993 in Berlin and 2006 in Hangzhou, China. Since 2011 Justus Pysall operates under Pysall Architekten. Justus Pysall has lectured national and international, among other places, in USA, Brazil, Italy, Poland and Russia. He is a member of the Architects’ Association Berlin, the BDA Berlin - member of the board, the Schinkel Committee of the AIV, the Stiftung Baukultur and the GeSBC (DGNB) – German Sustainable Building Council.
Recent works
• Ideas for Hamburg court in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg 4/2011
• „Paperplanes“ Nicolas Grospierre, photographic works about the Museum Lotnictwa – phase 2
Gallery, London 3/2011
• Biennale di Venezia 2010, Giardini, Palazzo delle Esposizione, Venedig 8-11/2010
• Museum for Aviation + Aviationpark, Krakau, 1st prize 2005, completion 2010
• LTD_1, Hamburg, master planning and office building, 1st prize 2003, completion 2007, fit out 2008,
Gold certificate, GeSBC German Sustainable Building Council 2010
• Rose of Mianyang - Sustainable City, China, city planning, 1st prize 2006, completion until 2020
• SBZ, Sport Centre Hamburg, competition 2nd prize 2009
• BBI Business Park, Berlin, Master planning 1st prize 2007, groundbreaking 2009
• Reconstruction Morgensternstrasse, Berlin, completion 2010
• Changsha Micro Residential District, completion 2009
• Embassy of Singapore in Berlin, competition 2nd prize 2008
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Wroclaw, Poland, competition 3rd prize 2008
Membership
• Architects’ Association Berlin
• AIV – Architekten- und Ingenieurverein
• Member of the Schinkel Committee AIV – Berlin
• BDA – Bund Deutscher Architekten
• BDA Berlin - Member of the Board
• Stiftung Baukultur
• GeSBC, German Sustainable Building Council
Muzeum Lotnictwa
Museum for aviation and aviation exhibition park, Krakow, Poland
Competition 1st prize 2005
Completion: 2010
Size: museum’s building 4.504 sqm Aviation park 6,14 ha
Building cost: 13 Mio. €
Client: Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego
Architect: Pysall . Ruge Architekten with Bartlomiej Kisielewski
Project team: Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge, Bartlomiej Kisielewski
Structural engineer: Arup International, Krakau, Polen
M&E Consultant: Arup International, Krakau, Polen
Landscape design: St raum A, Berlin, Germany
The idea of flying, the spirit of the place, the structure of the historic airfield – the new building for the Museum of Aviation takes up these references intellectually and synthesises them into a building. The old hangars give the footprint and the height for the basic module and, when it is cut and folded like a windmill or a propeller, it yields a subtle, functionally expressive architectural sculpture.
Competition 1st prize 2005
Completion: 2010
Size: museum’s building 4.504 sqm Aviation park 6,14 ha
Building cost: 13 Mio. €
Client: Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego
Architect: Pysall . Ruge Architekten with Bartlomiej Kisielewski
Project team: Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge, Bartlomiej Kisielewski
Structural engineer: Arup International, Krakau, Polen
M&E Consultant: Arup International, Krakau, Polen
Landscape design: St raum A, Berlin, Germany
The idea of flying, the spirit of the place, the structure of the historic airfield – the new building for the Museum of Aviation takes up these references intellectually and synthesises them into a building. The old hangars give the footprint and the height for the basic module and, when it is cut and folded like a windmill or a propeller, it yields a subtle, functionally expressive architectural sculpture.
Stadtmuseum Kassel
Extension and renovation of Kassel City Museum, Germany
International competition 2009
Size: 1.950 sqm
Building Cost: 4 Mio. €
Client: documenta-Stadt Kassel
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project team: Justus Pysall, Byoung Gil Jung
The extension of Kassel City Museum is a simple volume – a treasure box – snuggling up the existing building thus retaining the historical substance and creating a functional unit between old and new.
International competition 2009
Size: 1.950 sqm
Building Cost: 4 Mio. €
Client: documenta-Stadt Kassel
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project team: Justus Pysall, Byoung Gil Jung
The extension of Kassel City Museum is a simple volume – a treasure box – snuggling up the existing building thus retaining the historical substance and creating a functional unit between old and new.
LTD-1
Office building and health centre, Lübeckertordamm, Hamburg
Competition 1st price 2003
Completion: 2007
Size: GFA 26.643 sqm
Building cost: 22 Mio. €
Client: L.T.D. Lübeckertordamm Entwicklungs-GmbH, Munich
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: LHT Bauingenieure GmbH, Berlin
M&E Consultant: Reese Beratende Ingenieure VDI, Hamburg
Landscape design: Lichtenstein Landschaftsarchitekten, Hamburg
In the context of the revitalisation of the St. Georg district of Hamburg, 120 dwelling units and an office/administrative building of 26.000 sqm on a site next to the Hamburg St. Georg hospital have been realised.
The new residential buildings follow and continue the form of the hospital wing. A generously proportioned, noise-protecting inner courtyard benefits both these residential buildings and the new office building in equal measure.
The office building’s configuration, composed of four boomerang-shaped elements laid over each other, creates a representative entrance situation, an interior courtyard, and a transitional space to the residential courtyard in the rear. As a result of this building form, every office has direct sunlight and an unobstructed view.
For the office building, ecologically unobjectionable materials are used throughout. The new building is a condensed form, and its surface area is optimised. Two service and sanitary cores lie inside and allow flexible use and simple adjustments to future requirements of the users. The building’s materials possess the “Blue Angel” certification and are thus ecologically friendly. An innovatively staggered, highly insulating external glass skin, a naturally ventilated double façade, low energy heating and concrete core cooling, as well as an energy-optimised lighting concept reduce the primary energy requirements.
Competition 1st price 2003
Completion: 2007
Size: GFA 26.643 sqm
Building cost: 22 Mio. €
Client: L.T.D. Lübeckertordamm Entwicklungs-GmbH, Munich
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: LHT Bauingenieure GmbH, Berlin
M&E Consultant: Reese Beratende Ingenieure VDI, Hamburg
Landscape design: Lichtenstein Landschaftsarchitekten, Hamburg
In the context of the revitalisation of the St. Georg district of Hamburg, 120 dwelling units and an office/administrative building of 26.000 sqm on a site next to the Hamburg St. Georg hospital have been realised.
The new residential buildings follow and continue the form of the hospital wing. A generously proportioned, noise-protecting inner courtyard benefits both these residential buildings and the new office building in equal measure.
The office building’s configuration, composed of four boomerang-shaped elements laid over each other, creates a representative entrance situation, an interior courtyard, and a transitional space to the residential courtyard in the rear. As a result of this building form, every office has direct sunlight and an unobstructed view.
For the office building, ecologically unobjectionable materials are used throughout. The new building is a condensed form, and its surface area is optimised. Two service and sanitary cores lie inside and allow flexible use and simple adjustments to future requirements of the users. The building’s materials possess the “Blue Angel” certification and are thus ecologically friendly. An innovatively staggered, highly insulating external glass skin, a naturally ventilated double façade, low energy heating and concrete core cooling, as well as an energy-optimised lighting concept reduce the primary energy requirements.
Sprengel Museum Hannover
Museum of Contemporary Art - Extension, Hannover
International competition 2009
Floor space: 4.378 sqm
Building costs: 25 Mio. €
Client: Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Germany
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Competition team: Justus Pysall, Byoung Gil Jung, Sebastian Gade, Alicija Kepka
Museum of Contemporary Art – Extension Building, exhibition wing, conference area/placement, museum shop and café, offices, depot
International competition 2009
Floor space: 4.378 sqm
Building costs: 25 Mio. €
Client: Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Germany
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Competition team: Justus Pysall, Byoung Gil Jung, Sebastian Gade, Alicija Kepka
Museum of Contemporary Art – Extension Building, exhibition wing, conference area/placement, museum shop and café, offices, depot
MOCA Wroclaw
International Competition 3. Price, 2008
Museum of Contemporary Art, exhibition, multimedia, auditorium, education, restoration, administration, restaurants, museum shop, members club
Size: GFA 25.836 sqm
Building cost: 41,8 Mio. €
Client: City of Wroclaw, Poland
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Competition team: Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge, Bartlomiej Kisielewski
With the revitalisation of the historic Wroclaw, the city is restoring its lost structure of dense traditional city blocks. The unique occupation of a block by a museum of contemporary art demands a new, well-considered urban design solution.
To take the “void” as a built volume, and the vanished building as the open space around it, is our response. Rich and enigmatic spatial qualities for the museum functions are created, as well as exterior spaces which don’t disregard the historical context.
The new volume, split horizontally into three offset levels, makes architectural reference to the St. Bernard Church, used today for the faculty of architecture.
The irregular stacking of the levels positions the services core according to the function, either to one side or in the middle. As well, the stacking creates sheltered entrance zones and terraces for open-air exhibitions.
The monochrome sheathing of the building’s sculptural form is characterised by the rough, broken edges of semitransparent, textured white cast-glass panels. The rotation and offsetting of the floor-to-ceiling glass façade elements respond to the differing lighting requirements of the different floor areas.
At night the fascinating play of reflections from the façade will be augmented by the gleaming, illuminated soffits of the undersides of the overhanging floors, highlighting the museum and lighting the open spaces at the ground level.
