Düsseldorf ’s Media Harbour Culture, communication and creativity D üsseldorf ’s Media Harbour

The development of part of the old harbour into prime office space and a new trendy district was a successful urban planning project that has served as a role model for similar projects in Germany.

From commercial harbour to and a lively restaurant scene. Soon, there will also be architectural showcase residential properties in the Media Harbour. The When structural change set in during the seventies transition from commercial harbour to Media Har- and eighties it became obvious that the around 212 bour ref lects t he fundamenta l changes t hat have hectare commercial harbour site wouldn’t be needed taken place in Düsseldorf ’s economy. Today, the city for its origina l pur pose any longer. However, t he is predominantly a service hub with a strong indus- harbour’s location close to the city centre offered a trial background. This same structural change is also unique opportunity to transform it into an attractive evident in the Media Harbour, with the media, the district with offices, restaurants and hotels. movers and the shakers in the foreground and the typical harbour industries on the land spits further back. The city council decided to close the Berger Hafen and Zollhafen sections of the harbour in 1976. The Past and present wet dock was filled in to create the land on which the Plot for plot, each site was developed to ref lect its Rheinturm tower and the Landtag parliament build- future user’s requirements. An urban planning com- ing today stand. And the WDR broadcasting com- petition was also held by the city council, but only pany’s new building was constructed on the site of for the areas surrounding Speditionstraße and Fran- the old customs harbour (Zollhafen). ziusstraße. These efforts not to force the area into a monotonous architectural straightjacket have resulted Work to convert Kaistraße and Speditionstraße into in some impressive results and an inspiring diversity the Media Harbour began in 1989, resulting in what of buildings. Listed warehouses have been transformed is today known as Düsseldorf ’s Architecture Row, a into trendy, modern offices, with historical buildings in trendy office district with a diverse mix of tenants new outfits standing alongside brand new architecture. Düsseldorf’s Media Harbour 3

The works of famous German and ments of more than EUR 1.2 billion have been international architects against the made here since development work on the Media stunning backdrop of historical archi- Mile first began. tecture have helped to forge the Media Harbour’s international reputation. Culture, communication creativity, media, Despite all the development work fashion, movers & shakers that has taken place, the Media Har- Around 800 companies are now based in an area for- bour is still steeped in atmosphere. merly dominated by gloomy empty warehouses. All The commercial harbour, with its quay of them enjoy the unique waterside atmosphere and walls, stairways, cast-iron bollards profit from the Media Harbour’s image. Many of the and railings dating back to 1896, as companies that have based themselves in the Media well as the railway tracks and cranes Harbour are in the media, information and commu- on the former dockside, are now nication or advertising industries. They include listed as historical monuments. And Landesanstalt für Medien LfM, Europäische Zentrum the old customs harbour is now a für Medienkompetenz ECMC and the WDR broad- marina for boats and yachts. casting centre. Filmstiftung NRW, one of the biggest film funds in Europe, was one of the first companies Form and function: colourful to move to the Media Harbour. contemporary architecture in the Media Harbour It is estimated that some 9,000 people work in and If want to see some of the very best around the Media Harbour, and on the neighbouring examples of modern-day architec- land spits and streets. The Media Harbour’s image as ture, Düsseldorf ’s Media Harbour a prime office location and its impressive architecture is the place to go. It’s a genuine archi- make it a coveted business address for fashion com- tectural tourism location that has panies, law firms and advertising agencies. Its mix of attracted vast numbers of visitors over architecture and atmosphere has encouraged many the years, many of them to see Frank fashion labels to relocate their headquarters or mar- O. Gehry’s leaning towers. keting companies to the Rhine. Shiseido’s head office Düsseldor f Media is firmly anchored in the Media Harbour. There are Harbour: architecture and atmosphere. asked, “Why also dozens of pubs, restaurants and bistros which haven’t we got any towers like these make the Media Harbour a trendy location for here?” and the English daily The lunchtime and evening socialising, especially the Independent headlined a report on the area between Handelshafen and Hammer Straße. multicoloured Colorium, “Why didn’t we build that There are also four very impressive hotels there: here?” In the German version of Monopoly, you can Hyatt Regency, Radisson Blu, Courtyard by Marriott buy the Media Harbour for EUR 1.4 million and the and INNSIDE by Meliá Düsseldorf Hafen in the cards feature a picture of the Gehry buildings. Colorium building. School textbooks also cite the Media Harbour as a successful and groundbreaking example of urban The Media Harbour has an excellent local supply planning. infrastructure from doctor’s surgery to pharmacy, bank to post office, and photography store to gym. Buildings designed by renowned international The restaurants, bars and clubs along Hammer architects such as William Alsop, David Chipper- Straße are popular destinations for the young crowd. field, Jo Coenen, Steven Holl, , Since 2014 there has been a new tramline running Murphy/Jahn and Claude Vasconi stand alongside into the Media Harbour (see insert page). German designs by BM+P Beucker Maschlanka und Partner, Harald Deilmann, Döring Dahmen Joeressen Architekten, ingenhoven architects, Gatermann + Schossig Architekten, Grimbacher Nogales Architekten, HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner, Professor Eller, parade architekten, Professor Wansleben, pinkarchitektur, RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky and sop architekten.

