Helios site

50825 Cologne-Ehrenfeld: approx. 4 ha area. Within the framework of a cooperative expert procedure, three planning offices developed an urban development plan in autumn 2013 as a basis for the further structural development of the area. The design by Ortner & Ortner from Cologne was selected as the winning design. The citizens wanted housing and culture instead of a shopping mall. The shopping mall was averted. Instead, the partly built-over and used, partly fallow area in the centre of Ehrenfeld is to be developed integratively. In addition to the Helios primary and comprehensive school (Groundbreaking was in Dec. 2019; both schools are expected to open for the school year 2023/2024 completed), a lively mix of housing, culture, commerce and retail is to be realized there. Completion: ~2024

After the cooperative expert procedure conducted in 2013 to develop an urban development concept, the planning was revised several times. The jury selected the design by the consortium Schilling Architekten (Cologne) with Lohaus & Carl Landschaftsarchitekten + Stadtplaner (Hanover) as the winner of the second architectural competition.

Links
Design Quartier Ehrenfeld www.d-q-e.net
www.buergerinitiative-helios.de
www.stadt-koeln.de/...helios-gelaende