Museum of Contemporary Art, exhibition, multimedia, auditorium, education, restoration, administration, restaurants, museum shop, members club
Size: GFA 25.836 sqm
Building cost: 41,8 Mio. €
Client: City of Wroclaw, Poland
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Competition team: Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge, Bartlomiej Kisielewski
With the revitalisation of the historic Wroclaw, the city is restoring its lost structure of dense traditional city blocks. The unique occupation of a block by a museum of contemporary art demands a new, well-considered urban design solution.
To take the “void” as a built volume, and the vanished building as the open space around it, is our response. Rich and enigmatic spatial qualities for the museum functions are created, as well as exterior spaces which don’t disregard the historical context.
The new volume, split horizontally into three offset levels, makes architectural reference to the St. Bernard Church, used today for the faculty of architecture.
The irregular stacking of the levels positions the services core according to the function, either to one side or in the middle. As well, the stacking creates sheltered entrance zones and terraces for open-air exhibitions.
The monochrome sheathing of the building’s sculptural form is characterised by the rough, broken edges of semitransparent, textured white cast-glass panels. The rotation and offsetting of the floor-to-ceiling glass façade elements respond to the differing lighting requirements of the different floor areas.
At night the fascinating play of reflections from the façade will be augmented by the gleaming, illuminated soffits of the undersides of the overhanging floors, highlighting the museum and lighting the open spaces at the ground level.
Haus Otte Caputh
New residential building for three families in Caputh-Schwielowsee, Germany
Completion: 2010
Size: GFA 400 sqm
Client: Dr. Pia Victor und Martin Otte
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: ASBA Ingenieurbüro Bauplanung GmbH
The site lies upon the hill Krähenberg in the beautiful village of Caputh in a fantastic scenic situation with breathtaking views over the nearby lake. The surroundings are dominated by a combination of historical and modern mansions. As many of the old large trees on the site should be kept as possible.
The new building is designed as a modern residential building with 3 flats. The floor plans are designed to be flexible and open. The main flat extends across two floors. Simple and reserved materials (exposed concrete, glass, wood, natural stone) underline the modern architectural style to excentuate focus upon the connection between the interior and outdoor spaces. All upper floors can be access via the external staircase.
The concept for the facades plays with the contrast of open and closed dependent upon the surroundings and importance of natural perspectives. The narrow sides are glazed toward the south into the garden, and toward the north with the magnificent view over the lake Schwielowsee. The west and east facades to the neighboring sites are mainly closed and designed with large prefabricated concrete elements and some narrow glass bands.
Completion: 2010
Size: GFA 400 sqm
Client: Dr. Pia Victor und Martin Otte
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: ASBA Ingenieurbüro Bauplanung GmbH
The site lies upon the hill Krähenberg in the beautiful village of Caputh in a fantastic scenic situation with breathtaking views over the nearby lake. The surroundings are dominated by a combination of historical and modern mansions. As many of the old large trees on the site should be kept as possible.
The new building is designed as a modern residential building with 3 flats. The floor plans are designed to be flexible and open. The main flat extends across two floors. Simple and reserved materials (exposed concrete, glass, wood, natural stone) underline the modern architectural style to excentuate focus upon the connection between the interior and outdoor spaces. All upper floors can be access via the external staircase.
The concept for the facades plays with the contrast of open and closed dependent upon the surroundings and importance of natural perspectives. The narrow sides are glazed toward the south into the garden, and toward the north with the magnificent view over the lake Schwielowsee. The west and east facades to the neighboring sites are mainly closed and designed with large prefabricated concrete elements and some narrow glass bands.
SBZ Hamburg
We are currently preparing further information on our project SBZ. You will find it here, soon...
Bandit Building
New residential building, Röntgenstrasse 14a, Berlin
Completion: 2006
Flats: 874 sqm
Shop: 267 sqm
Building cost: 2,0 Mio. €
Client: Bandit Helmets GmbH, Andreas Freundlieb
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: Steiner & Schwarzenbacher
M&E Consultant: GMW-Ingenieurbüro GmbH
The new mixed use building fills a gap in a typical neighbourhood block in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
Ground and first floor are connected through a large void, linking the client’s own retail and office areas. The upper floors are occupied by rentable units, each extending over the whole floor area.
The apartments are closed on their sides, fully glazed towards the backyard, and feature floor-to-ceiling windows towards the street. Two internal installation cores enable an open plan arrangement as well as separation into detached areas.
It is up to choice of the user to enclose parts of the overall space, to create several combined spaces, or leave the entire space open. Since there are various possibilities of spatial arrangements, and assembling/ disassembling of walls, only the implementation of the sanitary installations has been incorporated in the first construction phase.
The design complies with both the strict budget, on one hand, and the requirement of the target tenant group of young people with open-minded living concepts for flexible room arrangements, on the other hand.
Completion: 2006
Flats: 874 sqm
Shop: 267 sqm
Building cost: 2,0 Mio. €
Client: Bandit Helmets GmbH, Andreas Freundlieb
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: Steiner & Schwarzenbacher
M&E Consultant: GMW-Ingenieurbüro GmbH
The new mixed use building fills a gap in a typical neighbourhood block in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
Ground and first floor are connected through a large void, linking the client’s own retail and office areas. The upper floors are occupied by rentable units, each extending over the whole floor area.
The apartments are closed on their sides, fully glazed towards the backyard, and feature floor-to-ceiling windows towards the street. Two internal installation cores enable an open plan arrangement as well as separation into detached areas.
It is up to choice of the user to enclose parts of the overall space, to create several combined spaces, or leave the entire space open. Since there are various possibilities of spatial arrangements, and assembling/ disassembling of walls, only the implementation of the sanitary installations has been incorporated in the first construction phase.
The design complies with both the strict budget, on one hand, and the requirement of the target tenant group of young people with open-minded living concepts for flexible room arrangements, on the other hand.
BBI Business Park
BBI Business Park at Berlin International Airport, Germany
Expert Assessment Procedure 1st Prize 2007
Realisation from 2008
Size: Total Land Area 109 hectares, Master plan Business Quarter 6 hectares, Master plan Service Quarter 10 hectares, Developments 130.000 sqm
Client: Berlin Airports (Berliner Flughäfen), Airport Berlin-Schönefeld GmbH
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
To be realised simultaneously with the construction of the new “Berlin Brandenburg International Airport” (BBI) in Berlin-Schönefeld, the 109-hectare “BBI Business Park Berlin”, on the north-eastern side of the airport, will be the largest business park in the capital.
Two significant building zones define the entrance district of the business park. For these zones are envisaged two self-sustaining, contra-punctual urban areas, whose particular qualities are generated by different patterns of density and city atmosphere. Both quarters are placed in the surrounding water-meadow land-scape as self-sufficient and identity-giving structures.
The first building zone, the so-called “Business Quarter”, constitutes about 130.000 square metres of offices, hotels, gastronomy, trade and services. This quarter features a flexible pattern of buildings in varying heights and sizes which, in their relation to each other, generate public exterior spaces.
The “Service Quarter”, in the second zone, offers sites for service-oriented uses on its approximately 10 hectares of surface area. This quarter shows a flexible mix of buildings up to three storeys high, with intensive landscaping that can respond to the needs of future users and investors.
The concentration of the highly urban use, public encouragement and a broad services network within the development area make these two quarters a prelude to the whole new business park.
The rigorous architectural composition enables a logically phased development. The concentration and minimisation of paved or built-over exterior areas, leaving considerable terrain of the existing countryside untouched, forms the basis of an ecologically sustainable and resource-friendly realisation.
Expert Assessment Procedure 1st Prize 2007
Realisation from 2008
Size: Total Land Area 109 hectares, Master plan Business Quarter 6 hectares, Master plan Service Quarter 10 hectares, Developments 130.000 sqm
Client: Berlin Airports (Berliner Flughäfen), Airport Berlin-Schönefeld GmbH
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
To be realised simultaneously with the construction of the new “Berlin Brandenburg International Airport” (BBI) in Berlin-Schönefeld, the 109-hectare “BBI Business Park Berlin”, on the north-eastern side of the airport, will be the largest business park in the capital.
Two significant building zones define the entrance district of the business park. For these zones are envisaged two self-sustaining, contra-punctual urban areas, whose particular qualities are generated by different patterns of density and city atmosphere. Both quarters are placed in the surrounding water-meadow land-scape as self-sufficient and identity-giving structures.
The first building zone, the so-called “Business Quarter”, constitutes about 130.000 square metres of offices, hotels, gastronomy, trade and services. This quarter features a flexible pattern of buildings in varying heights and sizes which, in their relation to each other, generate public exterior spaces.
The “Service Quarter”, in the second zone, offers sites for service-oriented uses on its approximately 10 hectares of surface area. This quarter shows a flexible mix of buildings up to three storeys high, with intensive landscaping that can respond to the needs of future users and investors.
The concentration of the highly urban use, public encouragement and a broad services network within the development area make these two quarters a prelude to the whole new business park.
The rigorous architectural composition enables a logically phased development. The concentration and minimisation of paved or built-over exterior areas, leaving considerable terrain of the existing countryside untouched, forms the basis of an ecologically sustainable and resource-friendly realisation.
Tyniec
Visitor centre and Museum for the Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec, Poland
Competition 2008
Size: Visitor centre 870 qm, Museum 1.105 qm „Old Forge“ 420 qm, Parking 150
Building Cost: 10,0 Mio. €
Client: Opactwo Benedyktynow w Tyncu, Krakow, Polen
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Competition team: Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge, Bartlomiej Kisielewski
The Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec is located on the high bank of the Vistula River. The Abbey is still occupied to this day by the Benedictines, and it represents a place of peace and contemplation in unique surroundings of historic architecture and stunning scenery.
