Archinect - News2024-05-02T07:00:22-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150326745/j-mayer-h-unveils-zipper-rkm-740-a-new-hybrid-healthcare-residential-tower-in-d-sseldorf
J. MAYER H. unveils ​ZIPPER - RKM 740, a new hybrid healthcare-residential tower in Düsseldorf Josh Niland2022-10-14T15:49:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b2/b2e46e49b88dc548f0a37f9c78624470.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/2501/j-mayer-h-und-partner-architekten" target="_blank">J. MAYER H.</a> has shared photos of their new ZIPPER - RKM 740 Tower project in Düsseldorf. Overlooking the Rhine on the former campus of the Dominikus hospital, the new high-rise development includes residences and healthcare facilities inside a 22,000-square-meter (237,000-square-foot) structure whose synergy they say serves as a “prototype of a hospital for the future.” </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/64/64fa81f7a84133c7ed4248bc2bb5c665.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/64/64fa81f7a84133c7ed4248bc2bb5c665.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: David Franck</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2c/2c04ae687440de8f82594b198ee7f448.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2c/2c04ae687440de8f82594b198ee7f448.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: David Franck</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6a/6add9de589e1f13bb281a60d5eec18d0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6a/6add9de589e1f13bb281a60d5eec18d0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: David Franck</figcaption></figure><p>The facade’s perforated metal curtain provides the zipper reference through a series of gradual openings that can be flexibly adapted. The arrangement of the facade also works to provide shade and wind protection to the structure, whose program is split into two 6- and 14-story volumes defining both the medical functions and housing component, respectively.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/96/96a7edd7fa1d064942de6ed5a58f60e7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/96/96a7edd7fa1d064942de6ed5a58f60e7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: David Franck</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/098e14475003b9ea4628415b9edf41cd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/098e14475003b9ea4628415b9edf41cd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: David Franck</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a013c7d1416b516d49fd0df763bae89b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a013c7d1416b516d49fd0df763bae89b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: David Franck</figcaption></figure><p>Per the architects: “The dynamic, organic shapes of the building rise like clouds of mist towards a thin volume at the top. It seems to grow in horiz...</p>