Mediapark
The Media Park (proper spelling: Media Park ) is the name of a predominantly designed for media business park in Cologne, which was begun in 1987 and completed in 2004.
History
Cologne was one of the most important media locations in Germany and Europe before planning the Media Park. Originally sent from Cologne WDR (1926 ), BFBS (1954 ), German Wave (1960) and Germany Funk ( 1962). In addition, numerous newspaper and book publishers, record labels and recording studios were located here. As RTLplus comes as the first private station to Cologne on 1 January 1988, the city in the media sector is expanding even faster.
As part of the media concept of the City of Cologne was decided in December 1985, on the site of the former goods station Gereon (shutting down on May 27, 1990) to build a business park for media companies. On May 11, 1986, the City Council approves the establishment of the Media Park. Then, the 200,000 m², this area of the freight depot in 1987 acquired by the Deutsche Bahn AG. The subsequent in February 1987 contest was won by architect Eberhard Zeidler German -Canadian from Toronto in April 1988. In October 1988, the Cologne Media Park Development Company is founded, which was to take over the project management and owner of the area was. The land was parceled out into 13 individual plots of land and gradually sold to investors in November 1989. Not only is the building complex as such, but also every single building was designed by an architect.
Building
Located in the Cologne Neustadt-Nord Media Park is an above- ground car-free complex, the individual buildings are connected by pedestrian paths. The buildings are arranged radially around a central square. They were not the same, but built in part a larger time interval.
The foundation stone was laid on 2 December 1988 at Cinedom the development to the Media Park began. On 20 December 1991 opens this multiplex cinema as the first media company in the Media Park ( address: Im Media Park 1). In June 1992, a PRO substation (16 ) goes to the supply of the region in operation here. The completion of the " living serpent " (11-12, 13-14) showed in October 1993 with 250 apartments that the media park was not designed as a pure commercial settlement. In March 1994, a building was followed (Media Park 5 ) by the architect Miroslav Volf with the former major tenant Agfa.
An incipient economic crisis, changes of use, re-planning and financial difficulties of individual investors led subsequently to construction delays at the Media Park. Thus, the construction work had on the 148.5 -meter high Cologne tower ( 8) in April 1995 to be temporarily stopped, as an investor and " Castle King " Herbert Hillebrand the trades no longer paid. In January 1996 he had established a specialized project company for the development to the Media Park (4). In March 1996, a contractual penalty for indebted construction delays imposed on him. The building for the COMED ( 7) is passed in November 1996, it follows the building for the Cologne Literature House ( November 1999 to 2007, 6). Behind the Cinedom opened in April 2000, the Music Tower (2 ), followed in August 2000 by the Jolly Hotel ( 8b). Finally, on 21 November 2001 will be held the inauguration of the designed by the Parisian architect Jean Nouvel Cologne tower. It consists of a supporting central core and the edge of the individual levels of sway braces. Its facade reflects the Cologne city panorama with cathedral.
In November 2001 opened specializing in telemedicine Media Park Clinic ( 3). The Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger realized in December 2003 with the "Forum" (4) the largest of the six, the central square flanking buildings with a floor space of 34,000 m². It closes the last gap site. The 14.5 ha measured open spaces were then designed by the landscape and garden architect Jürgen Schubert. Center is a 20,000 m² large lake with a maximum depth of 3.25 m.
Importance
The Media Park Cologne has long been regarded as the largest urban development project in Cologne and in Germany. Central and outstanding building is the Cologne tower, which dominates the Media Park. The Media Park is considered " a particularly striking example of a very early, very large -scale and largely successful urban use feeder. "
In December 2008, eight television stations and four radio stations, 230 television and film production companies and 220 publishers were based in Cologne. This is home to Cologne most radio stations of all cities in Germany. Sales of the media industry in Cologne is estimated at 7.3 billion euros. In the Media Park with a total gross floor area of 174,000 m² approximately 250 companies are located with 5,000 employees. The total cost amounted to approximately 700 million euros, 4.5 million visitors annually come. The result was a completely new district.
Most known, resident media companies are merely tenants, investors such as the Victoria Insurance are owners. Tenants include the Fresenius University in Cologne, Filmbüro North Rhine -Westphalia, the SK Stiftung Kultur with the Photographic Collection and the German Dance Archive Cologne, the sk foundation youth and media, the Cologne School of Journalism for politics and economy, the private radio station Radio Cologne, the hotel and two private clinics, a medical center and numerous dining options. Until the departure to Cologne - Brown Field in August 2010 was in the Media Park and the headquarters of EMI Music Germany, in March 2012 joined the studio of youth channel 1live (now Cologne Appellhofplatz 1).
Pictures
Clinic at the Media Park ( in Media Park 4 )
View of the old one live broadcast center ( in Media Park 4 and 5)
Radio Cologne ( In the Media Park 5 )
Cologne Tower ( In the Media Park 8 )
Panoramic view
Addresses
The commercial or residential address is as follows for all buildings " In the Media Park ( number)", 50670 Cologne, Germany.
Chronologically, therefore, the order:
In the Media Park 1: Cinedom, In the Media Park 2: Tower Music, In the Media Park 3: Media Park Clinic, The Media Park 4: Forum at Media Park, The Media Park 5: ua Radio Cologne, in Media Park 6: Literature House, In the Media Park 7: COMED - house, In the Media Park 8: Cologne Tower, Media Park 8a, In Media Park 8 b: NH Hotel Media Park, In the Media Park 10: condominiums, In Media Park 11-15: living snake, In Media Park 16: th substation.