Unusual Tram Stop in Kehl by Jürgen Mayer

In 2016, the city of Kehl in Germany commissioned the German architect Jürgen Mayer H. to design a tram stop for the line linking Strasbourg and this city, Kehl. The design would be placed at the stop of the German city in response to Zaha Hadid's design at the French station.

Tram Stop in Kehl by Jürgen Mayer H. Photograph by Frank Dinger.

The design of Jürgen Mayer H. consists in a set of concrete discs that represent aspects of dynamism, balance and mobility in an infrastructural sculpture. Both the terminal in France and Germany are characterized by a unique architecture, thus giving an interesting aspect to the ends of this important tram line.

Description of project by Jürgen Mayer H.

Since December 2018, the cities of Kehl and Strasbourg are now better connected than ever, now linked by a new tram line over the border across the Rhine.

Strasbourg is Europe’s capital and thus a symbol for Europe’s unity. The new public transport connection between Strasbourg in France and Kehl in Germany underscores the cohesion of these countries at the center of the European Union.

On the French side, a landscape-like spatial fold designed by Zaha Hadid was created for the terminal station in 2001. At the other end of the line, at Kehl City Hall on the German side, a stop has now been erected designed by J.MAYER.H, a composition of bright round, exposed concrete discs that condenses aspects of dynamism, balance, lability, and mobility in an infrastructural sculpture. Both terminals are characterized by unique architecture, and everyday “minor border traffic” commutes between the two.

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Tram Stop in Kehl by Jürgen Mayer H. Photograph by Stadt Kehl.

Site Plan. Tram Stop in Kehl by Jürgen Mayer H.

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Architects

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J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten mbB

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Project team

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Jürgen Mayer H., Hans Schneider, Max Margorskyi

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Stadt Kehl

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Construction period.- 2016 - 2018. Completion.- December 2018

Jürgen MAYER H.

Jürgen Mayer H. Founded in 1996 in Berlin, Germany, J. MAYER H Architects’ studio, focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology and nature form the background for a new production of space.

Jürgen Mayer H. is the founder and principal of this crossdisciplinairy studio. He studied at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union and Princeton Universtiy. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of numerous collections including MoMA New York and SF MoMA. National and international awards include the Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award-Emerging-Architect-Special-Mention-2003 ,Winner Holcim Award Bronze 2005 and Winner Audi Urban Future Award 2010. Jürgen Mayer H. has taught at Princeton University, University of the Arts Berlin, Harvard University, Kunsthochschule Berlin, the Architectural Association in London, the Columbia University, New York and at the University of Toronto, Canada.