In volume and composition derived from the monastic village structure, the visitor centre forms an ensemble composed of single buildings in front of the cloister walls. Each building offers a different dedicated function, and can be used both separately and together with others via the basements.
The distinctive character of the Abbey, and the interesting perspective views of the long, high alignments of the village’s stone walls, have been transformed into the cubical, architecturally truncated and rotated buildings of the Visitor Centre.
The new walls of the Centre are made of exposed concrete formed to resemble the old, historic village walls of broken local quarry stone, which are characterised by highly contrasting, heavily textured patterns of light and shadow. The powerful visual play of the new walls is achieved through irregularly placed, narrow and wide, transparent and semitransparent openings.
A varying and atmospheric lighting concept has been evolved. The generously cut and glazed wall openings provide direct daylight and visually link the inside of the buildings to the outside.
The museum is wholly enveloped by the cloister walls. Barely distinguishable from the outside, only the modern entrance door, and the narrow lighting slots and fanlights in the historic wall, imply the new functional and spatial solution of the building.
The respectful architectural treatment within the parameters of the site location; the reduction of the building’s mass by minimising the sealed planes; the use of ecologically friendly materials and geothermal energy; and decreasing the heating and cooling loads by means of concrete core cooling, all enhance and communicate the spirit of the Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec to achieve an enduringly sustainable building.
Competition 2008
Size: Visitor centre 870 qm, Museum 1.105 qm „Old Forge“ 420 qm, Parking 150
Building Cost: 10,0 Mio. €
Client: Opactwo Benedyktynow w Tyncu, Krakow, Polen
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Competition team: Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge, Bartlomiej Kisielewski
The Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec is located on the high bank of the Vistula River. The Abbey is still occupied to this day by the Benedictines, and it represents a place of peace and contemplation in unique surroundings of historic architecture and stunning scenery.
In volume and composition derived from the monastic village structure, the visitor centre forms an ensemble composed of single buildings in front of the cloister walls. Each building offers a different dedicated function, and can be used both separately and together with others via the basements.
The distinctive character of the Abbey, and the interesting perspective views of the long, high alignments of the village’s stone walls, have been transformed into the cubical, architecturally truncated and rotated buildings of the Visitor Centre.
The new walls of the Centre are made of exposed concrete formed to resemble the old, historic village walls of broken local quarry stone, which are characterised by highly contrasting, heavily textured patterns of light and shadow. The powerful visual play of the new walls is achieved through irregularly placed, narrow and wide, transparent and semitransparent openings.
A varying and atmospheric lighting concept has been evolved. The generously cut and glazed wall openings provide direct daylight and visually link the inside of the buildings to the outside.
The museum is wholly enveloped by the cloister walls. Barely distinguishable from the outside, only the modern entrance door, and the narrow lighting slots and fanlights in the historic wall, imply the new functional and spatial solution of the building.
The respectful architectural treatment within the parameters of the site location; the reduction of the building’s mass by minimising the sealed planes; the use of ecologically friendly materials and geothermal energy; and decreasing the heating and cooling loads by means of concrete core cooling, all enhance and communicate the spirit of the Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec to achieve an enduringly sustainable building.
Muzeum Kantora
Museum for the Collection Tadeusz Kantor, Krakow, Poland
2004
Size: 1.500 sqm
Client: MBA, Miedzynarodowe Biennale Architektury
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten mit / with Bartlomiej Kisielewski und / and Dominik Darasz
The place of modern art in the city
Szczepanski Square and its surrounding area are developing into the place of modern art in the city of Krakow.
Palace of Art, Bunker of Art Gallery, Wyspianski Museum, Krzysztofory Gallery are all located here and the museum of Tadeusz Kantor is planned to come next.
However, Krakow is missing a museum for modern art. At Szczepanski Square we see an opportunity to fulfill this demand for contemporary art and culture of young open minded citizens in historical Krakow.
We propose a strong yet subtle redefinition of Szczepanski Square.
This shall be the place for modern art in the city of Krakow, both above and below ground, fitting into the historical urban fabric, yet expressing its prominence through its modern setting.
The square shall become a multifunctional plaza, serving the demands of an active modern metropolis and vivid cultural scene, as addition to, or rather integration into, the network of activities of the plazas of Krakow.
Thinking in urban typology, the public spaces of Krakow should develop into a network of communicating spaces with different thematic activities.
Traffic and cars are abandoned and the Szczepanski Square is freed up as a pedestrian zone, allowing for contemporary cultural activities such as open-air exhibitions, art fairs, off mainstream concerts and other cultural events.
Square stones/ashles and new-planted trees create places to rest.
Water fountains and clouds of sandblasted glass squares transform the plaza day and night.
From small springs to big fountains, the water games change the appearance of the plaza constantly, leaving the people to watch or the kids to play in the welcoming environment.
Being the light source for the museum underneath the plaza the sandblasted squares of glass appear as shining diamonds between lit water games.
A glass pavilion marks the entrance of the museum and acts as Krakow´s cultural information centre.
The museum fulfills an acute need for contemporary exhibition space and links Krakow with the art of the 21st century by creating 4.000 m2 of exhibition space.
Altogether it becomes a modern place of attraction, fitting into the historic context of Krakow.
2004
Size: 1.500 sqm
Client: MBA, Miedzynarodowe Biennale Architektury
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten mit / with Bartlomiej Kisielewski und / and Dominik Darasz
The place of modern art in the city
Szczepanski Square and its surrounding area are developing into the place of modern art in the city of Krakow.
Palace of Art, Bunker of Art Gallery, Wyspianski Museum, Krzysztofory Gallery are all located here and the museum of Tadeusz Kantor is planned to come next.
However, Krakow is missing a museum for modern art. At Szczepanski Square we see an opportunity to fulfill this demand for contemporary art and culture of young open minded citizens in historical Krakow.
We propose a strong yet subtle redefinition of Szczepanski Square.
This shall be the place for modern art in the city of Krakow, both above and below ground, fitting into the historical urban fabric, yet expressing its prominence through its modern setting.
The square shall become a multifunctional plaza, serving the demands of an active modern metropolis and vivid cultural scene, as addition to, or rather integration into, the network of activities of the plazas of Krakow.
Thinking in urban typology, the public spaces of Krakow should develop into a network of communicating spaces with different thematic activities.
Traffic and cars are abandoned and the Szczepanski Square is freed up as a pedestrian zone, allowing for contemporary cultural activities such as open-air exhibitions, art fairs, off mainstream concerts and other cultural events.
Square stones/ashles and new-planted trees create places to rest.
Water fountains and clouds of sandblasted glass squares transform the plaza day and night.
From small springs to big fountains, the water games change the appearance of the plaza constantly, leaving the people to watch or the kids to play in the welcoming environment.
Being the light source for the museum underneath the plaza the sandblasted squares of glass appear as shining diamonds between lit water games.
A glass pavilion marks the entrance of the museum and acts as Krakow´s cultural information centre.
The museum fulfills an acute need for contemporary exhibition space and links Krakow with the art of the 21st century by creating 4.000 m2 of exhibition space.
Altogether it becomes a modern place of attraction, fitting into the historic context of Krakow.
Art Plaza
Competition team: Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge, Bartlomiej Kisielewski, Dominik Darasz
The place of modern art in the city
Szczepanski Square and its surrounding area are developing into the place of modern art in the city of Krakow.
Palace of Art, Bunker of Art Gallery, Wyspianski Museum, Krzysztofory Gallery are all located here and the museum of Tadeusz Kantor is planned to come next.
However, Krakow is missing a museum for modern art. At Szczepanski Square we see an opportunity to fulfill this demand for contemporary art and culture of young open minded citizens in historical Krakow.
We propose a strong yet subtle redefinition of Szczepanski Square.
This shall be the place for modern art in the city of Krakow, both above and below ground, fitting into the historical urban fabric, yet expressing its prominence through its modern setting.
The place of modern art in the city
Szczepanski Square and its surrounding area are developing into the place of modern art in the city of Krakow.
Palace of Art, Bunker of Art Gallery, Wyspianski Museum, Krzysztofory Gallery are all located here and the museum of Tadeusz Kantor is planned to come next.
However, Krakow is missing a museum for modern art. At Szczepanski Square we see an opportunity to fulfill this demand for contemporary art and culture of young open minded citizens in historical Krakow.
We propose a strong yet subtle redefinition of Szczepanski Square.
This shall be the place for modern art in the city of Krakow, both above and below ground, fitting into the historical urban fabric, yet expressing its prominence through its modern setting.
Swiss Sticks
External signage for the access route to the Zurich Airport, Switzerland
Competition 2007
Initiator: Unique (Zurich Airport Corporation)
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Snowy roads that are hardly distinguishable from mountain slopes are a common image of the Swiss Alps. As the alpinist knows, the way can be hard to find without markers along the path. The ancient Greeks used “stelae”, or vertical pillars of stone, to identify travel routes and historic places. Our design for the external signage system of the approaches to the Zurich Airport borrows this form to create a modern and informative way of guiding visitors to their destinations.