Other highlights include the FLOAT by Renzo Piano (no. 48), and above all the new headquarters of trivago designed by sop architekten. Private invest- Start-ups in the Media Harbour!

Düsseldorf is becoming a magnet for start- ups, and the Media Harbour is turning into a hub for new companies: trivago, the biggest hotel search engine in the world with 80 million users per month, is constructing its new company headquarters on Kasselstraße.

The story of trivago’s meteoric rise to success in offers 15 degree courses in subjects such as Applied Düsseldorf is worthy of a movie. It is the f lagship Media, Business Management and Digital Business start-up of the state capital, and will soon employ Management. It also collaborates with many Düssel- up to 2,000 people. One block up, the new start-up dorf-based companies, which appreciate the students’ centre STARTPLATZ Düsseldorf has opened its innovative ideas. doors in the Flossi building. STARTPLATZ Düsseldorf, a new start-up centre, Start-up hub and university campus opened its doors in the Flossi Haus building a little In 2011, the European Media and Business Academy, further down Speditionstraße in summer 2015. It a private university, moved its campus onto three offers business start-ups an ideal location with every- f loors of the Colorium building. EMBA Düsseldorf thing under one roof so that they can transform their

A fresh breeze in the Media Harbour: STARTPLATZ Düsseldorf inspires the Media Harbour by providing a new home for the start-up scene. Düsseldorf’s Media Harbour 5

business idea into a f lourishing enterprise and create new jobs. STARTPLATZ offers small office units and secretarial ser vices, as well as experts, consultants a nd f ina ncia l professionals. Most of a l l, t hough, t here are both established companies t hat prof it from t he young creative individua ls a nd want to collaborate with them, as well as other start-ups that face similar challenges. The Economic Development Office orchestrated this project as part of its StartUp initiative and has an office at the new start-up centre.

Kaistraße/Zollhof and the eastern section of Seeing and being seen – on the Living Bridge. Speditionstraße are finished The development on the 15 hectare site at Kaistraße/ Zollhof was completed first. The second phase of the Media Harbour development continued on an 11.3 hectare site on the opposite land spit on Spedition- straße. The majority of tenants on this area opposite Kaistraße (the eastern section of Speditionstraße) are in the media, art and culture, design and advertising industries, though some are in fashion, catering and consultancy services. At the end of Speditionstraße, the last development to be completed was the twin tower ensemble consisting of the Hyatt Regency Hotel and offices. A visualisation of the new trivago headquarters, due for The western section of Speditionstraße is in completion in 2018. the planning phase On the western side of the Speditionstraße peninsu- The Living Bridge lar an office tower is being built directly next to the A pedestrian bridge provides a fast-track route twin towers. Over the next few years, this will also between Kaistraße and Speditionstraße. With its be the site of the first residential development in the three-storey glass cube restaurant extending across Media Harbour, spectacular high-rise apartment all three levels of the bridge pontoon, it is a popular buildings by pinkarchitektur. On Franziusstraße/ meeting place. In the summer months, the bridge is Holzstraße, a new building by star architect Renzo the perfect place to take a stroll, meet friends or sit Piano is in the planning: the FLOAT. down to enjoy the view of the Gehry buildings, the Düsseldorf skyline and the Rhine. The Living Bridge provides first-row seats at the waterside!

