{"id":42044,"date":"2025-07-09T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astoc.de\/projekte\/clouth-quartier-cologne\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:20:34","slug":"clouth-quartier-cologne","status":"publish","type":"projekt","link":"https:\/\/astoc.de\/en\/projekte\/clouth-quartier-cologne\/","title":{"rendered":"Clouth-Quartier Cologne"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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New residential quarter on a former industrial site<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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New neighborhoods in Cologne-Nippes on the site of the former rubber goods factory between Veedel and the green belt.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Clouth Quarter in Cologne-Nippes is a prime example of the transformation of inner-city industrial areas into lively, mixed-use urban districts. Where rubber goods were once produced, apartments, workplaces and open spaces have been created. The urban development framework plan – derived from the industrial structures – preserves the historical heritage, creates new urban qualities and integrates existing buildings as identity-forming anchor points. <\/p>

ASTOC has realized two architecturally independent residential projects on the Clouth site, which strike a convincing balance of individuality, contextual reference and communal openness both within themselves and in the context of the overall quarter. We realized this sub-project in the east of the quarter, directly adjacent to Johannes-Giesberts-Park. It not only marks the spatial end of the Clouth site, but also the transition to the park – clearly defined in terms of urban planning, however designed deliberately to be open. The five four-storey residential buildings take up industrial motifs and translate them into a new residential typology. <\/p>

Our contribution to the Clouth-Quartier stands for what we stand for: neighborhood development with attitude, in which material, scale and open space enter into a productive dialogue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The project, located in the Clouth quarter to the east on building plots WA 2 to 6, is characterized by a special relationship to the adjacent Johannes Giesberts Park. The 13 free-standing buildings are set back slightly from Josefine-Clouth-Strasse, creating a permeable transitional space between the neighborhood and the park – as an address-forming, semi-public zone with a high quality of stay. The buildings comprise a total of 148 residential units. Despite a similar basic structure, the houses are individually shaped. The building cubatures show clear corners from which generous balconies are cut out – a recurring motif with a high recognition factor. The brick fa\u00e7ades pick up on the industrial DNA of the district, but vary in terms of color nuances and joint pattern. The apartments range from two- to five-room layouts, are barrier-free and offer outdoor seating throughout. The development has also been thought through: clear pathways, permeable courtyards, underground garages beneath the courtyards. The open spaces have been deliberately differentiated – from private tenant gardens to semi-public play areas and green pathways. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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