Omniturm Explained

Omniturm
Native Name Lang:German
Status:Completed
Location:Große Gallusstraße 16-18, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Start Date:2017
Completion Date:2019
Height:189.9 m
Architecture Firm:Bjarke Ingels Group
Inauguration Date:2019
Owner:Commerz Real
Structural Engineer:PfeiferINTERPLAN
Mapframe-Marker:building
Coordinates:50.1116°N 8.6732°W

Omniturm is a skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany. It was built by the U.S. real estate company Tishman Speyer Properties from early 2016, and was completed in 2019. The building reaches a height of 190m (620feet), making it the sixth-tallest building in Frankfurt and in Germany upon completion. The name (from Latin omnis 'everyone') is an allusion to the usage of the building, including both residential and office space.

Design

The tower was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group.[1]

The Omni Tower is notably characterized by a "swing" halfway up the building. The spiral axis shift from the center enables terraces for the living area between the 14th and 23rd floors. In the largest shift, the so-called "residential" area is offset by a total of more than 5m (16feet) from the baseline. The 49 storey tower contains 43850sqm of rentable office space, 8175sqm of living space and 1579sqm of publicly accessible area.[2]

According to Designbloom, "the lower part of the building is organized as a slender and rational stack, before the floorplates start to slide outwards in a spiraling motion where the tower contains residential programming. In its uppermost portion, the structure returns to a simple tower block, rejoining the orientation of the floors below".[3]

Usage

Omniturm is a mixed-used tower. The building has a leasable area of more than 54100sqm, with around 44200sqm as flexible office space. 147 premium-apartments account for a further 8200sqm.

Owner

The building was purchased by Commerz Real, an investment asset manager for Commerzbank in 2018.[4]

Skyscrapers in Frankfurt

References

  1. Web site: OMNITURM - The Skyscraper Center. 2020-06-30. www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  2. Web site: News-Details - Beton.org. 2020-06-30. www.beton.org.
  3. Web site: 2018-08-21. BIG's 'omniturm' tower with shifted floorplates takes shape in frankfurt. 2020-06-30. designboom architecture & design magazine. en.
  4. Web site: staff2018-09-14T14:51:00+01:00. I. P. E.. Commerz Real buys Omniturm tower in Frankfurt from Tishman Speyer. 2020-06-30. Real Assets. en.

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