A touch of heaviness
What should be done with the bunkers of the Second World War now that they are starting to show their age? A residential building in the Cologne district of Nippes offers a possible answer to this question: instead of tearing down some of the remaining bunkers still above ground Luczak Architekten incorporated the massive walls into a series of newly built town houses and lofts. The interior rooms are spacious and full of light – and yet the past is still sensually present.
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