Brillux

OFFICE, COMPLETED, NEW BUILDING, HIGH RISE

Lots of color for the paint manufacturer at the landmark at the entrance to Münster

The site for the new customer center with office building is located at the north-eastern end of the company premises on a former wasteland between the freeway feeder road, Weseler Straße and a petrol station. In order to give this narrow, triangular-shaped residual area a clear end, a 27-meter-high tower was positioned at the top. In front of it and creating a connection to the existing buildings, the new customer center is located as an elongated box. A black band wraps around the buildings, mediating between their different uses and connecting them into a single unit. Black and white echo the company's corporate design. The colorful façade in turn refers to the Brillux product: color.

The tower's almost square floor plan is clearly organized: The stairwell, technical installations and sanitary areas are arranged as a solid block on the southwest façade. While light-flooded office zones extend over the first seven floors, the top floor offers seminar areas that can be used for both internal and external events.

Photos: Christian Richters

Completion: 2005

Münster