Essay: Resource Roof

 - Wolfgang Bachmann

The recovery of roof space for functions beyond pure weather protection - such as energy generation or living and working - offers great potential in urban densification. But this also poses a great challenge in terms of architectural integration.

Essay: Resource Roof
Roof extension as a tower: The NRW state archives at Duisburg’s inner harbour was inserted by Ortner & Ortner Baukunst into an existing building from 1936. © O&O Baukunst / Sebastian Wiswedel