We are pleased that our joint design with Prof. Jörg Friedrich|PFP GmbH Hamburg for the new opera house of the future in Düsseldorf at the location "Am Wehrhahn" is part of the award group as one of the best designs.
The building of the new construction presents itself in the form of an uncut "rough diamond", which makes the opera appear in a dynamic and modern image. Due to the position as a "solitaire", the block closure is avoided and much more a "block walk through" is achieved. The exterior surfaces form the first access to a building. In this concept, the common pavement carpet, which forms the basis of the building structure, connects the interior and exterior areas into an overall space that can be experienced. The adjacent pedestrian zone Schadowstraße is continued by the arrangement of the trees. This ensures a blending and optimal insertion of the opera building into the existing shopping district. The urban edge is thus eliminated, making the opera a new inner-city cultural magnet for the public. The irrigation of the trees is carried out by a superordinate precipitation water management according to the principle of the sponge city, which leads to an optimal use of the natural precipitation. The crystal illustrates the importance of the opera of the future in a confident yet modest way, blending superbly into the city while seeming to dissolve the shopping block landscape, hinting at the magic and freedom of theater.