Eclipse Office, Düsseldorf | HPP

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The architecture scouts from BerührungsPUNKTE have been out on a discovery tour with HPP Senior Partner Gerhard G. Feldmeyer and Stefan Mühling, Managing Director die developer Projektentwicklung GmbH. Together they looked behind the scenes of the Eclipse Düsseldorf project, which is being built in collaboration with UNStudio. 

▲ Site

Together with the L‘Oréal building on the opposite side of the Kennedydamm, the 16-storey office tower Eclipse will form the northern gateway to Dusseldorf’s city centre. The triangular shape of the building is inspired by the street outline and neighbouring hotel. It also gives users of the building a 360-degree city vista.

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1. Orientation along urban edges

2. Volume formation - 

creation of body

3. Spiral flow of 

movement forms helix

4. Communication area

5. Facade division 

follows the helix

6. Circulation processes

▲ Design Development

The vertical work campus provides areas for communication and connection, which, in conjunction with landscaped atria, create inspiring

environments with a variety of interior and exterior spatial elements. 

▲ Interior Space

The spiral of green atria forms the central communicative space of the high-rise campus building, designed to inspire encounter and interaction. The atria are fundamental meeting places, represent the central connections between the different storeys and serve as spaces for regeneration, where employees can spend breaks, but also come together for informal meetings or enjoy a coffee together.

▲ Building Layers

▲ Ground Floor Plan

The floor plans of the vertical office campus ensure good daylight on every side and high flexibility: individual offices, open-plan or cubicle designs or a mixture of the two, anything is possible. Whilst these areas enable concentrated, undisturbed and if necessary confidential working, the characteristic atria enhance office efficiency by the added value of social spaces. Smart technologies ensure that the building can be adapted to user requirements and optimise functional and working processes and energy consumption.

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The distinctive glass facade is framed with scale-like copper-colored elements. Smooth and transparent sections of the facade trace the helix shape of the atria within.

Between the office tower and the existing hotel, an inviting two-storey podium forms a transparent link and, together with the main entrance, creates a flowing transition to the exterior space. A landscaped roof garden provides an additional peaceful oasis from street noise.

To highlight the main entrance and accentuate the volumes of podium and tower, the eloquent apex of the tower is cantilevered approx. 11 metres over the adjacent vehicle entrance. The seemingly suspended tower structure is supported by a striking three-dimensional v-shaped pillar

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The Eclipse office building is being planned as a smart building. This enables sensor control of lights and temperature at the workplaces, dynamic information on workplace usage, presence-controlled air-conditioning and even an intelligent parking system. Low voltage means low power consumption of the lighting. 

In total, a “smart engine” can reduce energy consumption by up to 40% energy requirements for lighting, heating, air conditioning and ventilation and minimizes 200 tons of CO2 emissions per year and lowers operating costs.

The building will also be a certified ‘Green Building’ in line with the DGNB Platinum standard. A two-storey underground car park will provide charging stations for electric vehicles, ample bike stands as well as charging points for e-bikes.

▲ Construction Photo © Chris Rausch

Recently, Eclipse Düsseldorf has been shortlisted for the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards in the category 'Office - Future Project'. In the next step, the project will be presented to an international jury of experts at the World Architecture Festival from 1 - 3 December 2021 in Lisbon and will compete for the Category Winner. 

Project Information

Project Name: Eclipse Office Campus

Location: Düsseldorf 

Developer: die developer

Joint Venture: HPP + UNStudio

Scope: Architecture Design + Interior Design

Senior Partner: Gerhard G. Feldmeyer

GFA: 50,600 ㎡

Completion: 2022

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