BraWo City Wolfsburg
The continuation of the striking plane tree avenue enhances the visibility of Porschestraße in the urban context and creates a strong link to the city center. The ground floor zone of BraWo City, which is oriented toward the main traffic axis, further activates the public space. The area made available after the relocation of the central bus station is divided by two large-format plaza inlays. The new town square creates an important anchor point in the heterogeneous environment. The square areas with water-bound surfaces, framed by wide slab bands, define places to pause in the busy urban space. Scattered play objects and floor-level water jets as well as a kiosk provide accents.
Access to the new urban quarter south of the Mengler building is clearly highlighted by the high point and an offset in the tree-lined avenue. The urban design allows for a variety of passageways. The transverse joints running from east to west are emphasized by green inlays. Large-format concrete slabs cover the entire quarter, creating a calm setting. A clearly legible and intuitively comprehensible differentiation of public space characterizes the ground floor zones. The northern parts of the quarter are brought directly up to the building facades as stone squares, creating an urban atmosphere. Only small green inlays bundle various functions such as bicycle parking spaces and create recreational areas. The southern blocks with private residential use on the ground floor are given a green buffer zone, which also supports clear address formation.
The central transverse axis, south of the highest point, extends the footpath connection from the craftsmen's quarter through the neighborhood to Alessandro-Volta-Straße. The widened joint spans a green neighborhood square that mediates between very different building blocks consisting of offices, cafés, individual suppliers, and residential uses. With their closed gesture towards Porschestraße, the southwestern buildings form a small neighborhood square as an everyday meeting place for residents. The extension of Zollhausstraße through the southern quarter is designed as a level lane in the sense of a “soft separation.”
