J. Mayer H. Architects has unveiled a newly completed high-rise in Germany dubbed “Zipper” RKM 740 Tower. The project has been built in response to a growing density in the area, Düsseldorf-Heerdt.
Sited within a larger campus along the Rhine River, the development combines housing with healthcare facilities and will include a new hospital on the site of a former park. The unique façade of perforated metal forms a curtain which shades the interiors. Façade consultant Ebener created a building “skin” that stratigically opens and closes according to the building’s orientation. This dynamic exterior offers shade, wind, and noise protection.
The architects describe the programmatic organization of the Zipper tower: “The combination of group practices, specialists, and therapists in the lower six floors of the building offers synergies with the existing hospital to create a medical health center with an importance that goes beyond the local region.”
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