Navigable Vision

Figure: Jörg Hempel

Subway platforms at Graf-Adolf-Platz station

Figure: Jörg Hempel

Figure: Dyckerhoff

Substructure for receiving the concrete building block panels

Figure: Dyckerhoff

Figure: Jörg Hempel

Subterranean cutting room Graf-Adolf-Platz station

Figure: Jörg Hempel

Figure: Dyckerhoff

Subway station “Kirchplatz” with concrete building block cladding

Figure: Dyckerhoff

Detail and insight into seam characteristics

Figure: Dyckerhoff

Figure: Bauverlag BV

The text is taken from the yearbook „Beton Bauteile 2017“, ISBN 978-3-7625-3676-5, which is available at the Profil book shop (//www.profil-buchhandlung.de" target="_blank" >www.profil-buchhandlung.de:www.profil-buchhandlung.de) and the local German book shops. The book is published only in German language.

Figure: Bauverlag BV

The Dusseldorf Wehrhahn line shows in its design how innovative modern Concrete building block can be. However, a look at the expensive and technically demanding production shows that an innovative manufacturer is also required.

The Dusseldorf Wehrhahn line demonstrates in its architectural and artistic design – like hardly any other major project of recent years – how innovative modern concrete building block can be and how it has also found its way into the premium architecture of our times. However, a look at the expensive and sometimes technically demanding production shows that an innovative manufacturer is also required.

Subway – that sounds like steel and dirt, not so much like art. The new Dusseldorf Wehrhahn line, on the other hand, is a prime example of everyday aesthetics. In the ambience of...