City Passage Rostock

Refurbishment and extension of an existing residential and retail building with underground car parking

The City Passage in the heart of Rostock is conceived as a residential, office and retail building. Within a three year construction period a coherent building complex has been created with 35 apartments, 21 shops and 900 square meters of office space.

On the ground floor and first floors there are approx. 6400 square meters of retail space, on the second floor facing “Breiten Strasse” approx. 900 square meters of office space and from the third floor up to the attic there are 35 apartments. The level shop access is from the “Breitenstrasse”, the “Eselföter Strasse” and the arcade. The apartments and office floors can be reached via stairwells with elevators.

The 2-storey courtyard development with an attractive open arcade and shops connects the “Breiten Strasse” with the “Langen Strasse”. The entrance to the single storey underground car parking with 76 spaces is in the ”Langen Strasse” on the north side of the building complex, whereas goods delivery is possible on the north side and south side.

The building was given a high-quality sandstone facade on the “Breiten Strasse”. The shopwindows have a glass and aluminium facade which makes it possible to integrate different entrance situations. The remaining facades were given an insulation and plaster compound system coated with fine sand and terracotta plaster tones and a granite base.

In order to emphasise the effect of the building a lighting concept incorporating spotlights was developed in order to accentuate the building’s impressive appearance in the evening hours.