Energy-efficient offices have a first-class new address in the Rhine-Main area. At the intersection of the most important urban development projects in Offenbach am Main, the CO2-neutral LEIQ office building marks the northeastern start of the new Kaiserlei district and forms the link to the new development area of the Offenbach harbor to the east. Danfoss, the global market and technology leader in the development of energy-efficient infrastructures in the fields of refrigeration, air conditioning, and heating, will move its German headquarters into LEIQ and use its technology to make LEIQ one of the first CO2-neutral office buildings in Germany.
The building's lines follow the polygonal boundaries of the plot and translate the prismatic shape of the plot into the cubature. The new building is designed as a double courtyard type and occupies almost the entire area of the plot. To the southwest, it is adjoined by an above-ground parking garage, which is accessed from Goethering. A total of around 29,000 m² of office space is being created, divided roughly equally between the two office buildings.
Two buildings in one shell
The building forms two separate addresses on Nord- and Goethering. The east wing occupies a prominent corner location at the junction of Nord- and Goethering and is accessed from there via a courtyard. The entrance to the courtyard opens up as a two-story showcase to the city. From here, the flanking office spaces can be reached via two separate staircases.
The forecourt to the western wing of the building is accessed via an open passageway under a bridge component. The square is formed by a two-story incision in the volume along the Nordring and gives the western wing its own prestigious address, as it will be used by a tenant as a visitor center for training courses, conferences, and meetings.
From the forecourt, a spacious open staircase leads to the covered courtyard on the first floor, which is used as a lobby and indoor terrace. Here, meeting and training rooms are arranged around the light-flooded courtyard. An open staircase visibly connects the floors and enlivens the interior, as does the restaurant adjoining the lobby on the side, which can also be operated independently via the terrace facing the Main riverbank. This is where the southern Main promenade, which begins in Frankfurt, ends, and together with the facilities already in place at this location, a new attractive leisure area is being created.
Incised into the building volume at the kink points of the facades, these structures divide the architectural volume and offer tenants attractive and sheltered loggias for meeting and communication zones. The eaves edge, which rises towards the corners of the building, also conceals the technical enclosures on the roof, so that the striking silhouette of the building can also be seen from the Kaiserleibrücke bridge and from the opposite bank of the Main.