Office Buildings

THE SHIP – NEW BUILDING AT OLD WAGON FACTORY, COLOGNE

Client

Fond of GmbH

Location

Cologne, Germany

Architect

Müller Architekten, Cologne

Project duration

February 2017 – January 2020

General technical planning

DS Plan, Cologne

Workplaces

550

GFA

17,000 m²

Gross volume

47,000 m³

THE SHIP in Cologne Ehrenfeld is a pioneer in digital office buildings in Germany: this is where revolutionary technologies meet a liveable working environment. In THE SHIP, employees are free to choose how and where they want to work. The building offers over 13,000 square meters of gross floor space for more than 500 workstations, many retreats, lounge areas, think tanks and garden offices. Together with the neighboring existing property “Alte Wagenfabrik”, the new building forms an area with a campus character. Tenants, including FOND OF GmbH and the startup accelerator xdeck, have been gradually moving into the new building since the end of 2019.​

Added value

  • Maximum user amenity
  • Efficient processes
  • Self-learning building
  • Energy efficiency
  • New business models

Service

  • General planning
    • Planning of building services equipment
    • Facade consulting
    • Building physics
    • Energy / sustainability conception and planning
    • Building ecology
  • Requirements management consulting
  • Workplace consulting