Sculptural Elegance
IN-Tower
A rising star in town: A 50-meter-high residential tower with gently rounded white balconies has a powerful presence on Ingolstadt’s skyline. Integrated design enabled us to successfully combine urban planning and functional requirements with sculptural architecture that will always be “IN”.
Surely the “hippest” tower in Ingolstadt
A competition for the design of a high-rise tower was organized on the basis of a development plan. The strict requirements included the fixed height and external dimensions of the tower and a horizontal structuring of the facade. The program envisaged the creation of premium apartments with first-class finishes and commercial space on the ground floor. Following our success in a competition, we designed the tower and its characteristic sculptural facade in detail. Despite the strict requirements, we also optimized the plan by incorporating a high level of flexibility. In doing so, we both improved the living spaces and facilitated the design of a range of apartment sizes.
The shortage of living space demands vertical solutions and flexible floor plans. This is why our clients invited us to offer them detailed advice regarding the optimization of the living space. Our prizewinning competition concept enabled us to provide a maximum amount of high-quality living space.
Florian Beck
Architect, Head of Design in Munich
Valuable living space with a view
BIM-supported integrated design enabled us to meet the strict requirement for combining the optimum use of space and high cost-effectiveness with standard construction costs. Due to the predefined slender cross-section of the tower of just 16 x 16 meters, we shifted the circulation core to the center of the plan. This prepared the way for the design of well-laid out apartments with open and flexibly planned living spaces and a maximum area of window in every unit. The bathrooms were moved to the outside in order to provide daylight and fresh air. In addition to this, attractive external and long-distance views can already be enjoyed from the entrances to the apartments. Overall, we succeeded in optimally exploiting the advantages of the tower typology.
A high-rise building is always a design challenge: in terms of structure, function, building services, and budget. The cornerstone for this success was already laid in the earliest concept phase. For this reason, it is important that such projects are designed integrally from day one.
Andre Lyashenko
Architect, Lead Project Manager in Munich
Sculptural aesthetics and a game of light and shadow
The IN-Tower consists of a slender high-rise building and a wide, four-story base with lobby and shops. The high recognition value of the building is based on its powerful and slender urban silhouette. The varying depths of the cantilevers on the facade lend it a moving, sculptural character. The white balconies and parapets that wind around the tower and base like moving horizontal strips, wrapping the building in what looks like a dynamic dress, have a total length of around two kilometers. The concept of the “varying balcony” is a metaphor for the flexibility of the apartment plans, while also ensuring the equal distribution of light and shadow in every apartment. The balconies are made of smooth, white prefabricated concrete elements and contrast with the rough, dark-gray brushed plaster facade. By sweeping outwards by up to three meters, they further increase the living space.