“Hello” in red to white, “Goodbye” in white to red, the stranger finds guidance to the airport or out of the terminal to the highway. The arrangement of the stelae is related to the distance to or from the airport, and to the speed cars decelerate on the approach or accelerate leaving the terminal. As for a boulevard, the stelae are high and widely spaced at the beginning of the access route, but become ever shorter and less distanced as one approaches the airport. In the opposite direction, the stelae open up and become taller as one drives out into the Swiss countryside.
The stelae are provided with LED lighting and movement sensors, so that they transform the frequency of passing cars into rising or falling road illumination, thus saving energy, since road lighting is only activated when required.
The stelae continue along the routes inside the airport to inform people about flight timetables, for those arriving, and to provide information about the country of Switzerland, for those departing the airport.
Competition 2007
Initiator: Unique (Zurich Airport Corporation)
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Snowy roads that are hardly distinguishable from mountain slopes are a common image of the Swiss Alps. As the alpinist knows, the way can be hard to find without markers along the path. The ancient Greeks used “stelae”, or vertical pillars of stone, to identify travel routes and historic places. Our design for the external signage system of the approaches to the Zurich Airport borrows this form to create a modern and informative way of guiding visitors to their destinations.
“Hello” in red to white, “Goodbye” in white to red, the stranger finds guidance to the airport or out of the terminal to the highway. The arrangement of the stelae is related to the distance to or from the airport, and to the speed cars decelerate on the approach or accelerate leaving the terminal. As for a boulevard, the stelae are high and widely spaced at the beginning of the access route, but become ever shorter and less distanced as one approaches the airport. In the opposite direction, the stelae open up and become taller as one drives out into the Swiss countryside.
The stelae are provided with LED lighting and movement sensors, so that they transform the frequency of passing cars into rising or falling road illumination, thus saving energy, since road lighting is only activated when required.
The stelae continue along the routes inside the airport to inform people about flight timetables, for those arriving, and to provide information about the country of Switzerland, for those departing the airport.
Enerscape
University Campus for research and technology institutes, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Competition 2007
Size: Urban planning 70.000 sqm Build area 359.154 sqm
Client: Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW Aachen
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Enerscape, adapted from the words “Energy and Landscape”, is the name and the concept of the project. It reflects the spirit and the energy of research and education, and as well the landscape of the characteristic pasture land of Aachen.
The RWTH Aachen University is one of Europe‘s leading technological universities. The extension, comprising an entire new campus, provides a major platform for research and development, bringing together tech-nological institutes and private enterprise companies.
Our strategy for the extension divides the different departments into nine modular building clusters to be implemented in phases.
The green areas are defined by the clear-cut building clusters. Each arrangement of the buildings, which vary in height and density, generates a differentiated, unique spatial quality.
By means of the architectural and spatial compositions, related to the theme or use of the cluster as well as to the varying materials, each cluster gets its own identity.
A fully sustainable approach to the building and maintenance process is obtained by reducing land con-sumption through the high urban density generated by the clusters, extensive retention of the existing pasture land, and the exploitation of modern architectural and technical potentialities.
To ensure a sustainable and energy-efficient undertaking, the programme includes the use of renewable energy sources by services engineering employing the environmental values (e.g. geothermal energy, solar energy), the use of ecologically friendly building materials, energy use monitoring, and an efficient facility management.
Competition 2007
Size: Urban planning 70.000 sqm Build area 359.154 sqm
Client: Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW Aachen
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Enerscape, adapted from the words “Energy and Landscape”, is the name and the concept of the project. It reflects the spirit and the energy of research and education, and as well the landscape of the characteristic pasture land of Aachen.
The RWTH Aachen University is one of Europe‘s leading technological universities. The extension, comprising an entire new campus, provides a major platform for research and development, bringing together tech-nological institutes and private enterprise companies.
Our strategy for the extension divides the different departments into nine modular building clusters to be implemented in phases.
The green areas are defined by the clear-cut building clusters. Each arrangement of the buildings, which vary in height and density, generates a differentiated, unique spatial quality.
By means of the architectural and spatial compositions, related to the theme or use of the cluster as well as to the varying materials, each cluster gets its own identity.
A fully sustainable approach to the building and maintenance process is obtained by reducing land con-sumption through the high urban density generated by the clusters, extensive retention of the existing pasture land, and the exploitation of modern architectural and technical potentialities.
To ensure a sustainable and energy-efficient undertaking, the programme includes the use of renewable energy sources by services engineering employing the environmental values (e.g. geothermal energy, solar energy), the use of ecologically friendly building materials, energy use monitoring, and an efficient facility management.
VAE Mirage
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Berlin
Competition 2000
Size: Embassy building GFA 8.710 sqm
Client: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Berlin
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: Happold Ingenieurbüro, Berlin
M&E Consultant: Happold Ingenieurbüro, Berlin
A young and modern land with hundreds of years of cultural tradition - this is how United Arab Emirates would like to present itself with its new embassy in Berlin. But the magic of the Orient and the rationality of the West would seem to be incompatible. Can mosaic facades and high-tech architecture go together?
The design for the embassy envisages a modern, functionally thought-out building, with an atrium and a full-height conservatory, a building which through its massing and advanced double skin climatic facade fits well into the local urban context.
And yet the design is rooted in Arabian architectural tradition, since it is organised around an interior court in which the small mosque, oriented to Mecca, is placed. On the outside the embassy conveys, through the illusion of Arabic ornament, the culture of a foreign, exotic land to passers-by. The multi-layered façade of etched glass, stainless steel grids, sunshade grills of wood, and glass elements in copper screens, calls to mind secret, half-transparent Mushrabie walls.
As one approaches the elaborate, ornate main facade, from varying view angles one experiences a fasci-nating, changing game of colour and pattern, a play of motif which arouses memories and associations of oriental splendour. This “puzzle“ image is generated by the dense interpenetration of the facade with ceramic cylinders, which carry different colours on their fronts and sides. With the diagonal view, the frontal view, and the cross view through, the flaming images dissolve and reform like a mystical mirage, like a Fata Morgana.
The concept of a sustainable building consisting of a compact form, the atrium with double façade acting as thermal puffer and enabling natural ventilation, and the use of geothermy, on one hand; and the artistic and modern way of representing Arabic culture, on the other hand, make the building itself an “ambassador” for the young and modern country with its long Arabic tradition.
Competition 2000
Size: Embassy building GFA 8.710 sqm
Client: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Berlin
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Structural engineer: Happold Ingenieurbüro, Berlin
M&E Consultant: Happold Ingenieurbüro, Berlin
A young and modern land with hundreds of years of cultural tradition - this is how United Arab Emirates would like to present itself with its new embassy in Berlin. But the magic of the Orient and the rationality of the West would seem to be incompatible. Can mosaic facades and high-tech architecture go together?
The design for the embassy envisages a modern, functionally thought-out building, with an atrium and a full-height conservatory, a building which through its massing and advanced double skin climatic facade fits well into the local urban context.
And yet the design is rooted in Arabian architectural tradition, since it is organised around an interior court in which the small mosque, oriented to Mecca, is placed. On the outside the embassy conveys, through the illusion of Arabic ornament, the culture of a foreign, exotic land to passers-by. The multi-layered façade of etched glass, stainless steel grids, sunshade grills of wood, and glass elements in copper screens, calls to mind secret, half-transparent Mushrabie walls.
As one approaches the elaborate, ornate main facade, from varying view angles one experiences a fasci-nating, changing game of colour and pattern, a play of motif which arouses memories and associations of oriental splendour. This “puzzle“ image is generated by the dense interpenetration of the facade with ceramic cylinders, which carry different colours on their fronts and sides. With the diagonal view, the frontal view, and the cross view through, the flaming images dissolve and reform like a mystical mirage, like a Fata Morgana.
The concept of a sustainable building consisting of a compact form, the atrium with double façade acting as thermal puffer and enabling natural ventilation, and the use of geothermy, on one hand; and the artistic and modern way of representing Arabic culture, on the other hand, make the building itself an “ambassador” for the young and modern country with its long Arabic tradition.
Canada House | KGS Architects with PRvM
Embassy of Canada with rental offices, retail area and residential spaces as PPP-project
Completion: 2006
Size: GFA 19.820 sqm
Building: cost 30,0 Mio. €
Bauherr: Hannover Leasing GmbH & Co. KG
Architect: KGS Joint Venture Architects, Toronto with Pysall Ruge von Matt Architekten, Berlin
Structural engineer: KUNKEL + Partner KG, Berlin
M&E Consultant: HPG Haustechnische Planungsgemeinschaft, Stuttgart
BRANDI IGH Ingenieure GmbH, Köln
The Canada House at the Leipziger Platz can be seen as a cultural bridge between Canada and Germany.
Large window surfaces and clear-cut Canadian Tyndall Stone coming from Manitoba make the very welcoming building stand out in a row of new buildings.
The reception area of the Embassy is located on the Leipziger Platz, and is characterized by a water garden with a one and a half storey high waterfall.
A composition of forms, the cylinder-shaped Timber hall, the Canada Lounge on the ground floor and the Conference Room above, and the two storey high Auditorium, connect the foyer with a public passage. Here located shops and offices are occupied by Canadian enterprises, and together with the Embassy, represent “a piece of Canada” in Berlin.
The Canada House is a PPP-project (Public Private Partnership). The office of Foreign Affairs Canada with their embassy in Germany is main tenant, Hannover Leasing the private investor. Others rent other parts of the building -high quality office spaces, retail area and flats.
