The multifunctional centre in the heart of Krefeld contains a mix of offices, restaurants, homes, healthcare and shops, in a location characterised by both large blocks and small-scale residential construction. These different scales, in combination with a complex lot, required a differentiated infill. In collaboration with Office 03, De Zwarte Hond created an ensemble of individually distinguishable volumes that nevertheless present themselves as a unit. This diversity connects the different scales of the surrounding buildings and ensures that each function has its own recognisable place within the whole. A passage running through the complex provides overview, air and spaciousness. Because the complex is divided into individual volumes, customisation was possible. By shifting the volumes relative to each other, a wide, double-height entrance to the passage was created on the Ostwall. A solid corner was created on Neuer Linner Strasse with a five-storey volume. On Petersstrasse, the recessed blocks create space for terraces.