Outline Concept
„The composition, open and transparent, containing historical elements and new structures, demonstrates that the future can only unfold in a human manner with a reflection of history and a conscious perception of our origin.

The flowing lines of the new, elegant office environment on the Main side embody the dynamics of the decision-making processes - of a changing Europe widening its perspectives - which take place throughout the structure. In the middle of this vibrant office environment, the new main structure is anchored with weight and mass. The soaring large-scale form resembles the huge calyx of a thriving flower shooting upwards. A symbol of a common, prosperous future. In the interior of the calyx an exciting, communicative meeting room opens upwards as a metaphor for the joint trading, communication and decision-making room.

European culture has always had a strong connection to the “genius loci” - here, too, the banks of the Main have become an important integrating and determining factor of this design. Once a new arrival has passed through the security check, the he or she is afforded a representative, spaciousness and open view of the Main river from the interior of the historical hall before their attention is drawn to the upward-opening atrium of the main structure. The lower building, designed as a green terrace has a circulation space that connects all the areas and functions. Winter gardens house communicative islands for informal exchanges in the office environment.

A differentiated basic approach becomes evident in the varying characteristics of the shell: the rough surface of the existing monolith contrast the technically perfected, filigreed and highly-precise structure of the facade of the new building. At the same time, repeated zones of communication in the protruding winter gardens form a living green contrast to the perfection of the surface.”