The task of our office was the optimisation planning to fulfil the German building codes, to generate more efficient use and square meters of the site, to reduce the building costs by keeping the same quality standards and to prepare full execution documents followed up by the artistic site supervision.
Completion: 2006
Size: GFA 19.820 sqm
Building: cost 30,0 Mio. €
Bauherr: Hannover Leasing GmbH & Co. KG
Architect: KGS Joint Venture Architects, Toronto with Pysall Ruge von Matt Architekten, Berlin
Structural engineer: KUNKEL + Partner KG, Berlin
M&E Consultant: HPG Haustechnische Planungsgemeinschaft, Stuttgart
BRANDI IGH Ingenieure GmbH, Köln
The Canada House at the Leipziger Platz can be seen as a cultural bridge between Canada and Germany.
Large window surfaces and clear-cut Canadian Tyndall Stone coming from Manitoba make the very welcoming building stand out in a row of new buildings.
The reception area of the Embassy is located on the Leipziger Platz, and is characterized by a water garden with a one and a half storey high waterfall.
A composition of forms, the cylinder-shaped Timber hall, the Canada Lounge on the ground floor and the Conference Room above, and the two storey high Auditorium, connect the foyer with a public passage. Here located shops and offices are occupied by Canadian enterprises, and together with the Embassy, represent “a piece of Canada” in Berlin.
The Canada House is a PPP-project (Public Private Partnership). The office of Foreign Affairs Canada with their embassy in Germany is main tenant, Hannover Leasing the private investor. Others rent other parts of the building -high quality office spaces, retail area and flats.
The task of our office was the optimisation planning to fulfil the German building codes, to generate more efficient use and square meters of the site, to reduce the building costs by keeping the same quality standards and to prepare full execution documents followed up by the artistic site supervision.
Nordic Embassies | Berger + Parkkinen Architekten, Wien
New buildings for the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and pan Nordic building in Berlin
Completion 1999
Size: GFA 15.008 sqm
Building cost: 40 Mio. €
Client: The countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden represented by Statens Fastighetsverk, Stockholm
Architects:
Ensemble and Felleshuis: Berger + Parkkinen, Vienna
Embassy of Denmark: 3 x Nielsen, Århus
Embassy of Finnland: VIIVA, Helsinki
Embassy of Iceland: P. Kristmundsson, Reykjavik
Embassy of Norway: Snøhetta, Oslo
Embassy of Sweden: Wingårdh, Stockholm
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Embassies of the Nordic Countries
The common embassy area of the five Nordic countries in Berlin-Tiergarten is a symbol of a Europe growing ever closer. Political and cultural differences, as well as national interests, are united in favour of the overriding idea of a pan-Nordic representation of interests.
Architecturally celebrated by a curved copper band, surrounding all the embassies, the countries appear to the outside as an ensemble and create a powerful Nordic landmark, in which each single country is represented by an embassy characteristic of that land.
The task of our office was the realisation of the very different designs from each country with regard to architecture and building standards, and consisted in detail of the building permit applications, completion of the construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the whole project, and specifically for each embassy.
Completion 1999
Size: GFA 15.008 sqm
Building cost: 40 Mio. €
Client: The countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden represented by Statens Fastighetsverk, Stockholm
Architects:
Ensemble and Felleshuis: Berger + Parkkinen, Vienna
Embassy of Denmark: 3 x Nielsen, Århus
Embassy of Finnland: VIIVA, Helsinki
Embassy of Iceland: P. Kristmundsson, Reykjavik
Embassy of Norway: Snøhetta, Oslo
Embassy of Sweden: Wingårdh, Stockholm
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Embassies of the Nordic Countries
The common embassy area of the five Nordic countries in Berlin-Tiergarten is a symbol of a Europe growing ever closer. Political and cultural differences, as well as national interests, are united in favour of the overriding idea of a pan-Nordic representation of interests.
Architecturally celebrated by a curved copper band, surrounding all the embassies, the countries appear to the outside as an ensemble and create a powerful Nordic landmark, in which each single country is represented by an embassy characteristic of that land.
The task of our office was the realisation of the very different designs from each country with regard to architecture and building standards, and consisted in detail of the building permit applications, completion of the construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the whole project, and specifically for each embassy.
Royal Danish Embassy | Nielsen, Nielsen + Nielsen A/S, Århus
Embassy for the Kingdom of Denmark in Berlin
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 2.260 sqm
Building cost: 7,0 Mio. €
Client: Danish Ministry of Housing and Building, Kopenhagen
Architects: Nielsen, Nielsen & Nielsen A/S, Århus
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Sculptural interior space in a minimalist exterior shell
Collapsible perforated fine steel sheets and lateral fully glazed wall areas create a cool, reserved, almost technical outer appearance. On the inside however, an astonishing space opens up. Two office wings, one geometrically sharply shaped, and the other following the waved outer appearance, form the glass-covered inner hall. In addition to the dynamic room appearance, this enables greater office depths also on the ambassador’s floor. The open space and the many bridges let the atrium become the communicative heart of the embassy. The chosen employment of Danish material, furniture and lamps complete the building as a many-sided ambassador of its country.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Denmark, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 2.260 sqm
Building cost: 7,0 Mio. €
Client: Danish Ministry of Housing and Building, Kopenhagen
Architects: Nielsen, Nielsen & Nielsen A/S, Århus
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Sculptural interior space in a minimalist exterior shell
Collapsible perforated fine steel sheets and lateral fully glazed wall areas create a cool, reserved, almost technical outer appearance. On the inside however, an astonishing space opens up. Two office wings, one geometrically sharply shaped, and the other following the waved outer appearance, form the glass-covered inner hall. In addition to the dynamic room appearance, this enables greater office depths also on the ambassador’s floor. The open space and the many bridges let the atrium become the communicative heart of the embassy. The chosen employment of Danish material, furniture and lamps complete the building as a many-sided ambassador of its country.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Denmark, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Finnish Embassy | VIIVA Arkkitehtuuri Oy, Helsinki
Embassy of Finland in Berlin
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 1.887 sqm
Building cost: 5,6 Mio. €
Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Helsinki
Architects: VIIVA Arkkitehtuuri Oy, Helsinki
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Minimalist, strong and honest – the house itself as a sculptural ambassador of finish ideals
Larch wood louvers, in room-high steel frames, create a uniform end of the building in front of the glass façade. Partly opened, they play with the simplicity of the cubic building, and enable a free view into and out of the building. The strict ground organisation, around an atrium with a staircase up to the ambassador in the uppermost floor, and the reduced employment of materials – concrete, steel, aluminium and glass – are very well complemented by the use of light wood louvers in the inside.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Finland and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 1.887 sqm
Building cost: 5,6 Mio. €
Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Helsinki
Architects: VIIVA Arkkitehtuuri Oy, Helsinki
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Minimalist, strong and honest – the house itself as a sculptural ambassador of finish ideals
Larch wood louvers, in room-high steel frames, create a uniform end of the building in front of the glass façade. Partly opened, they play with the simplicity of the cubic building, and enable a free view into and out of the building. The strict ground organisation, around an atrium with a staircase up to the ambassador in the uppermost floor, and the reduced employment of materials – concrete, steel, aluminium and glass – are very well complemented by the use of light wood louvers in the inside.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Finland and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Islandic Embassy | Palmár Kristmundsson, Reykjavik
Embassy of Iceland in Berlin
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 467 sqm
Building Cost: 22 Mio. €
Client: Government Engineering Contracts, Reykjavik
Architect: Palmár Kristmundsson, Reykjavik
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Composition of red Ryolith stone, lava, wood and concrete
Red Ryolith stone from the east shore of Iceland as material for the façade, pieces of lava as sculptural flooring in the atrium, sandblasted concrete and wavy-finished concrete pieces similar to corrugated metal let the building be immediately recognized as the Icelandic embassy.
Divided into an office part, with a glass corridor leading to the atrium, and a supply area, the little building appears surprisingly generous and elegant. It convinces through a careful choice of materials and thought-through details, even to specially fabricated door mountings.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Iceland, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 467 sqm
Building Cost: 22 Mio. €
Client: Government Engineering Contracts, Reykjavik
Architect: Palmár Kristmundsson, Reykjavik
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Composition of red Ryolith stone, lava, wood and concrete
Red Ryolith stone from the east shore of Iceland as material for the façade, pieces of lava as sculptural flooring in the atrium, sandblasted concrete and wavy-finished concrete pieces similar to corrugated metal let the building be immediately recognized as the Icelandic embassy.
