Green Centre FRANKLIN
Mannheim, 2021 - 2026
Residential/commercial buildings MVRDV
The “Grüne Mitte” forms the heart of the new Mannheim district of Franklin. Its architecturally distinctive form, a green, walkable hill, makes the building the central meeting place and identity-defining landmark of the neighborhood, with shops and apartments. The design comes from the renowned Rotterdam architecture firm MVRDV, whose designs give expression to the district in other locations as well. schneider+schumacher, in cooperation with bb22, took on the execution planning (Leistungsphase 5) for this landmark that shapes the district’s identity.
The project was realized by FRANKLIN Grüne Mitte GmbH (FGM), a company of the GBG Unternehmensgruppe GmbH and the Mannheim project developer 3iPro. The general contractor and client was the joint venture ARGE Implenia Hochbau GmbH and Diringer & Scheidel GmbH & Co. KG.
At the highest point of the green hill, a residential building with 34 rental apartments was built by FRANKLIN Grüne Mitte GmbH. On the ground floor of the hill, a supermarket with a sales area of about 1,500 square meters, a bakery, a pharmacy, a drugstore, and a restaurant were realized. A bank branch is also planned. Office uses are planned for the upper floors. The green roof of the hill, which is largely accessible to the public, forms part of the future Benjamin-Franklin-Platz. The public building complex is intersected by the Europa-Achse (Europe Axis), which runs through Franklin as a central pedestrian connection.
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Client: FRANKLIN Grüne Mitte GmbHAnsprechpartner: Gregor Kiefer (GBG Mannheim)
Project architect: schneider+schumacher Planungsgesellschaft mbH
Project manager: Mark Delle-Bühler, Florian Moser
Team: Florian Moser, Alexander Hirsch, Anastasiia Kharchenko, Markus Beltz, Paulina Puchalik, Andrej Pohajda, Ragunath Vasudevan, Mark Delle-Bühler
