CROSS Architecture

... together with GREENBOX Landschaftsarchitekten we won 2nd prize in the competition to redesign the station area in Bünde! 🤝

"The Dutch have always been rock 'n' roll" 🤘 ... our answer to the question of what we admire about Dutch architecture. Journalist Vera Lisakowski from kultur.west magazine visited us in our Aachen office and talked to Markus Sporer and Marcel Blom about the similarities and differences between Dutch and German building culture. Many thanks to Vera Lisakowski for the interview! You can read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eZ3xhew8

Our thoughts on the topic of #EducationalBuildings summarized in an #LinkedIn article. Here we go 🏫 Read the full article below ↩ Educational buildings have a special social and societal significance. They are places of #learning as well as places of #communication, they are spatial mediators of content and accompany us through our everyday lives as a matter of course. At CROSS Architecture, we find a tailor-made answer to every question. A look at the projects we have planned or realized reveals a variety of approaches. The starting point is always the understanding and implementation of the wishes and needs of future users. #CROSSArchitecture #VisionaryPragmatics #CreatingInspiringPlaces #architecture

Construction site update: We are approaching the finish in #Haarlem! Our #CROSSHouse in the #Netherlands will be completed this summer and we are looking forward to being ready to move in this fall. Parts of the new building will become the office headquarters for our Dutch team – so this special project also means a big change for us. The CROSS House is a building with two residential units and a studio on the first floor on a 100 square meter building plot. This fills a gap in the urban structure of the #DeKamp district in Haarlem's historic city center. Bordered by the historic 18th-century Hofje van Guurtje Buret and a 20th-century housing project, the design restores the architectural balance that once characterized this small site. #CROSSArchitecture #VisionaryPragmatics #CreatingInspiringPlaces #architecture #CROSSHouse #Haarlem

What solutions are there to combat the heating of our inner cities? The fact is: Due to dense development and sealed surfaces, cities only cool down very slowly in hot months. #Facadegreening and #GreenRoofs are one way of efficiently counteracting this problem 🌱 ➡️ Façade greening shades the façade so that it heats up less and water also evaporates. A natural air conditioning system, so to speak! The more buildings in an area are greened, the greater the cooling effect. ➡️ Harmful airborne substances and dust are trapped by the dense greenery. In combination with their evaporation performance, green facades represent a natural air purification system, produce additional oxygen and bind carbon dioxide - win win! ➡️ There are also positive effects in winter, as permanently green climbing plants can insulate and save heating costs. ... and last but not least: green facades provide habitats for animals in the city. Credit: rendertaxi #CROSSArchitecture #VisionaryPragmatics #CreatingInspiringPlaces #architecture

A look into the future! The #HouseofKnowledge will become reality and open in 2026. Until then, our 3D model is being tested. During the Baukongress – Die Zukunft des Bauens in Aachen, Formitas AG ventured into the digital world and experienced the House of Knowledge in digital space. How will it feel to stand in the real House of Knowledge? We still need a little patience, but we are already looking forward to it. Thanks to Formitas AG for this snapshot. #CROSSArchitecture #VisionaryPragmatics #CreatingInspiringPlaces #architecture #HausdesWissens #HouseofKnowledge #Bochum

A current look behind the existing façade of the #HouseofKnowledge in #Bochum The most #sustainable building materials are of course those that already form part of the existing fabric of the building. These bind huge amounts of CO2. The preservation of the existing building and its integration in the design is thus sustainable in itself. The House of Knowledge will be expanded from its current 6,000 square metres (old Telekom building) to 11,500 square metres by the time construction is completed. Credit: Lutz Leitmann Stadt Bochum Partners: Stadt Bochum CONVIS Baumanagement & Projektsteuerung GmbH Kinzo ZWP Ingenieur-AG Höhler+Partner Architekten und Beratende Ingenieure Part GmbB KEMPEN KRAUSE INGENIEURE GmbH ENVUE HOMBURG LICHT GMBH #CROSSArchitecture #VisionaryPragmatics #CreatingInspiringPlaces #architecture #HausdesWissens #HouseofKnowledge #Bochum

What is still in the planning stage will soon become a residential quarter - our project #GutfürAlle. In the southeast of #Aachen, a modern reinterpretation of a farmstead community is emerging, welcoming all generations. With the “Gut für Alle” project we provide a contemporary answer to the question of what future-oriented housing must entail. At the interface between settlement area and landscape, a new #neighbourhood is emerging on three hectares of land, adjoining the existing residential buildings from the 1970s to the 2000s. We look forward to the process 💪 Find out more about the project on our website: https://lnkd.in/ebTDqHgh Partners: Karres en Brands Transsolar KlimaEngineering WvM Immobilien + Projektentwicklung GmbH Friedrich Wassermann Bauunternehmung für Hoch- & Tiefbauten GmbH & Co. KG #CROSSArchitecture #VisionaryPragmatics #CreatingInspiringPlaces #architecture

Big news: The #HouseofKnowledge has made it onto the cover 🤝

Development of a district: #UrbanSoul in #Bonn Historic buildings in front of Bonn’s main station were demolished as part of the city railway restructuring in the 1970s. The #redevelopment of this area, which has only been implemented in part since, still represents a sensitive break in the city fabric between the main station and the old town; as an inner-city problem zone called #BonnerLoch, it still shapes the first impressions of people arriving by train. After more than 45 years, the Urban Soul project now provides the first opportunity to activate the unused potentials of the location with an approach inspired by the spirit of the “genius loci”. Credits: Peter Weihs Partners: die developer Projektentwicklung GmbH #CROSSArchitecture #VisionaryPragmatics #CreatingInspiringPlaces #architecture #UrbanSoul #Bonn