Outline Concept
“The Green Belt is taken across the entire site to form a continuous landscape. The landscape connects the city to the river. The banks of the river – a new curved pedestrian bridge is proposed. Extension of River park as a series of fields.

The landscape contains large gardens relating directly to these facilities. The landscape slopes down to the edge of the Main River, bringing cool air from the surface of the water into the lower levels of the building. The landscape moves through the Gross Market Halle and the new buildings to knit them together into a coherent landscape reading.

The Gross Market Halle is restored for use as the principle entrance for the ECB. From the Gross Market Halle, all visitors and staff are filtered through security control points discretely housed within the entrance.

The visitor’s centre, exhibition area, public café, euro shop as well as entrance and security control points are contained within the main volume of the Gross Market Halle. The restaurant is located at the level of the coffee bridges, on a curved platform from which the atrium of the new building will be visible.

The garden permeates the Gross Market Halle at its west end.

The new office building is organized along a central atrium „lung“ which acts as the principle vertical circulation space, communicative space, and ventilates all of the office space.

The typical office is placed in a single curved block, the Decision Making Bodies and other Security Zone 4 offices are placed in a shorter curved block at the end of the atrium.”