Kölntriangle

The KölnTriangle (own spelling: KölnTriangle ) is the second tallest skyscraper in the right-bank part of Cologne. It was completed between 2004 and 2006. It is known as the KölnTriangle headquarters of the European Aviation Safety Agency ( EASA), through its observation platform and from the discussion of the Cologne tower concept.

The KölnTriangle is 103.20 meters high and has 29 floors. The name stems from the KölnTriangle floor plan of the tower, a triangle ( engl. triangle ) with arcuate edges, similar to a Reuleaux triangle.

History

The skyscraper was planned and implemented by the Rheinische pension funds as an investment. During the planning and construction phase was frequently in the press about the LVR- tower reported ( the Rhineland Regional Council is backing the RVK ). The project was called but by the beginning of the first planning to KölnTriangle. This name but later moved into the public consciousness.

The height of the tower was a political issue from the beginning, because the height for different political purposes was used. The foundation of the tower was built of massive, as it was necessary after the original building permit in the building height. After the black -green coalition crisis was settled in Cologne Council, the skyscraper could be built in the originally planned height. During the construction phase of the KölnTriangle the trigger for UNESCO was to put the Cologne Cathedral on its Red List of World Heritage in Danger. As part of this observed nationwide discussion, the high-rise concept for Cologne -Deutz has been revised.

On 2 September 2006, the house and the achievable via a separate entrance viewing platform were officially put into operation. This open day took about eight thousand visitors a view into the house and from the platform of the city. In the evening the WDR television transferred his program Current hour directly from the observation deck.

Meanwhile, more than 600,000 guests Cologne have seen from the fully glass platform.

In the years 2006, 2007 and 2010, there were auditions of Germany sucht den Superstar instead. Likewise RTL series duke was the, set off to the three episodes, shot with Niels Ruf and several WDR crime scenes partly in Triangle. The lights of the Cologne WDR reports regularly from the observation deck.

Use

The anchor tenant of the KölnTriangle is the European Aviation Safety Agency ( EASA), which has more than 11,000 m² rented from the start. In addition to the location and conference venue KölnSKY there are also, among others, the German railway and Heckler & Koch tenants.

Awards

• 2008 Prime Property Award: Nomination as Bestplatzierung
• 2006 Innovation Award Architecture and Glass " synthesis - architect and industrial ": Award for the mono- double facade ( KölnTriangle ) in collaboration with Pilkington Germany AG