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NEW PROJECT - MY ZEIL - PALAIS QUARTIER, FRANKFURT AM MAIN - GERMANY
Palais Quartier is a new development in the heart of Frankfurt built around the historical "Palais Thurn und Taxis" built 1729 - 1739.
The project consists of the reconstruction of the Palais, along with Hotel and Office Towers and a retail complex "My Zeil" situated on Europe's largest pedestrian mall - "The Zeil".
The project consists of the reconstruction of the Palais, along with Hotel and Office Towers and a retail complex "My Zeil" situated on Europe's largest pedestrian mall - "The Zeil".
The retail segment with its dramatic organic glass envelope that penetrates the interior has eight storey's, each themed with retail, entertainment, fitness and fun for the whole family. The floors are interconnected by a series of sixteen escalators. Formglas bid, and was contracted to supply
the cladding for all the escalators designed to fit in with the organic feel of the complex
The escalators were built by Thyssenkrupp Fahrtreppen GmbH, Hamburg
and Formglas material was bought and installed
by Arge Ausbau Palais Quartier, a joint venture consisting of three
prominent German interior fit out contractors, MBN Bau Kõln GmbH, Kaefer
Construction GmbH and Mãnz und Krauss Ausbau GmbH Berlin.
To coordinate all the different conditions generated by the intersections of the escalators with the constantly changing shapes of the openings in the floors, Formglas engineering staff met with the installation team and the architects on site and resolved all technical and design issues
To coordinate all the different conditions generated by the intersections of the escalators with the constantly changing shapes of the openings in the floors, Formglas engineering staff met with the installation team and the architects on site and resolved all technical and design issues
The longest escalator, an expressway, is 47m [150ft] long
rising 4 floors and is the longest self supporting
escalator in Germany. The cladding was made up of 75
components the largest of which was 1.8m x 2.4m
First mock up assembly for owners review
A total of 6 containers with 436 components were shipped to
the site. The project was completed on time and
opened February 26, 2009.
Mock up supplied by Formglas, 2 piece construction
Locally supplied mockup light scoop prefabricated off site using framing and drywall.
In addition to the Escalator
cladding, Formglas also supplied 72 inverted light scoops, each
a two piece assembly 3.0m diameter.
