Central Waste Deposit “Emscherbruch“, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Competition: 1990 - 1st Prize
Construction period: 1996 - 1999
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project team: Christoph Nolte, Juana Grunwald, Hartmut Schuster, Georg Kolendowicz, Stefan Lemke et al.
Client: Abfallentsorgungsgesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH Essen
Gross area: 10.658 m²
Volume: 62.637 m³

The central waste disposal site completes the “Haldenpark” (dump park) of the green corridor D along the river Emscher and the Rhine-Herne-Canal. The new building integrates all op-erational units in one edifice. It projects into the dump like the artificial base of the embank-ment, allowing for technical and functional logistics. Thus it merges into the landscape.

The small weighing house completes the central waste deposit. As a steel box under an oval concrete roof it visibly stands out against the design of the other buildings. It is circled by a band-like steel frame with a tin casing varnished in orange. In contrast to this, the longitudinal sides are made of sound insulated glass. The rest room and the storeroom are concealed behind closed elements.

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