Guided tours/sightseeing

Media Harbour tour Phone: +49 (0)177 4283548 ` Geschichts-Werkstatt Düsseldorf ` Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus GmbH [email protected] “Zeitmaschine” e. V. www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/medienhafen www.duesseldorfer-stadtfuehrer.de Phone: +49 (0)211 6504362 Phone: +49 (0)211 17202854 www.geschichtswerkstatt-duesseldorf.de ` Guided tours for companies and groups

MedienHafen.de – Düsseldorf Panorama boat trips including Media Harbour Phone: +49 (0)211 58003417 ` Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus GmbH [email protected] Further information about guided tours: www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/rheinschifffahrt www.medienhafen.de ` www.duesseldorf.de/medienhaf en/ Phone: +49 (0)211 17202854 fuehrungen/index.shtml [email protected] ` Architecture and art tours Kunst Service, phone: +49 (0)211 6799695 Miscellaneous: Guided tours [email protected] ` MedienHafen Düsseldorf e. V. ` Düsseldorfer Stadtführer e. V. Focus on archi- www.kunst-service.com Verein zur Standortförderung tecture, history and economic development www.medienhafen-dus.de 7, 8, 9, 10 17, 18, 19

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0 Ernst-Gnoß-Straße 1 Stadttor 1 2 Stromstraße 20 3 Stromstraße 24 4–6 Neuer Zollhof 1–3 “Portobello”, 63 m high The Düsseldorf City Gate Rheinturm (Rhine Tower) Westdeutscher Rundfunk Düsseldorf “Der Neue Zollhof ” Developer: Bayerische Hausbau GmbH MIPIM AWARD 1998 for best office 234 m high, with the world’s largest deci- Broadcasting centre Investors: KMR Kunst- und Medien- Owner: Bayerische Hausbau GmbH building in the world mal clock (Guinness Book of Records), Floor area: approx. 10,000 m² zentrum Rheinhafen GmbH, Philipp Design: Döring Dahmen Joeressen Floor area: 30,000 m² designed by Horst H. Baumann Use: WDR , Düsseldorf Studio Holzmann BauProjekt AG, Cologne, Architekten Developer: Engel Canessa Design: Prof. Harald Deilmann Design: parade architekten Thomas Rempen, Düsseldorf Use: 137 apartments, Owner: Field Point IV S.à.r.l. Completion: 1982 Completion: 1991 Design: Frank O. Gehry, USA 5,000 m² office space Design: Overdiek Petzinka und Partner Completion: 2003 Completion: 1998 15, 16 21 32

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4 Neuer Zollhof 3 Floor area: 5,400 m² 7 Kaistraße 20 8–10 Kaistraße 16, 16 a, 18 9 Kaistraße 16 a White building Completion: 1998 Kai-Center Owner: alstria office REIT-AG Office and studio building in a Owner: BSA + OFK Germany Real Estate Investor and owner: Shiseido Deutsch- converted and extended former Floor area: 13,100 m² 6 Neuer Zollhof 1 land GmbH, Hansainvest, private 8 Kaistraße 18 warehouse Completion: 1998 Brick facade Floor area: 9,600 m² Floor area: 3,600 m² Floor area: 6,400 m² Owner: Hoechst-Pensionskasse Design: Döring Dahmen Joeressen Design: Steven Holl, USA Design: ingenhoven architects 5 Neuer Zollhof 2 Floor area: 9,900 m² Architekten Completion: 1997 Completion: 1997 Middle building with reflective facade Completion: 1999 Completion: 1996 Owner: Knapp Voith, private 45, 46, 47

