Innovation promenade, Bonn

Bonn's ‘Immenburg’, or more precisely the 630 metre long Immenburgstraße in the immediate vicinity of Bonn's main railway station, has so far been known primarily as a place of street prostitution. Urban developments, including on the adjacent slaughterhouse site, will change the neighbourhood, as the location between the city centre and the university campus offers great potential. Under the working title ‘Chameleon’, changeability and adaptability are being developed as design leitmotifs for the development of the neighbourhood as an innovation-friendly location. The continued heavy traffic use of Immenburgstrasse will be supplemented by the two pedestrian and cycle bridges in the north and south to accommodate a significant proportion of non-motorised movement flows. Based on this, the existing road and the new promenade will be brought together with a uniform asphalt surface. The result is a promenade space that is precisely structured by ground markings and surface treatments. The combined routing of the two cycle paths and a wide pedestrian area on the north-western side, supported by the accompanying avenue of pioneer trees, results in a generous promenade profile.