Shopping centre Loop 5 in Weiterstadt
Architects: HPP
Client: Sonae Sierra
Loop 5, one of Germany's largest shopping centres, is located on the A5 motorway between Frankfurt and Darmstadt.
The exposed location, the extension of the building complex of 320 by 150 metres and the unusual façade design with vertically arranged façade panels of different widths and coloured joints as well as a building crown made of perforated metal with a special lighting concept arouse curiosity about the new shopping destination from afar.
The ring-shaped, three-storey mall with a gross floor area of 100,000 square metres and an adjoining multi-storey car park for 3,000 cars has a consumer and leisure offer similar to the city centre as well as a unique world of experience under the motto "Aviation".
In four themed corridors, visitors experience the history of aviation, from its beginnings to the jet age. Propellers, wings, rudders and rotors in the graphic design of the surrounds, floor coverings and ceilings characterise the interior design of the new shopping centre.
A special attraction is the "Loop 5 jet" that hovers above the food court on the first floor.