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10 Kaistraße 16 12 Kaistraße 12–14 a 13 Kaistraße 10 14 Kaistraße 8 b 15 Kaistraße 8 a Floor area: 6,400 m² Converted storage building Conversion, KAI 10 – Raum für Kunst Conversion New development “Haus vor dem Wind” Design: David Chipperfield, GB Owner: City of Düsseldorf Owner: private Owner: private Investors: Axel Haase Verwaltungs GmbH, Completion: 1997 Floor area: 3,215 m² Floor area: 1,440 m² Completion: 1990 Axel Haase Projektentwicklungs GmbH Design: Architekten KLMT Design: Droste Droste & Urban Design: Prof. Zamp Kelp, 11 Hans-Albers-Plastik Completion: 1994 Architektengesellschaft Completion: 2006 By Jörg Immendorff Completion: 1987, KAI 10: 2008 16 Kaistraße 8 28 Zollhof 2, 4, 6, 8 34 Speditionstraße 5 Floor area: 36,600 m² 52 Plange Mühle 1 Developer: Calliston Gesellschaft “GrandBateau“ “Maki-Solitär” Design: sop architekten on behalf of JSK Conversion of the listed Plange Mühle für Projektentwicklung mbH Investor: CF Bauprojekt (Codic Owner: InVision AG Dipl. Ing. Architekten, Frankfurt mill building (1906) Owner: CENTRUM Holding Düsseldorf GmbH and Frankfurter Floor area: 2,000 m² Completion: 2010 Surrounding buildings such as the old Deutschland Vermögens-Holding) Design: Fumihiko Maki, Japan metal workshop and silos were integrated. Floor area: 1,040 m² Design: Claude Vasconi, France Completion: 2001 44 Plockstraße 30 Owners (land and leasehold): Design: HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & New development for home shopping LH Düsseldorf GbR, ingenhoven Partner Zollhof 2, 2 a 35 Speditionstraße 7 channel QVC architects, Overdiek GmbH Completion: 2000 1st building section “Alte Mälzerei” Headquarters and studios Floor area: 18,000 m² Owner: NRW Chamber of Architects’ Former Dortmunder Union Kronen Developer and owner: Design: Ingenhoven Overdiek Architekten 17–19 Kaistraße 4, 4 a and 6 welfare service organisation brewery malthouse, listed building IDR Düsseldorf-Reisholz AG Completion: 2003 Owner: Beta Grundstücksentw ickl ung Co-owner: Landesanstalt für (1897), renovated Design 1st section: Norbert Winkels GmbH & Co. KG Medien (LfM) Owner: Hartmut Ibing Design extension: agiplan integrale bau- 53 Kesselstr aße Design: RKW Rhode Kellermann Floor area: 5,000 m² Floor area: 7,700 m² planung GmbH, Duisburg Note: The plans for Kesselstraße are Wawrowsky Completion: 1999 Design: Bob Gansfort Floor area: 10,770 m² plus two 800 m² currently being revised. Completion: 1993–1995 Completion: 2002 studios and one 180 m² studio, with a Zollhof 4/Hammer Straße 13–15 6,500 m² headquarters built in the 54 Weizenmühlenstraße 17 Kaistraße 6 2nd building section 36 Speditionstraße 9 second construction phase Planned zone New development Owner: NRW Chamber of Architects’ “Colorium” Use: QVC Deutschland GmbH Creation of planning security for the Floor area: 5,500 m² welfare service organisation 18-storey tower, 62 m high, screen- Completion: 1st phase: 2001, businesses located there Floor area: 5,000 m² printed coloured glass facade 2nd phase: 2005 18 Kaistraße 4 Completion: 2001 Owner: Hartmut Ibing 55 Holzstraße 12 Warehouse built in the 1930s Floor area: 7,600 m² 45 Holzstraße 2 Planned project Floor area: 4,500 m² Zollhof 6–8/Hammer Straße 17 Design: William Alsop, GB Media-Tower 3rd building section Use: Hotel INNSIDE by Meliá Düssel- High-rise office building, 67 m, 18 storeys 56 The Living Bridge 19 Kaistraße 4 a Owner: NRW Chamber of Architects’ dorf Hafen, 134 designer rooms and Project development: Media-Tower GmbH Pedestrian and cyclist bridge Floor area: 1,270 m² welfare service organisation suites; European Media and Business Project management: PLB Provinzial- 150 m long, 11.60 m wide, glass bridge Floor area: 9,500 m² Academy (EMBA) Leben-Baubetreuungs-GmbH building where the Lido restaurant is 20 Kaistraße 1 Completion: 2002 Completion: 2001 Owner: Media-Tower GmbH located with two storeys and a patio Owner: City of Düsseldorf Floor area: 7,800 m² office space, Design: sop architekten on behalf of JSK Use: reserve area 29 Hammer Straße 19/Zollhof 10 37–40 Speditionstraße 11–15 280 m² gastronomy Dipl. 