ALPINE, as partner in a temporary joint venture with another company, has started to build the new headquarters of AachenMünchener in Aachen -on Borngasse, at the corner with Franzstrasse-.

Four buildings and two underground parking facilities will be built in the centre of the city of Aachen in two phases. The total investment comes to 100 million euro. The core of the new complex will be a seven-story building that will hold the main entrance to the AachenMünchener offices.

The new building complex will enable the employees of AachenMünchener Lebensversicherung AG and AachenMünchener Versicherung AG to work together at a single site, thus completing the integration process the two firms began in 1999.

The project includes the conversion of one part of the existing administration building and the construction of three more new buildings, with an underground car park, and improvements to the already-existing underground car park. All sectors of the building will be connected by a sort of boulevard on the second story. Approximately 10 percent of the area of phase two (Franzstrasse) will be let as office space.

From Aachen train station to the centre of the city, there will be direct access by a staircase. The building complex will be girdled by an attractive park to be built on the corner of Franzstrasse and Borngasse.

The new building has been designed by the «kadawittfeldarchitektur» firm of architects in Aachen, whose project won first prize. The panel considered that the design helps improve the city's urban configuration and meets AachenMünchener's high demands in terms of transparency and functionality.