Outline Concept
“By its supraregional meaning the project does not follow conventional samples concerning urban planning, but refers rather to the European context and places itself into a number of important European buildings.

On regional level the building forms a visible point of reference in the urban structure of Frankfurt, which creates a balance between the already existing high-rise buildings of Frankfurt.

The new ECB consists of three parts:
Hall: On the ground floor the library and the press area are located. Above this layer there is the central entrance with reception, visitor area and a restaurant. The existing roof of the hall is replaced by a glass construction, so the qualities and impression of the hall is maintained and at the same time the visitor and staff gets a great impression of the new ECB.

Office Tower: a 125 m high ring-tower accommodates the main office parts of the ECB. In the upper part of the complex the decision making bodies are located, on ground level and hence integrated in the landscape a restaurant is situated, below the secured office area and IT services.

Landscaped hill: throughout the whole site the landscape hill connects all parts of the ECB. The hill accommodates the conference area with the IT services below, upward folded parts of the hill contain the parking area, the logistic and FM services, the hill also includes the entry control points and the sports and social facilities which are based in the south west corner.

All these areas are embedded in the landscape hill. The foldings and cuts, which form gardens, terraces and light inlets for this communication platform create a diversified and exciting working environment.”