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Architekten, Frankfurt “H19“ “Dock 13” Design: Architekten Prof. Findeisen & Use: Lido restaurant 21 Kaistraße 3 Owner: Union Investment Real Investor: Hochtief Projektentwicklung Wächter, Cologne Completion: 2005 Listed building (warehouse built Estate GmbH Design: Dr Alberto Priolo Completion: 2005 in 1899), restored Floor area: 13,000 m² Completion: 2001/2002 57 Speditionstraße Owner: City of Düsseldorf Design: pinkarchitektur 46 Holzstraße 4 “Königskinder” (planned) Floor area: 4,800 m² Completion: 2002 37 Speditionstraße 11 Glass Killepitsch Factory Luxury tower apartment blocks each Design: Norbert Winkels Demolition and redevelopment as hotel 6-storey liqueur factory with visitor 60 m high, rooftop sculptures by Completion: 1995 30 Zollhof 28/30, Hammer Owner: Hotel Net LLP centre Markus Lüpertz, each 12 m high Straße 29, Franziusstraße 1 Use: Courtyard by Marriott Project development: Busch Batiments Ground floor: restaurant/retail 22 Kaistraße 5 UCI Multiplex Cinema Düsseldorf-Hafen, 139 rooms Consulting Between the two buildings: a square Owner: DBV Deutsche Project developer: Architekturbüro Floor area: 8.500 m² Project management: PLB Provinzial- opening out on to the waterfront Beamtenversicherung Thomas Fründt, Dorsten; IPEM GmbH, Completion: 2001 Leben-Baubetreuungs-GmbH Investor: FRANKONIA Eurobau AG Developer: Calliston Gesellschaft Cologne Owner: Busch Batiments Immobilien Design: pinkarchitektur für Projektentwicklung mbH Owner: Theseus Immobilien 38 Speditionstraße 13 GmbH Floor area: 8,800 m² Verwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG – Former silo used by the Lamers Design: Architekten Prof. Findeisen & 58 Gladbacher Straße/ Design: HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & LBB Fonds Zwölf company, listed building, completely Wächter, Cologne Hammer Straße/Gilbachstraße Partner Floor area: 15,000 m² refurbished, office building Completion: 2005 “Rhine Residence in the Media Harbour” Completion: 1999 Design: Till Sattler, Cologne Owner: AFIAA Dock 13-Speicher 13 residential buildings with 101 resi- Completion: 1998 GmbH 47 Holzstraße 6 dential units, 2 stores, Europe’s biggest 23 Kaistraße 7–9, Zollhof 11–15 Floor area: 5,650 m² “Capricorn House” solar-powered residential estate Media centre 31–32 Am Handelshafen 4, New 7-storey office building Owner: Rheinwohnungsbau GmbH Developer and investor: Kaistraße 2 39 Speditionstraße 13 a Owner: capricorn DEVELOPMENT Floor area: 1,400 m² in the office building Lindner Unternehmensgruppe “PEC Port Event Center” and “DOCK – Renovated former Lamers villa, Floor area: 25,800 m² rentable space Design: HGMB Architekten Owner: CCP II Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Office Center Kaistraße” office building Design: Gatermann + Schossig Completion: 2006/2008 S.à.r.l. & Co. KG, Lux. Investor: modernes Düsseldorf Owner: Volksfürsorge 4. Architekten, Cologne Floor area: 17,120 m² Gesellschaft für Stadtentwicklung mbH Immobilien AG & Co. KG Completion: 2005 59 Holzstraße 10 Design: BM+P Beucker Maschlanka Floor area: 1,100 m² Jörg Fuchs car repair services und Partner 31 Kaistraße 2 48 Franziusstraße Owner: Kfz-Meisterbetrieb Jörg Fuchs Completion: 1995 “DOCK – Düsseldorf Office Center 40 Speditionstraße 15 “FLOAT” Floor area: 560 m² Kaistraße” “Neuwerk” New 6–9-storey office building complex Design: Dr Schrammen Architekten 24 Platz der Medien High-rise block, 59 m, 16 floors New office building Investor: IMMOFINANZ Group BDA, Mönchengladbach Investor: City of Düsseldorf Owner: WEGA Immobilien GmbH Owner: Volksfürsorge 4. Floor area: approx. 