2012

Strasberg, Germany

Commissioned by: Numrich Albrecht Klumpp Architekten BDA

The color scheme for the facade is based on a single color gradient sequence of 32 color blocks placed next to each other. The specific colors shift from light cold pink to light warm red to light warm blue to a light cold blue and back to light pink. On each floor the scheme is divided into 10 blocks per side. The polycarbonate facade adds a softening effect to the graduation of color values it transforms a series of blocks into a smooth sequence and creates a gradient effect.Working with the various intensities of only two colors can achieve four very different and distinct faces if the single color sequence begins at a different orientation point on each floor. In this way, each of the four building facades has its own distinct pattern, in which the intensity varies from light to dark and the color temperature varies from blue to red, both from side to side (horizontally) and from top to bottom (vertically). This emphasizes the push-pull play of the building, by using a contrasting color temperature and intensity to distinguish it from the floor above and below.The scheme emphasizes the very different forms of the four facades with four very unique color impressions - but like the architecture, it is based on a minimal aesthetic strategy.