| ZOLLVEREIN MASTERPLAN, GERMANY, ESSEN, 2002 |
| Master plan for a former mining and coal refinery area |
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In 1988 the coal-refinery (the 'white side') of the Zeche Zollverein stopped working, five years after the mines ('black side') were shut down. The once famous and infamous Ruhrgebiet lost the driving force behind its identity and raison d'etre overnight. For about 10 years the authorities did not know what to do with the industrial site, but were wise enough to buy the site from the former owners and declared it part of the industrial heritage of Germany. more... |
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FACT SHEET
Project: Masterplan for former mining and coal refinery area Client: Ministry for Culture, Sports and Housing of Nordrhrhein-Westfalen (NRW) and development company Zeche Zollverein Year: 2002 commission, 2010 completion Status: Built Location: Essen, Germany Site: 1,000,000m2 former industrial site, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage site in 2001 Program: Attractors and other new programs of 100,000m2 (total area: 160,000m2) Budget: € 200,000,000 COLLABORATORS Managing Director Heinrich Böll Architekt BDA DWB: Heinrich Böch Team OMA: Alex de Jong, Ziad Shehab, Bart Cardinaal more... PUBLICATIONS Baumeister #B10, 10/06 |
CREDITS
Partners in charge: Rem Koolhaas, Floris Alkemade Project Advisor: Ole Scheeren Team: Kees van Casteren, Olv Klein, Patrick Kuhn, Ena Lloret, Paz Martin, Katy Parssanedjad, Tammo Prinz, Jonas Sandberg, Erik Schotte, Johan De Wachter VISIT Gelsenkirchener Strasse 181, Essen, Germany http://www.zollverein.de |
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