Divided into an office part, with a glass corridor leading to the atrium, and a supply area, the little building appears surprisingly generous and elegant. It convinces through a careful choice of materials and thought-through details, even to specially fabricated door mountings.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Iceland, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Norwegian Embassy | Snøhetta arkitektur + landskap, Oslo
Embassy of Norway in Berlin
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 1.223 sqm
Building cost: 3,5 Mio. €
Client: Statsbygg, Public Construction and Property, Oslo
Architect: Snøhetta arkitektur + landskap, Oslo
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
With a 120 ton Monolith of Granite, the Embassy brings a piece of Norway to Berlin
120 tons in weight, 15 meters high, 5 meters wide, the Monolith of Norwegian granite forms the entrance façade. Sawn with a diamond saw in one piece out of a Norwegian fjord and transported over water and land to Berlin, this giant was lifted over the finished house and precisely placed. The rough, glacier-furrowed surface forms the outer façade, the inner surface is polished. The flanking glass facades with attached glass louvers are perceived as a the background because of the giant granite. Starting at the entrance underneath the Monolith, the disciplined building is developed with concern for the functional and economical aspects. Light coloured wood and a great deal of glass create the balanced and reserved Norwegian arrangement.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Norway, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 1.223 sqm
Building cost: 3,5 Mio. €
Client: Statsbygg, Public Construction and Property, Oslo
Architect: Snøhetta arkitektur + landskap, Oslo
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
With a 120 ton Monolith of Granite, the Embassy brings a piece of Norway to Berlin
120 tons in weight, 15 meters high, 5 meters wide, the Monolith of Norwegian granite forms the entrance façade. Sawn with a diamond saw in one piece out of a Norwegian fjord and transported over water and land to Berlin, this giant was lifted over the finished house and precisely placed. The rough, glacier-furrowed surface forms the outer façade, the inner surface is polished. The flanking glass facades with attached glass louvers are perceived as a the background because of the giant granite. Starting at the entrance underneath the Monolith, the disciplined building is developed with concern for the functional and economical aspects. Light coloured wood and a great deal of glass create the balanced and reserved Norwegian arrangement.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Embassy of Norway, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Royal Swedish Embassy | Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Göteborg
Embassy for the Kingdom of Sweden in Berlin
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 1.810 sqm
Building cost: 6,3 Mio. €
Client: Statens Fastighetsverk, Stockholm
Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Göteborg
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Unity in Variety – the Swedish Embassy as a Composition of Space and Material
Three different façades form the representative character of the Swedish embassy. The entrance façade consists of stripes of overlapping black diabase sheets placed around the windows. The south façade is constructed of windows framed with limestone and with sandblasted sun protection. Towards the Tiergarten there is a 4-storey high opening. Behind this building-high opening is located the atrium, the heart of the embassy. The multifunctional space on the ground floor, as well as the recreation areas and the open circulation areas with their spiral staircase and the glass elevator, make the atrium a place for spontaneous contacts. Limestone, glass and stained birch wood give, as dominant materials, a pleasant and warm atmosphere to the Swedish embassy.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Swedish embassy and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 1.810 sqm
Building cost: 6,3 Mio. €
Client: Statens Fastighetsverk, Stockholm
Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Göteborg
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Unity in Variety – the Swedish Embassy as a Composition of Space and Material
Three different façades form the representative character of the Swedish embassy. The entrance façade consists of stripes of overlapping black diabase sheets placed around the windows. The south façade is constructed of windows framed with limestone and with sandblasted sun protection. Towards the Tiergarten there is a 4-storey high opening. Behind this building-high opening is located the atrium, the heart of the embassy. The multifunctional space on the ground floor, as well as the recreation areas and the open circulation areas with their spiral staircase and the glass elevator, make the atrium a place for spontaneous contacts. Limestone, glass and stained birch wood give, as dominant materials, a pleasant and warm atmosphere to the Swedish embassy.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the Swedish embassy and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Felleshuis | Berger + Parkkinen Architekten, Wien
Building for Mutual Use for the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in Berlin
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 2.505 sqm
Building cost: 6,0 Mio. €
Client: Statens Fastighetsverk, Stockholm
Architects: Berger + Parkkinen, Vienna
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Exhibitions, lectures, performances – the Building for Mutual Use, called the “Felleshuis”, serves as an inter-communication space between the five Nordic Embassies and the public.
The “Felleshuis”, with its large and inviting Entrance Hall, exposition floor, roof terrace, and lecture hall for 100 persons, as well as various rooms for internal and different public uses, is integrated into the ensemble of the five Nordic Embassies.
In particular, the restaurant on the top floor, used by all Nordic countries, has become a place of communication and exchanging ideas. Over and above that, the “Felleshuis” serves as a security entrance to the Embassies, and houses the consulates of the five Nordic countries.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the “Felleshuis“, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
Completion: 1999
Size: GFA 2.505 sqm
Building cost: 6,0 Mio. €
Client: Statens Fastighetsverk, Stockholm
Architects: Berger + Parkkinen, Vienna
Local architect and site supervision: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Exhibitions, lectures, performances – the Building for Mutual Use, called the “Felleshuis”, serves as an inter-communication space between the five Nordic Embassies and the public.
The “Felleshuis”, with its large and inviting Entrance Hall, exposition floor, roof terrace, and lecture hall for 100 persons, as well as various rooms for internal and different public uses, is integrated into the ensemble of the five Nordic Embassies.
In particular, the restaurant on the top floor, used by all Nordic countries, has become a place of communication and exchanging ideas. Over and above that, the “Felleshuis” serves as a security entrance to the Embassies, and houses the consulates of the five Nordic countries.
The task of our office was the realisation planning of the “Felleshuis“, and consisted of the building permit application, completion of construction documents, the invitation of tenders, awarding of contracts and site supervision for the project.
HCC Wrap
Façade planning Congress Centre City of Hangzhou, China
Completion: 2008
Size: Building above ground 20.000 sqm
Client Administration Department City of Hangzhou
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Facadeconsultant: Schlaich Bergemann und Partner, Stuttgart
As the new central form of the main administration building of the City of Hangzhou, capital of Zheijing Province, the Congress Centre resembles a large precious stone.
Zheijang Province is known for its tea-producing region. To express the building’s regional characteristics, design of the façade is based on the superimposed configurations of the tea cultivation pathways and the planting nets. As a result, the building is enveloped by a multi-layered fabric, giving it a true architectural plasticity. Seen from a distance, the façade appears like a rigid volume, but dissolves into a network of structures and levels as you come closer.
Our aim is to combine and express all the regional natural features within the Centre, so that the local people will be able to identify themselves with the City of Hangzhou.
Completion: 2008
Size: Building above ground 20.000 sqm
Client Administration Department City of Hangzhou
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Facadeconsultant: Schlaich Bergemann und Partner, Stuttgart
As the new central form of the main administration building of the City of Hangzhou, capital of Zheijing Province, the Congress Centre resembles a large precious stone.
Zheijang Province is known for its tea-producing region. To express the building’s regional characteristics, design of the façade is based on the superimposed configurations of the tea cultivation pathways and the planting nets. As a result, the building is enveloped by a multi-layered fabric, giving it a true architectural plasticity. Seen from a distance, the façade appears like a rigid volume, but dissolves into a network of structures and levels as you come closer.
Our aim is to combine and express all the regional natural features within the Centre, so that the local people will be able to identify themselves with the City of Hangzhou.
Changsha MRD
Apartment houses in Changsha, China
Completion: 2009
Size: Urban district 23,2 ha, Building area 500.000 sqm
Client: Chang Sha Hui Feng Real Estate Ltd.
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The master plan for the MRD (Micro Residential District) of Changsha provides 500.000 sqm living space on the 23,2 ha urban district.
In the southern part of the district, six apartment blocks with special demands regarding living concepts, sustainability, energy efficiency and ecological materials were designed by our office and are now realised.
The buildings combine the traditions of Chinese living, with a strict north-south orientation and modern living typologies in two-storey dwelling units. Connected through a void, individual spaces are located on the first floor and living spaces on the ground floor.
The apartments are fully glazed on the south sides. The projecting balconies block the sun in the summertime and allow good illumination and solar energy gain in the winter months. The heating is produced by a low energy district heating power plant, cooling is fully natural and provided by cross-ventilation of the apartments.
Completion: 2009
Size: Urban district 23,2 ha, Building area 500.000 sqm
Client: Chang Sha Hui Feng Real Estate Ltd.
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The master plan for the MRD (Micro Residential District) of Changsha provides 500.000 sqm living space on the 23,2 ha urban district.
In the southern part of the district, six apartment blocks with special demands regarding living concepts, sustainability, energy efficiency and ecological materials were designed by our office and are now realised.
The buildings combine the traditions of Chinese living, with a strict north-south orientation and modern living typologies in two-storey dwelling units. Connected through a void, individual spaces are located on the first floor and living spaces on the ground floor.
The apartments are fully glazed on the south sides. The projecting balconies block the sun in the summertime and allow good illumination and solar energy gain in the winter months. The heating is produced by a low energy district heating power plant, cooling is fully natural and provided by cross-ventilation of the apartments.
Rose of Mianyang
Master Plan for the City of Mianyang, China
Competition 1st Price 2006
Completion: 2025
Size: 1.800 ha
Client: Sichuan Mianyang City
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
Mianyang is located in the northwest of Sichuan province. A variety of historical buildings and parks witness to this very day its cultural heritage of 1800 years. Set into mountain scenery, the city is characterised by three merging rivers. Mianyang is known as a research and high technology city. Due to its high quality of life and work, Mianyang is expecting a growth of 600.000 to 1,2 million inhabitants by the year 2025.
The strategic concept is a prototype which gives an organisation and a structure, and expresses the goal of sustainable urban development. Like the petals of a bloom, the city is formed by green belts of ring roads and generous park strips. Connected by boulevards and roads along the rivers, an efficient and non-motorised road and path network is provided.
The quality of the Old Town of Mianyang is consolidated, new quarters with different urban uses und qualities are added with their own character and well-defined borders. Public spheres and differentiated city and street spaces give rhythm to the overall image of a city with its own individual identity.
A rail-type transit system, which defines new relationships between transport, environment and energy, and returns the street with its public spaces to the inhabitants of the city, passes through interrelated green spaces with a high urban quality.
