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New Haven-based architects Pickard Chilton has been selected by global real estate firm Hines to master plan and design a large urban development in Stuttgart, Germany

The firm was selected after being invited to participate in an international competition. The 1.4million-square-foot project design includes a mix of complementary uses on the site, including a hotel/boarding-house and a publicly-accessible ground level activated by cafés, restaurants and amenity spaces, and is intended to integrate into the surrounding city.

The project’s concept has been dubbed “Die Fuge” (“The Seam”) and focuses on the creation of new, innovative office space as well as an extensive public space located at the center of the master plan. The design responds to the site’s topography, giving way to a series of green roof terraces with integrated solar panels, keeping sustainability at the core of the project.

“We are honored to be considered to contribute this significant development to Stuttgart’s urban fabric,” Pickard Chilton principal William D. Chilton said in a statement. “This project will allow us to create a next-generation urban development that will positively contribute to the neighborhood while incorporating key environmental goals that are reflective of our client’s vision for sustainable and impactful architecture in the 21st century.”

Die Fuge’s “open office campus” encompasses flexible and modular H-shaped office buildings that will create exterior courtyards for drop-offs and access to bicycle storage and amenities. Inherent flexibility in planning supports long-term building resiliency and responsiveness to market conditions.