Outline Concept
“The floating offices of the ECB take on the horizontality of the river basin and the market hall, asserting itself in dialog with the Frankfurt skyline.

The hall, which is to be thermally renovated, will be wrapped in a glass skin and glass roof. Hung from the contours of the floating ECB office disk (single-pane glass) in a way which treats the historical heritage respectfully, and yet self confidently.

Good communication, large departments on a single level possible, floor plans offer greater flexibility than in high - rise typologies, internal stairs in the flexible central zone possible / optional.

Recreational zone as natural landscape: level changes, expanses of water divide different security zones, rainwater collection in reservoirs (ponds) for irrigation of green spaces, waterfalls at level changes produce cooling through evaporation (microclimate) and water stimulation (oxygen enrichment).

Terrace gardens as arcade, splashing water, geometrically arranged vegetation.”