30,000 m² Completion: 2007 Floor area: 2,205 m² Floor area: 8,315 m² office space and Immobilien AG & Co. KG Design: Renzo Piano Building Design: Günther Uecker and 111 m² retail space Floor area: 6,700 m² Workshop, Paris 60 Holzstraße 8 Thomas Beucker Design: Jo Coenen, Maastricht Construction start: 2015 Lenz Rega Port Yacht Shop Completion: 1996 Completion: 2002 41 Speditionstraße 15 a Owner: Lenz Rega-Port “Roggendorf-House” 49 Speditionstraße GmbH & Co. KG 25 Kaistraße 11 32 Am Handelshafen 4 Former Roggendorf storage building, Mixed residential and commercial property Floor area: 510 m² Conversion of a 1949 warehouse “PEC Port Event Center” completely renovated facade featuring Design: Dr Schrammen Architekten Owner: Industrieterrains Listed building, renovated, Flossis by the artist Rosalie, Stuttgart 49 a Speditionstraße 23 BDA, Mönchengladbach Düsseldorf-Reisholz AG PEC monument Owner: City of Düsseldorf New development Completion: 2007 Floor area: 3,360 m² offices, Use: nightclub Use: STARTPLATZ Düsseldorf, 7-storey office building, 26 m high 222 m² studios Completion: 2002 start-up centre, services for business Investor: Deka Immobilien GmbH 61 Plange Mühle 4, 5 Design: Norbert Winkels start-ups under one roof Floor area: 5,970 m² Concrete silo (1929, 1934)/wooden Completion: 1999 Suspended construction Floor area: 2,100 m² Design: sop architekten on behalf of JSK silo (1906) belonging to the former “Wolkenbügel” Design: Norbert Winkels Dipl. Ing. Architekten, Frankfurt Plange Mühle mill (see 52), listed 26 Kaistraße 13 a Owner: Metroinvest Wolkenbügel S.à.r.l. Completion: 2001 Completion: 2010 buildings, office conversion planned “Kai 13” Floor area: 3,600 m² Floor area: 4,087 m²/5,170 m² Developer: Engel Canessa Design: Professor Wansleben, Cologne 42 Speditionstraße 17 50 Hammer Straße 25 Design: ingenhoven architects Projektentwicklung Completion: 2002 New development Radisson Blu Media Harbour Hotel Construction start: planned Owner: NRW Chamber of Architects’ Investor: Josef Roggendorf Owner: INFRA Hafen-Hotel welfare service organisation 33 Speditionstraße 1 Lagerhaus GmbH Düsseldorf GmbH & Co. KG 62 Marina Düsseldorf Floor area: 4,800 m² “SIGN!” Owner: Bayerische Apothekerversorgung Design: Grimbacher Nogales Design: Döring Dahmen Joeressen 20-storey office tower, 75 m high Floor area: 9,278 m² Architekten 63 Kesselstr aße 5 Architekten Owner: FRANKONIA Eurobau AG Design: Ingenhoven Overdiek Architekten Completion: 2005 New headquarters of trivago Completion: 2003 Düsseldorf Hafen Office GmbH Completion: 2002 Design: sop architekten Floor area: 14,600 m² 51 Hammer Straße 27 Building contractor: IMMOFINANZ, 27 Zollhof 1 Design: Murphy/Jahn, Chicago/Berlin 43 Tip of Speditionstraße 19 Residential and/or office building Vienna Architects’ House Completion: 2010 New-built 65 m high twin towers In the planning phase Space: gross floor space above ground, Owner: North-Rhine Westphalian The left tower houses the 5-star Hyatt- approx. 30,000 m2 (1st building section) Chamber of Architects 34–36 Speditionstraße 5, 7, 9 Regency-Hotel and the right tower Start of construction: spring 2016 Floor area: 3,450 m² Investor: Hartmut Ibing houses offices Completion: mid 2018 (1st building Design: werk.um architekten, Darmstadt Project planning: Drees & Sommer, Owner: Projektgesellschaft Hafenspitze section) Completion: 2003 Cologne mbH & Co. KG (Hyatt Turm)/Deka Immobilien GmbH Future plans

