Tiia Vahula
Building · Frankfurt · 2021

NION

Competition‑winning design for a 45,000 m² office tower in Frankfurt’s Europaviertel, intended to be one of Germany’s most sustainable office buildings. Two intersecting volumes with their corners cut away, and greenery climbing the cuts.

NION
Senior Architect, UNStudio
Client
Groß & Partner
Size
45,000 m²
Status
Competition won, 2021; in design
Landscape
OKRA
Renderings
Moare, UNStudio

A photovoltaic façade, geothermal heating and cooling, rainwater management and energy‑recovering lifts sit behind a skin that is half closed to limit solar gain. Green terraces, roof gardens and a planted lobby connect the tower to Frankfurt’s green corridor, with OKRA landscape architects.