About Lufthansa Aviation Center

Lufthansa Aviation Center

Address Frankfurt-am-Main
Construction date 2002 - 2006
Client MARDU Grundstuecks-Verwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. HG,Gruenwald vertreten durch Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt-am-Main
Architect Ingenhoven Architekten, Duesseldorf
Structure design Werner Sobek Ingenieure GmbH, Stuttgart
Technical design HL-Technik AG Beratende Ingenieure, Muechen, Brendel Ingenieure GmbH, Frankfurt-am-Main, Ebert Ingenieure, Frankfurt-am-Main
Energy concept Baumgartner & Partner AG, Doeendorf
Facade planning DS-Plan GmbH, Stuttgart
Environment planning DS-Plan GmbH, Stuttgart, Institute fuer Bauphysik, Muelheim a.d. Ruhr
Aerodynamic planning IFI Institut fuer Industrieaerodynamik GmbH, Aachen
Facade management Thomas A. Weisse & Partner, Hamburg
Facade constructor Gartner
Landscape architect WKM Weber Klein Maas Landschaftsarchitekten, Meerbusch
Building data(1st Phase)
Site area 27,700 square meter
Building area 18,140 square meter
Total floor area 126,230 square meter
aboveground 62,480 square meter (including Atrium 7,500 square meter)
Underground 63,750square meter (including parking space)
Total building volume 605,000m3
Height
West end height 24m
Entrance height 32m
Highest height(expansion area) 38.44m
floor height 3.55m

GLASS DATA

Image:Facade key-plan

Finger-shaped wings

Outside Double Skin (Drawing-A)
Laminated safety glass with low iron glass
(6+6)
Inside Double Skin (A)
Triple-glazed insulating glass units with low iron glass
LE8+Ar14+6+Ar14+(6+LE6)
Facades facing the winter gardens (B)
Insulating glass units with tempered low iron glass
LE 10+Ar16+8, LE 8+Ar16+8

Winter Gardens

Facades (C)
Insulating glass units with tempered low iron glass
LE 8+Ar16+8
Roofs (D)
Insulating glass units with tempered low iron glass
8+Ar16+(LE8+8)

The Passage

The Roofs (E)
Insulating glass units with tempered low iron glass (Special acrylic prism inside)
LE8+P20+(LE8+8)

Photo:Lufthansa Aviation Center