City Plaza

City Plaza is the centre piece of a large urban redevelopment project which links Wuppertal’s railway station to the town centre. The five-storey solitaire building sits on top of rock, which had to be dynamited away to allow for underground parking, service access and other facilities. Our transformation of the entire area reduced the size of the square in front of the railway station and created a much more human scale. The building’s curved façade is clad with brass panels alternating with glass to create a striking ‘curtain wall’, which lift the entire area’s look and feel. The highway nearby was lowered by 6m and a new bridge built, flanked on both sides by retail/F&B pavilions (fully let). City Plaza helps Wuppertal to regain its historic self-confidence.