NeckarParc Quarter
Residential building, kita and commercialWhen Hadi Teherani won the competition for the NeckarPark Q6.1 project in 2017, the grounds of the former Bad Cannstatt freight yard already had a new green centre – Veielbrunnen Park – the core of the new area zoned via a binding land-use plan.
What is intended to arise at a prominent point to the north of this architecturally landscaped park is an urban development building ensemble that endows the area with a certain character and simultaneously enables a high quality of urban living for its future residents in the midst of this unique location.
A staggered perimeter block development comprised of three catty-cornered buildings allows a positioning and alignment of 90 apartments with a maximum utilisation of sunlight and, at the same time, optimum noise emission protection for the bedrooms. What emerges is a vibrant blend of flats throughout the storeys in order to let a neighbourhood come about that corresponds to the surrounding, readily evolved urban fabric.
The two bar-shaped buildings open towards the street on the ground floor. They provide around 1,200 m² of commercial space, including a daycare facility for children with a directly adjoining playground area in the central inner courtyard, which also forms the main access to the residential units. The underground car park lies beneath the courtyard.
The 4 and 5-storey structures receive recessed, penthouse-like top floors which, in addition to the loggias on all floors open to the south and west, have rooftop gardens. They are a part of the project’s sustainability concept. As for the extensive and intensive greenery on the roofs and the 30 per cent greening of the façades, alongside rainwater retention and improving the microclimate they take over another key design-related task as well: they are going to provide for a changing appearance in which the different plants adapt to the seasons. This is going to occur in contrast to the all-embracing light-coloured frame elements and fine rectilinear shadow gaps that serve to array the façades. The rhythm created in this manner will be perceivable in the views of the structure, as well as in the differing material depths seen in the façades.
The draft idea using framed vertical greened areas for the inner courtyard was developed further together with Landschaftsarchitekturbüro Koeber, a bureau for landscape architecture. As a result, sectors for a variety of activities come about which are subdivided by linear hedges. Despite the structural vicinity of the main bodies of the buildings, they provide sufficient space within the inner courtyard. Diverse species of hedges and trees will enrich the site through their shapes and colours, creating a multifaceted and interesting habitat for human beings and fauna while harmonising in close interaction with the architecture.
