Bunker at 33-35 Brühlstraße
Frankfurt am Main, 2017 - 2023
Residential buildings
To create additional residential accommodation, a bunker built in the 1940s in Frankfurt-Heddernheim has been converted into an apartment building on behalf of ABG FRANKFURT HOLDING and planned by schneider+schumacher. The existing structure with its solid walls has been largely retained. In place of the former camouflage roof, the original three-storey building has a new stepped-back storey, plus an extension comprising a basement and two full storeys. This has allowed a total of fourteen 2- to 4-room apartments to be built. These subsidised rental apartments are distributed over four floors and each has either a cantilevered balcony or a roof terrace.
The building’s two internal stairwells have been adapted to current requirements; access to the new top floor was made possible through an opening in the former 1.4 metre solid bunker ceiling. The solid exterior walls now have floor-to-ceiling openings, allowing daylight to enter and providing natural ventilation. The history of the building remains visible in various details – such as the cross-section of the bunker ceiling in the stairwell, and the window reveals in the apartments, some of which have been left un-plastered, so the original building fabric remains visible. With a depth of more than one meter, these represent the same depth as the outer walls of the former bunker.
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