The diversity of architecture in the Kaistraße is at the heart of the Media Harbour is inspiring; her e are the Gehry buildings and the glass city g ate. pulsating, multifaceted Media Harbour. Kesselstraße leads down to the area where the typical harbour plaza and a green promenade along the harbour industries are located and offers a basin will provide new and attractive recreational lot of scope for new usage concepts. space once finished. The western side of Spedition- straße has potential for the development of 200–250 residential units and some 600 additional work- places. When the land use plan has been approved for this area the development plan will quickly be The west side of Speditionstraße made legally effective. There are plans to create a vibrant urban infra- structure for mixed use on Speditionstraße, with Kesselstraße/Weizenmühlenstraße apartments combined with office and commercial The Kesselstraße peninsula is a transition zone units adding new life and urban f lair. A spacious between Speditionstraße, which will have both resi-

Futuristic: old has been tur ned into new, and listed b uildings stand cheek by jowl with modern architecture. Düsseldorf’s Media Harbour 11

The harbour atmosphere makes it a magnet to visitors who come there to stroll around, sit and relax, s ee and be seen.

dential and commercial tenants in future, and the The Fortuna co-generation plant that is being built typical harbour businesses on Weizenmühlenstraße on the Lausward land spit will be one of the most that is suitable for a wide range of uses. Potential efficient gas power stations in the world. By the uses include commerce as well as science, culture end of 2015/2016 it will be providing Düsseldorf and sport facilities. Specific objectives are currently with green electricity and district heat, making an being defined and the future urban design for this important contribution to the region’s security of zone is in the planning phase. supply and to the achievement of climate protection objectives. The Aachen-based firm of architects, The Weizenmühlenstraße peninsular is where the kadawittfeldarchitektur, created the very special mills are located. An urban master development design for the plant. plan is being drawn up to provide the companies there with planning security.

Plange Mühle mill, a listed building at the very end of Weizenmühlenstraße, today houses several well-known companies, quite a few of them in the fashion business. The mill silos, which are also listed buildings, will be converted into office build- ings in the next few years by ingenhoven architects.

Lausward/Hamburger Straße This zone will be designated as a “special harbour zone” and Lausward power station will be desig- nated as a “special power station zone”. The urban planners’ objective in the commercial harbour zone is to guarantee the harbour’s future sustainability by ensuring that the companies located there have both planning and investment safeguards. At the same time, the planning objectives for the Media Harbour will ref lect the surrounding residential development. Cargo handling in the commercial harbour against a modern backdrop.

The most efficient natural gas power plant in the world (centr e) is currently being built on Lausward. Spectacular ne w buildings are being planned for Franziusstraße with FLOAT (right) and the tr ansformation of the silos of the Plange Mill into modern offices (left). Restaurants, hotels and entertainment

The Media Harbour has all kinds of bistros, beer gardens, bars, nightclubs and gourmet restaurants catering to every preference.