Competition 1st Price 2006
Completion: 2025
Size: 1.800 ha
Client: Sichuan Mianyang City
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
Mianyang is located in the northwest of Sichuan province. A variety of historical buildings and parks witness to this very day its cultural heritage of 1800 years. Set into mountain scenery, the city is characterised by three merging rivers. Mianyang is known as a research and high technology city. Due to its high quality of life and work, Mianyang is expecting a growth of 600.000 to 1,2 million inhabitants by the year 2025.
The strategic concept is a prototype which gives an organisation and a structure, and expresses the goal of sustainable urban development. Like the petals of a bloom, the city is formed by green belts of ring roads and generous park strips. Connected by boulevards and roads along the rivers, an efficient and non-motorised road and path network is provided.
The quality of the Old Town of Mianyang is consolidated, new quarters with different urban uses und qualities are added with their own character and well-defined borders. Public spheres and differentiated city and street spaces give rhythm to the overall image of a city with its own individual identity.
A rail-type transit system, which defines new relationships between transport, environment and energy, and returns the street with its public spaces to the inhabitants of the city, passes through interrelated green spaces with a high urban quality.
Salon West
Masterplan for the new urban centre “Salon West” in Mianyang, China
Town Planning Competition 1st Prize 2007
Completion: Urban Design 2008
Size: 306 ha
Client: Sichuan Mianyang City
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The source of this concept is the master plan ”The Rose of Mianyang “ for the planned new development of Mianyang.
The planning area is bounded on the west and on the east by the fourth and fifth rings of the “Rose”. The northern and southern sides are formed by two rivers. Changhong Avenue, the main east-west arterial of the city of Mianyang, which connects the highway with the city centre, runs through the planning area. The Salon West has been developed as a science and research zone for high technology enterprises.
The analysis of existing structures reveals a delicate network of building groups which make manifest the history of the area and the traces of former uses. These urban characteristics must be retained in the new development.
The new city cluster “Salon West” will offer users of the area excellent services and a relaxing place of pleasant sensations in the middle of a dense, highly compact Chinese city.
Eight parameters form the basis of the town planning development:
1 The green areas find their highest expression in the main bands of the fourth and fifth rings of the “Rose”
2 In the north and the south lie vast open expanses along the watercourses
3 Green areas provide urban aeration via north-south passages in the prevailing wind direction
4 Densification of the building masses along the main business road
5 Preservation of building volumes as witnesses of history and earlier town development
6 Creation of places of different urban qualities, atmospheres, activities and densities (local open spaces, markets, schools, education and leisure centres etc.), with an identity-giving potential
7 Connection of these individual places to a mutually stimulating network of urban activities
8 The aspiration to achieve a harmonious urban atmosphere
The strategic concept generates different density models and urban ambiances, as well as identity-giving places and open spaces, within a flexible and neighbourhood-forming structure.
The infrastructure planning and the development plan have already been validated, so that investors can already begin to develop the individual plots of land.
Town Planning Competition 1st Prize 2007
Completion: Urban Design 2008
Size: 306 ha
Client: Sichuan Mianyang City
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The source of this concept is the master plan ”The Rose of Mianyang “ for the planned new development of Mianyang.
The planning area is bounded on the west and on the east by the fourth and fifth rings of the “Rose”. The northern and southern sides are formed by two rivers. Changhong Avenue, the main east-west arterial of the city of Mianyang, which connects the highway with the city centre, runs through the planning area. The Salon West has been developed as a science and research zone for high technology enterprises.
The analysis of existing structures reveals a delicate network of building groups which make manifest the history of the area and the traces of former uses. These urban characteristics must be retained in the new development.
The new city cluster “Salon West” will offer users of the area excellent services and a relaxing place of pleasant sensations in the middle of a dense, highly compact Chinese city.
Eight parameters form the basis of the town planning development:
1 The green areas find their highest expression in the main bands of the fourth and fifth rings of the “Rose”
2 In the north and the south lie vast open expanses along the watercourses
3 Green areas provide urban aeration via north-south passages in the prevailing wind direction
4 Densification of the building masses along the main business road
5 Preservation of building volumes as witnesses of history and earlier town development
6 Creation of places of different urban qualities, atmospheres, activities and densities (local open spaces, markets, schools, education and leisure centres etc.), with an identity-giving potential
7 Connection of these individual places to a mutually stimulating network of urban activities
8 The aspiration to achieve a harmonious urban atmosphere
The strategic concept generates different density models and urban ambiances, as well as identity-giving places and open spaces, within a flexible and neighbourhood-forming structure.
The infrastructure planning and the development plan have already been validated, so that investors can already begin to develop the individual plots of land.
Textile City
Business district with textile markets and office areas in Keqiao/Shaoxing, China
Report 2007
Size: 600 ha
Client: Administration Department, City of Keqiao, P.R. of China
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
Shaoxing, lying in the south of the Bay of Hangzhou with its 710.000 inhabitants, belongs to the development area of Keqiao, which is located in the north of Zhejiang province.
The region is not only known for its natural features, such as the countless rivers, lakes and mountain panoramas, but also for its persistent and rapid economic development.
By specialising in textiles, the city has become one of the leading marketplaces in China, and is one of the largest commercial centres of the region. The project area has a size of about six square kilometres, and is the main component of Shaoxing’s town development planning in the northerly direction.
The concept has its origins in the special landscape features of the area, in the traffic circulation situation, in the special forms of the individual mountains to the north and the mountain range to the south, in the delicate network of canals, and in the space-consuming central traffic interchange between the north and the south axes and the city highway.
Thanks to its textiles, the city is prospering. The textiles’ sensuousness, fibres and colours, and the local ways of weaving have been the inspiration for the concept.
Although it is relatively unknown in Europe, the doctrine of Feng Shui is respectfully integrated by the Chinese into all design and building phases, beginning with first thoughts and strategic concepts.
In this way, the project aims to transfer nature‘s positive energy, with all its mountain ranges and streams, into the city‘s public squares, boulevards and parks, and to weave it perceptibly together with the future “Textile City”.
Report 2007
Size: 600 ha
Client: Administration Department, City of Keqiao, P.R. of China
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Landscape design: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
Shaoxing, lying in the south of the Bay of Hangzhou with its 710.000 inhabitants, belongs to the development area of Keqiao, which is located in the north of Zhejiang province.
The region is not only known for its natural features, such as the countless rivers, lakes and mountain panoramas, but also for its persistent and rapid economic development.
By specialising in textiles, the city has become one of the leading marketplaces in China, and is one of the largest commercial centres of the region. The project area has a size of about six square kilometres, and is the main component of Shaoxing’s town development planning in the northerly direction.
The concept has its origins in the special landscape features of the area, in the traffic circulation situation, in the special forms of the individual mountains to the north and the mountain range to the south, in the delicate network of canals, and in the space-consuming central traffic interchange between the north and the south axes and the city highway.
Thanks to its textiles, the city is prospering. The textiles’ sensuousness, fibres and colours, and the local ways of weaving have been the inspiration for the concept.
Although it is relatively unknown in Europe, the doctrine of Feng Shui is respectfully integrated by the Chinese into all design and building phases, beginning with first thoughts and strategic concepts.
In this way, the project aims to transfer nature‘s positive energy, with all its mountain ranges and streams, into the city‘s public squares, boulevards and parks, and to weave it perceptibly together with the future “Textile City”.
MOCAPE
Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition in Shenzhen, China
Competition 2007
Size: Site 29.688 m2, GFA 89.271 m2
Client: Shenzhen Municipal Culture Bureau and Planning Bureau
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture represents the last component of the cultural building ensemble at the centre of Shenzhen.
Pieces of contemporary art, sculptures and design objects are shown on 38.500 square meters, and the history and presence of architecture and town planning are displayed over 19.600 square meters. The foyer, multi-functional rooms, auditorium, conference hall, restaurants, bookshop and administration areas are placed together in 22.000 square meters.
The large-scale sculpture that comprises the project is generated out of eight one-upon-the-other offset elliptical discs. The layering forms exhibition areas and functions that allow a flexible combination of the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions floor by floor. Spatial voids and access stair connections provide good visual orientation in the interior.
The twisting of the layers produces not only floor terraces for open-air exhibitions and restaurants, but also projections whose illuminated undersides light the forecourt aesthetically at night.
Competition 2007
Size: Site 29.688 m2, GFA 89.271 m2
Client: Shenzhen Municipal Culture Bureau and Planning Bureau
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture represents the last component of the cultural building ensemble at the centre of Shenzhen.
Pieces of contemporary art, sculptures and design objects are shown on 38.500 square meters, and the history and presence of architecture and town planning are displayed over 19.600 square meters. The foyer, multi-functional rooms, auditorium, conference hall, restaurants, bookshop and administration areas are placed together in 22.000 square meters.
The large-scale sculpture that comprises the project is generated out of eight one-upon-the-other offset elliptical discs. The layering forms exhibition areas and functions that allow a flexible combination of the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions floor by floor. Spatial voids and access stair connections provide good visual orientation in the interior.
The twisting of the layers produces not only floor terraces for open-air exhibitions and restaurants, but also projections whose illuminated undersides light the forecourt aesthetically at night.
MFA Vietnam
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam
Competition 2008
Size: 120.000 m2
Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vietnam
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Set in unique park-like scenery, the complex of the New Foreign Ministry of Vietnam alludes to the culture and traditions of the city of Hanoi and incorporates them in the design.
A multifunctional urban space serves public ceremonies, events and the official approach, with a direct entrance to the secured area. An additional staff entrance separates the building into security zones.
