City Plaza in Wuppertal, Germany, wins 2019 MAPIC “Best Retail City Centre Regeneration” Award
City Plaza in Wuppertal gewinnt den MAPIC Award 2019 für "Best Retail City Centre Regeneration"
City Plaza in Wuppertal has won the prestigious 2019 MAPIC Award for the “Best Retail City Centre Regeneration” category.
Das City Plaza in Wuppertal hat den renommierten MAPIC Award 2019 in der Kategorie “Best Retail City Centre Regeneration” gewonnen.
MAPIC, held each November the southern French city of Cannes, is the leading showcase for the best in international retail property. More than 8,500 participants from over 80 countries will take part, including leading names in architecture, investment, retailing and other parts of the retail sector.
A five-storey flagship store for Primark, City Plaza is the centrepiece of a large urban redevelopment project which marks the rail gateway to Wuppertal’s city centre, forming part of an assembly of impressive historical buildings which define the remodelled square in front of the railway station.
City Plaza’s curved façade is clad with brass panels which alternate with the glass of the curtain wall, lifting the area's look and feel alongside major improvements to the surrounding public realm.
The wider project has transformed what was a neglected railway station district. The busy urban hub is used by tens of thousands of rail and bus passengers every day, and their experience is now much more pleasant.
The railway station was previously severed from the city centre by a dual carriageway, and pedestrians had to walk through an unwelcoming underpass. That highway was lowered by 6m and a new bridge built, flanked on both sides by retail/F&B pavilions (fully let).
Die MAPIC ist mit 8.500 Teilnehmern aus über 80 Ländern die bedeutendste internationale Messe für Einzelhandelsimmobilien: jedes Jahr im November treffen sich in Cannes die wichtigsten Akteure aus Architektur, Investment und Handel.
A five-storey flagship store for Primark, City Plaza is the centrepiece of a large urban redevelopment project which marks the rail gateway to Wuppertal’s city centre, forming part of an assembly of impressive historical buildings which define the remodelled square in front of the railway station.
Das City Plaza ist das Herzstück des Stadterneuerungsprojekts Wuppertal-Döppersberg mit dem Ziel der Reaktivierung der Wuppertaler Innenstadt. Eine neue Fußgängerbrücke, die beidseitig von Einzelhandelspavillons flankiert wird, verbindet den Hauptbahnhof mit der zentralen Fußgängerzone. Direkt am Bahnhofsvorplatz gelegen bildet der fünfgeschossige Gebäudesolitär City Plaza gemeinsam mit dem klassizistischen Bahnhofsgebäude das neue Haupteingangstor zur Wuppertaler Innenstadt.
City Plaza’s curved façade is clad with brass panels which alternate with the glass of the curtain wall, lifting the area's look and feel alongside major improvements to the surrounding public realm.
The wider project has transformed what was a neglected railway station district. The busy urban hub is used by tens of thousands of rail and bus passengers every day, and their experience is now much more pleasant. The railway station was previously severed from the city centre by a dual carriageway, and pedestrians had to walk through an unwelcoming underpass. That highway was lowered by 6m and a new bridge built, flanked on both sides by retail/F&B pavilions (fully let).
Die markante, geschwungene Gebäudeform greift mit seinen Rundungen spielerisch den Faltenwurf von Stoffen auf und schafft einen spannenden Dialog zum benachbarten Bahnhofsgebäude mit seiner streng formalen Fassade aus der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Der amorphe Solitär ist mit einer Metallfassade aus Kupferverbundelementen im Wechsel mit großformatigen Glasflächen verkleidet, wobei die Perforierungen der Metallelemente an eine Gewebestruktur erinnern und so an die naheliegende Hofaue, dem Zentrum der Elberfelder Textilindustrie im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert.
The new bridge transforms the pedestrian experience, seamlessly linking the station with the city centre.
Chapman Taylor’s Düsseldorf studio, together with the investor, Signature Capital, won a prestigious German Polis Award for City Plaza in the “Regenerated Town Centres” category in 2016. The project has also won the 2019-20 European Property Award for “Best Retail Architecture in Germany”.
Gemeinsam mit dem Investor Signature Capital wurde Chapman Taylor für das Projekt City Plaza bereits mit dem POLIS - Award 2016 in der Kategorie „Reaktivierte Zentren“ und mit dem European Property Award 2019/2020 für die „Beste Einzelhandelsarchitektur in Deutschland“ ausgezeichnet.
City Plaza is the most important redevelopment project that Wuppertal has seen in the post-war era and is already a catalyst for further development – helping Wuppertal to regain its historic self-confidence.
Congratulations on this well-deserved award to Signature Capital and to everyone involved in creating this landmark urban regeneration scheme for Wuppertal.
Gratulation an Signature Capital und das gesamte Projektteam!