Düsseldorf. Metropolis on the Rhine

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NEUSSER STRASSE/LAHNWEG:
URBAN QUARTER AT THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE RHINE EMBANKMENT TUNNEL
There is also something happening where Völklinger Straße enters the Rhine embankment tunnel.
In February 2019, a new development plan came into effect for the former Siemens Campus in
the area between Neusser Straße and Lahnweg, which had been abandoned for years.
This lays the foundations for the revitalization of the area and the development of a housing
and commercial quarter that is integrated into the heterogenous urban neighborhood and
generates high-quality architecture and open spaces. Office and other commercial uses are to
be created on around 40,000 square meters. In addition, more than one hundred new housing
units and a daycare center are planned on the site. The structural basis is a design by the firm
caspar. (formerly meyerschmitzmorkramer) (<strong>Düsseldorf</strong>). The concept envisages two new urban
perimeter developments derived from the historical ground plan of the city. A seventeen-story
office tower as an eye-catching feature on Völklinger Straße gives the western building structure
a special touch. By taking up the surrounding contours and the historical roads, a central
boulevard emerges that is to be reserved for pedestrians and cyclists.
Urban planning concept by the office caspar. (formerly meyerschmitzmorkramer), winning design in the 2016 competition