#köln chorweiler
lyoner passage // köln chorweiler
chorweiler is a place of geometry. If you have problems with mathematics, you should visit this part of town, where you can see it applied in all its diversity.
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matareweg / göteborgstraße / osloer straße // köln chorweiler
there is always a block at the end of the street.
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lyoner passage // köln chorweiler
what is striking in chorweiler is how colours are used to give contour to the jagged edges and surfaces of the houses and perhaps to give the residents orientation in the forest of houses?
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city-center // chorweiler
completion: 1976
the center of chorweiler is formed by the city-center chorweiler with the surrounding high-rise residential buildings, which look like a mountain range that slowly rises. I was unfortunately in none but the distant view over the rhineland must be terrific. on the ground, the complex is very winding and full of corners and edges, which has its own charm.
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thorn-prikker-straße // köln chorweiler
the brutalist housing development in the area of thorn-prikker-street has its very own charm, also due to the design with yellow bands and balconies to break up the façade. for me, this is a successful ensemble, even if it is in urgent need of professional renovation that also retains the original colour scheme.
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heiliger johannes XXIII & köln-neue stadt
roman-catholic church heiliger johannes XXIII
architect: hans schilling
completion: 1977
bund glass window design by jim o’daly 1997
evangelical church köln-neue stadt
architect: jürgen hadenfeldt
completion: 1978
bund glass window design by unknown artist 1978
both post-war modern churches form a quasi church campus and harmonious unity although they were planned by different architects. this is due on the one hand to the similar style and on the other hand to the fact that the clinker brick used has the same colour. since 2009, the parish hall of the catholic church has also housed a jewish community centre.
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turkurplatz // köln chorweiler
when you come to chorweiler, the building that towers over the bus stops looks like a brutalist city gate that welcomes you to discover the district.
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riphanstraße // köln chorweiler
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architect: gottfried böhm
completion: 1974
In böhm’s housing development, I find this mixture of small and large blocks very successful, as well as the way he plays with the colours. because the buildings are now surrounded by a large stock of trees and meadows, you no longer think that you are in a large housing estate. It even seems a little enchanted.
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riphanstraße // köln chorweiler
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architect: gottfried böhm
completion: 1974
I think that chorweiler is a completely underestimated district that is on the one hand really green and on the other hand, in my opinion, has spectacular architecture to offer. I would like to start with residential buildings by gottfried böhm.
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