1986
City council resolution to extend the profile of Cologne as a media town including the development of a media industry location on the site of the former freight depot Gereon

1987
Purchase of the land of the abandoned freight station Gereon by the city of Cologne

1987/1988
International urban architecture ideas competition
Winner: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Zeidler, Toronto

1988
MediaPark construction project start: city council order to realize Zeidler’s concept

Foundation of the MediaPark Köln Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (MPK)

1990
Start of construction of the above and underground infrastructure: central place, lake, pedestrian bridge and shoreline; tunnel comprising underground ring road and central underground parking
Architect: Working group Zeidler, Baugruppe Cologne; landscape architect: Jürgen Schubert, Cologne

1990/1991
Competitions for the realization of the individual parcels of land

1991
Opening of the Cinedom [Im MediaPark 1]
Architect: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zeidler, Baugruppe Cologne

1992
Commissioning of the GEW-transformer station [Im MediaPark 16]
Architects: von Einsiedel, Cologne, Kraemer, Sieverts & Partner, Cologne

1993
Completion of the building [Im MediaPark 11-15]
Architect: Kraemer, Sieverts & Partner, Cologne

1994
Completion of Im MediaPark 5
Architect: Volf, Saarbrücken

1996
Completion of the KOMED-building [Im MediaPark 7]
Architect: Kister Scheithauer Gross, Cologne

Completion of [Im MediaPark 10]
Architect: Steidle & Schmitz, Cologne

1999
Completion of [Im MediaPark 6]
Architect: Mronz, Cologne

Completion of [Maybachstraße 109/109a]
Architect: Böttger, Cologne

2000
Completion of the Musictower [Im MediaPark 2]
Architect: Oxen + Römer & Partner, Hürth

Opening of the Jolly Hotel MediaPark (today nh-Hotel) [Im MediaPark 8b]
Architects: Working group Nouvel, Kohl & Kohl, Heckmann

Completion of Im MediaPark 8a
Architect: Kostulski, Cologne

2001
Completion of the KölnTurm [Im MediaPark 8]
Architects: Working group Nouvel, Kohl & Kohl, Heckmann

Opening of the MediaPark Clinik [Im MediaPark 3]
Architect: Oxen + Römer & Partner, Hürth

Start of construction of the Forum [Im MediaPark 4]
Architect: Hertzberger, Amsterdam

2003
Completion of the last MediaPark building (Forum); constructional completion of the MediaPark

MediaPark – at a glance