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Residential Tower "Lyonerstraße"

This is a project by Stefan Forster Architekten and it is located at Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Project's program: Redesign and modify an unused 14-storied office building into a 17-storied residential tower with office or commercial space on ground floor. There are fifteen images for Residential Tower "Lyonerstraße".

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Project details

Project name: Residential Tower "Lyonerstraße"
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Program: Redesign and modify an unused 14-storied office building into a 17-storied residential tower with office or commercial space on ground floor
Area: Site Area: 4,100 m2 • Gross Floor Area: 9,791 m2 • Residential Area: 6900 m2 • Commercial Area: 427 m2
Year: Construction Start: April 2009 • Completion: June 2010
More details: Apartment Units: 98 • Apartment Sizes: 161 to 48 m2 • Stories: 18 floors (above ground), 1 floor (under ground parking) • Cost: ~15.4 M Euros
Client: Dreyer Vierte Verwaltungsgesellschaft
Project by: Stefan Forster Architekten
Team: Design Team: Florian Kraft, Andreas Wenger, Ildikó Návay, Stuart Cowie
Others: Construction Management & Tender: Deutsche Baumanagement • Structural Engineer: Cischek Ingenieure

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Designer's statement

The Lyoner Quarter in Frankfurt Niederrad is to be transformed. The first plans for the restructuring of this existing office area shall provide a range of new attractive living spaces. This pilot project for the restructuring of the Lyoner quarter sees the reorganization of an existing derelict office tower into a block of flats by Stefan Forster Architekten.

Dreyer Vierte Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH proposed to redesign and modify an unused 14-storied office building at 19 Lyoner Street into a 17-storied residential tower. The floors between 1 to 17 of the building are designated for living use, the ground floor is to commercial units, with a single-storey underground parking garage. Since June 2010 ninety-eight accommodation units and a commercial unit are offered onto the market with a combined floor area 6900 m2. The accommodation unit consists of two and three-room apartments which shall be partially furnished to a high standard.

This development shall appeal to people working in or near the office city "Niederrad" of the airport.

The existing construction has been retained and adapted. Utilizing classic Modernist principles the building is articulated with a ribbon facade of the extended glass areas. By adding an additional 3 floors the building becomes more elegantly proportioned.