Architects:gmp Architects

Area :27193 m²

Year :2022

Photographs :HGEsch

Landscape Architecture :Bruun & Möllers Landschaften, Blaurock Landschaftsarchitektur

Structural Engineering :Buro Happold

Structural Consultants :TragWerk Ingenieure

MEP :Ingenieurbüro Rathenow BPS GmbH

Building Physics :Müller-BBM GmbH

Acoustics :Müller-BBM GmbH

Lighting Design :Lichtvision Design GmbH

Wind and Daylight Simulations :Bauphysik@integrierte Planung Kai Rentrop Beratender Ingenieur

Design : Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Christian Hellmund

Project Lead Competition : Tobias Keyl

Design Team Competition : Bernd Adolf, Rosaria de Canditiis, Jan Peter Deml, Bojan Kocevski, Graciano Macarrón Stamp

Project Lead, General Planning : la Hnin Kyaw Lat, Anna Liesicke, Jens Weiler

Detailed Design Team : Andjela Brašanac, Irma Victoria Cantera Sinovas, Nicolas Castagnola, Alexander Dragan, Annett Fabian, Regina Geier, Dörthe Groß, Fahriye Gürsoy, Abdelrahman Hegazy, Oles Horalevych, Hu Xiaohan, Sonja Kautz, Rina Kellermann, Ursula Köper, Annette Löber, Martin Muc, Kristin Schoyerer, Ulrich Rösler, Philipp Stillke

Construction Management : Christoph Rohner in cooperation with phase 8, Klaus Deda

Artwork : Reifentreiben“ (Hoop Rolling) by Bignia Wehrli

Client : SachsenEnergie AG

City : Dresden

Country : Germany

With the completion of the new headquarters of SachsenEnergie AG, an important element of Dresden’s skyline has been created. The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have designed a building complex with one thirteen-story and one eight-story tower, with a height of 51 and 32 meters respectively, which is in keeping with the urban context around the main railway station. Located to the south of the inner city, the new development is a visible landmark that fits in with the city of Dresden’s new town planning guide for high-rise buildings. The project, under the general planning of gmp, was planned, using the Building Information Modeling (BIM) method in all trades.

After the opening ceremony in July 2022, the employees of SachsenEnergie have been moving to the new office building – with over 900 working places – which has been designed to high standards of sustainability and is put into operation now. The headquarters of East Germany’s largest utility corporation, which emerged from DREWAG-Stadtwerke Dresden GmbH and ENSO Energie Sachsen Ost AG, is a notable addition to the existing building, known as City Center. It will be linked to the new ensemble via a bridge once its imminent refurbishment and conversion has been completed by gmp. The new building has been conceived as a block edge development, with two high points and a landscaped inner courtyard that is surrounded by six stories and open to the public. The height of the towers strikes a balance between that of the surrounding buildings. Two-story colonnades provide a transition from the public realm of the street to the inner courtyard and the foyers of the two parts of the building.