Clara & Robert

Sophisticated and Efficient. 

With its brick walls, a part of the former barracks seems to emerge from a new building. Its metallic outer skin, with its small, irregularly arranged windows reminds one of a piano keyboard. And this impression does not spring from nowhere: this ensemble in the Derendorf district of Düsseldorf is called »Clara & Robert«. This name pays tribute to Robert and Clara Schumann: After all, from 1850 the composer, supported by his wife, was the municipal director of music in Düsseldorf.

This striking ensemble was planned and realised by the architectural office of sop slapa oberholz pszczulny architekten. The impact is emphasized by a clear light concept: The interior and the exterior lighting of the two closely interlinked buildings, which together with the adjacent new building cover an area of approximately 19,000 square metres, stems from a single source. ADO Lights, a TTC Timmler brand, has equipped the buildings.