Restaurants & bars Courtyard by Marriott 43 Pebble’s Champagner-Lounge * Thouli’s Green Garden Restaurant, Entertainment/recreation 50 Amano Verde Veggy Good Düsseldorf Hafen in the Hyatt Auf der Lausward 51 * Apollo Varieté and restaurant, in the Radisson Blu Hotel 46 Killepitsch Bar * Pizzeria am MedienHafen, * Trattoria Zollhof, Hammer Str. 6 Apollo-Platz 1 * Apollo Restaurant, Apollo-Platz 1 * La Donna Cannone Trattoria Wupperstr. 14 28 Vindega, wine bar, Zollhof 8 * Germany’s first public golf course, * Appetit Happen, Hafenkiosk, & wine bar, Hammer Str. 28 * Porters Premium Steakhouse & Bar, * Woyton café and business catering, Golf-Sport-Verein Düsseldorf e. V., Gladbacher Str. 93 * Le Bar de Bistro, Wupperstr. 2 Stromstr. 47 Erftplatz Auf der Lausward 51 10 Berens am Kai 56 Lido Brasserie on The Living Bridge * Prickynoo, Thai Restaurant, 13 “KAI 10” Raum für Kunst 30 Bistro Blue Screen 1 Limoncello café, restaurant and Gladbacher Str. 51 Hotels (Arthena Foundation – art gallery) * Bob & Mary best burger and salad, wine bar * Reusch Restaurant, Erftstr. 20 37 Courtyard by Marriott 23 Rudas Studios, club Hammer Str. 26 6 Meerbar 23 Riva Restaurant Düsseldorf Hafen 30 UCI Kinowelt 18 Bocconcino Ristaurante * Mischpult salad bar by Woyton, * Robert’s Bistro, Wupperstr. 2 36 Hotel INNSIDE by Meliá 32 Discotheque/club 29 Bodega 17 Erftstraße 3 * Salumeria Mercatino, Erftstr. 3 43 Hyatt Regency 30 Bogart’s Bar Lounge 30 Mojito’s Fine Cocktail-Bar * Sampi, Brückenstr. 12 50 Radisson Blu Media Harbour 23 Böser Chinese 29 Mongo’s Restaurant * Shabby Chic Restaurant, Wupperstr. 14 * Breuer’s Restaurant, Hammer Str. 10 29 Oduggi Sushi-Bar * Bakery, Gladbacher Str. 52 43 Café D 29 Oehme bakery 28 Starbucks Coffee * Mauermann’s Curry, Hammer Str. 2 27 Patrick’s Seafood No. 1 * Sushi Maruyasu, 43 DOX Bar in the Hyatt 40 Perla Porto Ristorante Hammer Str. 10 28 Eigelstein, pub 38 The View Skylounge * Icecream and café Zollhof, & Bar Hammer Str. 6 * Ess-Klasse Hüber, catering, lunches, takeaways, Erftstr. 12 * Pub Hafenquelle, Gladbacher Str. 74 4 Gehry’s, Neuer Zollhof 1–3 2 Günnewig Rheinturm Restaurant Top 180 * Hans im Glück, burgergrill, Bar, Hammer Str. 38 37 Julian’s Bar & Restaurant in

The numbers refer to the building numbers. Establishments designated with * are located on side streets that are shown on the map overleaf. You can search for individual bars and restaur- ants according to type at www.duesseldorf.de/medienhaf en. Links to their websites are also provided. Directions for car and public transport users Key

Bus stops

Tram stops

S-Bahn rail stops

S-Bahn railway lines

Tramlines (704, 708, 709, 719)

Parking

P1: Apollo Theatre car park Entrance on Neusser Straße/Rheinknie - brücke, 125 spaces, open 24 h

P2: Rheinturm car park Entrance on Stromstraße, 150 spaces, open 24 h

P3: Neuer Zollhof/ Gehry buildings car park Entrance on Hammer Straße, 154 spaces, open 7 a.m.–1 a.m.

P4: Medienzentrum car park Entrance on Zollhof, 80 spaces, open 24 h

P5: Cinema car park Entrance on Zollhof, 457 spaces, Open Mon.–Fri. 6 a.m.–4.30 a.m.; Sat./Sun. 9 a.m.–4.30 p.m.

P6: Speditionstraße car park Entrance on Speditionstraße, 350 spaces, open 24 h This brochure was created with the kind support of:

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