European Central Bank - exterior

This project mixes a landmark structure, the Grossmarkthalle, and a contemporary glass-cloaked skyscraper; the pre-existent building acts as an "urban foyer" that integrates the project to the rest of the city. Its location and height allows it to visually connect with several other landmarks of the city, such as the Museum Embankment, the Alte Oper and the skyline of the financial district; this connection goes both ways as the project can be seen from a wide radius.

The shape of the skyscraper portion of the project is the result of the figurative twisting of a monolithic block, creating a sharp-edged shape that folds into itself; this shape allows the building to have different characters depending on the position it's been looked at: slender and angular from one side, massive from another.