架构师提供的文本描述。一对自由版式的卷反映了遗址的景观特征-莱茵河的前洪泛区-以及曾经占据这个日益密集的区域的公园式环境中别墅的记忆。此外，这些新建筑还承认了毗邻的12层60年代高层建筑的雕塑特征，而它们生动的多色彩则支持了外部空间的有机特征。

Text description provided by the architects. A pair of free-form volumes responds to the landscape qualities of the site – a former floodplain of the Rhine – as well as to the memory of villas in park-like settings that once occupied this now increasingly densified area. In addition the new buildings acknowledge the sculptural characteristics of the adjacent twelve-storey 1960s high-rise, while their vivid polychromy supports the organic character of the external space.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

在每一栋建筑中，办公区域都围绕着三个紧凑型核心。主要核心连接到主入口大厅，而次要核心是从更亲密的露台空间进入。每一层可以细分为三个不同的单位，每一个可以通过自己的接待区，雕塑楼梯和电梯核心。计划的深度参差不齐，给办公室布局带来了很大的变化。窗户的慷慨响应在玻璃走廊的墙壁，确保整个计划的深度最大的光线，同时给莱茵河和科隆大教堂的壮观景色。

In each building the office areas are arranged around three compact cores. Primary cores are connected to the main entrance hall, while secondary ones are entered from the more intimate patio spaces. Every floor can be subdivided into three distinct units, each identifiable through its own reception area, sculptural stair and elevator core. The varying depth of plan offers a great number of variations in office layout. The generosity of the windows is echoed in the glazed corridor walls that ensure maximum light throughout the depth of the plan, while giving spectacular views out towards the Rhine and Cologne Cathedral.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

一个创新的发展是一系列手指形的檐篷，这些顶篷是作为吊顶的替代物，以利用热质量和增加清晰的高度。所有必要的服务-照明，空气分配，喷头和声调制-是不引人注目地集成在这些架空元件。这些办公室利用莱茵河的地下水作为地热能的来源，补充供暖和冷却系统，同时仔细建造超过100年的水位和防洪规格。

One innovative development lies in the series of finger-shaped canopies that were prototyped as an alternative to a suspended ceiling, so as to take advantage of thermal mass and to increase clear height. All necessary services – lighting, air distribution, sprinklers and acoustic modulation – are unobtrusively integrated in these overhead elements. The offices use groundwater from the Rhine as a source of geothermal energy and to supplement the heating and cooling systems, while also carefully building above the 100-year water level and to flood defence specifications.