The office spaces for 2.500 workers enclose two interlocking atria that contain the meeting rooms, reception areas, restaurants and lunchrooms. These atria protect the building’s interior from the consistently hot climate.
The energy, air conditioning and lighting concept is designed as a single integrated Low Energy Concept, which aims to realise and maintain a sustainable ecological complex during its entire lifecycle.
Competition 2008
Size: 120.000 m2
Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vietnam
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Set in unique park-like scenery, the complex of the New Foreign Ministry of Vietnam alludes to the culture and traditions of the city of Hanoi and incorporates them in the design.
A multifunctional urban space serves public ceremonies, events and the official approach, with a direct entrance to the secured area. An additional staff entrance separates the building into security zones.
The office spaces for 2.500 workers enclose two interlocking atria that contain the meeting rooms, reception areas, restaurants and lunchrooms. These atria protect the building’s interior from the consistently hot climate.
The energy, air conditioning and lighting concept is designed as a single integrated Low Energy Concept, which aims to realise and maintain a sustainable ecological complex during its entire lifecycle.
Xintiandi Factory Hangzhou
Renovation and reconstruction of an old factory into a high quality hotel and office building in Hangzhou, P.R. China
2010-2013
Size: 17.900 sqm
Client: Hangzhou New Land Group Co., Ltd
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project partner: DBH Stadtplanungs GmbH, Hangzhou
The site is the historical Hangzhou Machin factory, the building concept aims to create a harmony of the sites inherent industiral character with with a modern interior aesthetic.
The Xintiandi old factory will be renovated into a high quality building with a combination of functions including offices, retail, hotel and multi-purpose area .
It plays a most important role in our design proposal to maintain the existing industrial structure and characteristics as much as possible. In order to accomplish the transition of the interior structure all the new spaces distributed accross the four floors are organized along the exterior elevation, while in the central area of the architecture, a capacious space is retained. The length of the space is equal to the existing fabric on the horizontal level. In elevation it extends throughout all the floors. The beautiful steel roof frame structure will be retained and encased by a new glass roof, flooding the space with natural light and forming a connection between the buildigs interior and exterior.
The existing concrete fascade and window to the south and north sides will be completely removed. The protruding steel-frame structure extends 1 meter beyond the existing skin. The form of the building will conserve the structure of the foundrys old steel funnel. The regular structure of the steel frame echoes the horizontal and vertical grids of the architecture.
The design of this new fascade will not only demonstrate the harmony between modern and historical industrial structures, but also establish a unique architectural language that considers both past and present.
2010-2013
Size: 17.900 sqm
Client: Hangzhou New Land Group Co., Ltd
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project partner: DBH Stadtplanungs GmbH, Hangzhou
The site is the historical Hangzhou Machin factory, the building concept aims to create a harmony of the sites inherent industiral character with with a modern interior aesthetic.
The Xintiandi old factory will be renovated into a high quality building with a combination of functions including offices, retail, hotel and multi-purpose area .
It plays a most important role in our design proposal to maintain the existing industrial structure and characteristics as much as possible. In order to accomplish the transition of the interior structure all the new spaces distributed accross the four floors are organized along the exterior elevation, while in the central area of the architecture, a capacious space is retained. The length of the space is equal to the existing fabric on the horizontal level. In elevation it extends throughout all the floors. The beautiful steel roof frame structure will be retained and encased by a new glass roof, flooding the space with natural light and forming a connection between the buildigs interior and exterior.
The existing concrete fascade and window to the south and north sides will be completely removed. The protruding steel-frame structure extends 1 meter beyond the existing skin. The form of the building will conserve the structure of the foundrys old steel funnel. The regular structure of the steel frame echoes the horizontal and vertical grids of the architecture.
The design of this new fascade will not only demonstrate the harmony between modern and historical industrial structures, but also establish a unique architectural language that considers both past and present.
Xinitiandi Lofts Hangzhou
New residental district with loft and apartment buildings in Hangzhou, P.R. China
International competition 2010
Size: 197.350 sqm
Client: Hangzhou New Land Group Co., Ltd
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project partner: DBH Stadtplanungs GmbH, Hangzhou
Landscape architect: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The main target of our design is to develop positive energy between both green spaces with the small river in the North and the public park in the South to set up efficient ventilation for the entire new residental district.
The connection between the rational European thinking and the Chinese feeling of living form the basis of our concept to design a special and unique place in the city of Hangzhou. The vital composition of the eight single urban design elements, the spacial composition of the single building volumes and the sustainable energy concept give this residental district a unique presence and creates an archetype for the developing of old industrial areas.
The composition of different building heights (33m, 45m and 60m) generate an fascinating and convincingly new skyline.
The space between the buildings will be used as energy storage for the lofts and will be handed over to the prospective users of buildings.
The facades of the buildings are designed with square cubes which have rounded edges and positioned to create an rippled fascade, with the outer faces of cubes coloured differently. The main facade layer will be covered with aluminium coloured plates in keeping with the industrial history of the site.
Sustainability: During summer the open North-South-axis is designed to prevent heat accumulation and generate a optimal air ventilation along the axis. All units are North-South orientated and naturally ventilated.
International competition 2010
Size: 197.350 sqm
Client: Hangzhou New Land Group Co., Ltd
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project partner: DBH Stadtplanungs GmbH, Hangzhou
Landscape architect: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The main target of our design is to develop positive energy between both green spaces with the small river in the North and the public park in the South to set up efficient ventilation for the entire new residental district.
The connection between the rational European thinking and the Chinese feeling of living form the basis of our concept to design a special and unique place in the city of Hangzhou. The vital composition of the eight single urban design elements, the spacial composition of the single building volumes and the sustainable energy concept give this residental district a unique presence and creates an archetype for the developing of old industrial areas.
The composition of different building heights (33m, 45m and 60m) generate an fascinating and convincingly new skyline.
The space between the buildings will be used as energy storage for the lofts and will be handed over to the prospective users of buildings.
The facades of the buildings are designed with square cubes which have rounded edges and positioned to create an rippled fascade, with the outer faces of cubes coloured differently. The main facade layer will be covered with aluminium coloured plates in keeping with the industrial history of the site.
Sustainability: During summer the open North-South-axis is designed to prevent heat accumulation and generate a optimal air ventilation along the axis. All units are North-South orientated and naturally ventilated.
Plastic Market Yuyao
Market hall for plastic products in Yuyao, P.R. China
2008
Size: 140.500 sqm
Client: Yuyao China Plastic City Administration Department
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project partner: Hangzhou Ruge Construction Planning and Design Co., Ltd.
Landscape architect: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The area of Yuyao Plastic City is specialized in the trade and production of plastic parts. These products are required to be exihibed and retailed in the new market hall. Furtermore, the region of Yuyao is home to an exceptionally picturesque mountainous landscape, represented by the “mountain peach“ as the floral emblem of the city.
The design for the new building is based on a dual concept: a flat three-storey building forms a fascianting contrast against a 150m high office tower.
The market hall can be devided into 624 retail tennancies. The building‘s centre forms a vast naturally lit hall with special functions such as restaurants, exhibitions, meeting rooms etc., complete with plantings, the oval shaped inner atrium‘s will complete a high quality space. The cut-out shapes crete voids that direct the form of the new office high-rise building. The tower‘s placement in an urban public space necessitates an entrance hall in which to bridge the built an urban spaces.
Under each of the buildings, facilities for one or two-storey underground garages provide parking space for circa 620 cars.
2008
Size: 140.500 sqm
Client: Yuyao China Plastic City Administration Department
Architect: Pysall Ruge Architekten
Project partner: Hangzhou Ruge Construction Planning and Design Co., Ltd.
Landscape architect: Arquitectos del Paisaje José Cantalapiedra Valladolid/Hangzhou
The area of Yuyao Plastic City is specialized in the trade and production of plastic parts. These products are required to be exihibed and retailed in the new market hall. Furtermore, the region of Yuyao is home to an exceptionally picturesque mountainous landscape, represented by the “mountain peach“ as the floral emblem of the city.
The design for the new building is based on a dual concept: a flat three-storey building forms a fascianting contrast against a 150m high office tower.
The market hall can be devided into 624 retail tennancies. The building‘s centre forms a vast naturally lit hall with special functions such as restaurants, exhibitions, meeting rooms etc., complete with plantings, the oval shaped inner atrium‘s will complete a high quality space. The cut-out shapes crete voids that direct the form of the new office high-rise building. The tower‘s placement in an urban public space necessitates an entrance hall in which to bridge the built an urban spaces.
Under each of the buildings, facilities for one or two-storey underground garages provide parking space for circa 620 cars.
Station Perm II
Conceptual design for an inermodal transport complex for the station Perm II, Russian Federation
Completion: 2016
Size: GFA 31.000 sqm
Client: DB International GmbH
Architect: atelier4d Architekten, Pysall Ruge Planungsgesellschaft mbH
• urban and traffice analysis
• analysis of the existing station building including station equipment and properties
• conception
• design planning
• development of an assessment matrix
• area calculation
• cost estimation
Completion: 2016
Size: GFA 31.000 sqm
Client: DB International GmbH
Architect: atelier4d Architekten, Pysall Ruge Planungsgesellschaft mbH
• urban and traffice analysis
• analysis of the existing station building including station equipment and properties
• conception
• design planning
• development of an assessment matrix
• area calculation
• cost estimation
