Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg

Strip sequences

The open space design is based on the orthogonal ordering principle of the architecture. A pattern of stripes, fields and surfaces emerges from the façade structure. Narrow and wider stripes, as they are also found in the surrounding cultural landscape or are thematized in current art, structure the green spaces. Additive sequences of grasses, shrubs and perennials create an exciting overall picture. Hard edges of the paved surfaces contrast with soft lines of the leafy ornamental shrubs in variable shades of green. The pavement surfaces of natural stone vary like the stripe texture. Here, paved surfaces are interwoven with slab strips. All the necessary functions of the new building ensemble are also integrated in this grid matrix. From the entrance hall, the "Magistrale" develops as the central entrance axis to which all parts of the building are oriented. With an inviting gesture, customers and employees are led into the bank building as if on a red carpet. A grid of different maples takes up the structure into the third dimension and slowly merges into freely distributed groups of trees towards the west. The existing row of trees on Maastrichter Strasse forms a green spatial edge and at the same time the transition to the open landscape. The three atriums are calm, rhythmic pictorial worlds between areas of water and shrubs. These inner courtyards are quiet zones in the surrounding bustle.