Waldpelz

Dortmund

How can emptiness be reimagined?

The design uses the derelict Kampstrasse as an opportunity for a radical change of perspective: instead of traffic space, a lively, natural urban space is created. Densification through vegetation, openness through water surfaces, small-scale interventions instead of large-scale concepts. An unexpected place that not only complements the city center, but reimagines it.

We are in the Ruhr region. Between Sauerland and the Rhein plain along the Ruhr, an artificial conglomerate of uncoordinated structural developments, driven by coal mining and steel production. Mining and steel production were already discontinued in the 1960s, since then the boom phase triggered by the above-mentioned exceptional exogenous impulses has come to an end and the Ruhr area is shrinking - not in terms of area, but in terms of population. Dortmund forms the eastern end of the Ruhr area and was an important trading city even before the initiation of mining and steel production and was part of the Hanseatic League for many years. The medieval character and urban density are no longer recognizable after massive destruction during the war; on the contrary, the reconstruction by adding large volumes followed the idea of establishing the city centre as a place for trade and services. Housing is only found in peripheral locations and on a small scale. The public areas are almost completely sealed, the dimensions of the traffic areas are optimized for car and truck traffic, and no provision was made for parks.

Where large retail spaces disappear…

One could say that the effects of the war were seen by the population as an opportunity to develop their city according to the new criteria of urban development (Athens Charter) and to establish the city center as a “shopping mall”. However, this idea is more of a “business model” than a living space. This concept was already clearly coming to an end in the 1990s and is now being accelerated by delivery services that are marginalizing bricks-and-mortar retail. This crisis of the inner city “business model” is an opportunity for the inner city living space - where large retail spaces disappear, small-scale residential structures with their necessary surroundings can emerge.

Westenhellweg, the historic commercial street, which today forms the epicenter of inner-city retail as a pedestrian zone, runs west-east through the city center. Kampstraße is arranged parallel to it, an artificial aisle, intended as a traffic axis for delivery logistics, supply and disposal for the large department stores along Westenhellweg. Since the 1970s, the relocation of the inner-city streetcars underground was planned as a metro line and implemented by 2000. Above-ground streetcars and cars were removed from the cityscape, leaving behind a 50m-100m wide corridor that completely cuts through the city center from west to east, but could not offer any urban development qualities. The idea of urban planning was to develop a “Boulevard Kampstraße”. However, due to its history as a logistics axis, Kampstrasse lacked all the necessary urban prerequisites for a successful boulevard from the outset. The Westenhellweg with its 1.3 km long pedestrian zone is right next door, all the stores, restaurants and cafés are oriented towards it - there was foreseeably no economic opportunity for the Boulevard Kampstraße.

Intervention!

We see this urban development crisis as an opportunity - a formidable empty space for better living spaces in the middle of the city - not a central park, but a forest with dense trees, soft soils that can absorb moisture and bind dust, shady places and open water areas, biodiversity, but above all a magical place. We propose to remove/extract an area of forest in the neighboring Sauerland with the contour of the Kampstrasse (footprint) and use it here, including the forest floor with its topography. Surface water is collected at selected points and can be experienced as small ponds. In the darkest places, “mythical creatures” await with their stories - 5m to 6m high sculptures by Ariane Koch. We call the concept Waldpelz (forest fur).

Unfortunately, the competition jury was of the opinion that it was a provocation and refused to judge the work. Unbuilt.

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Daten

Competition

1997

Address

Kampstraße - Brüderweg
44137 Dortmund

Awarding Authority

City of Dortmund

Cross-Section
Pictogram intervention
Sculpture by Ariane Koch
Sculpture by Ariane Koch
Axonometric Intervention

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Competition Sports Hall Karpfenteich Primary School

Berlin

The urban environment of the Karpfenteich Elementary School is relatively small-scale. The area is characterized by two- to three-story, detached houses with front gardens and a set-back from the street. The school design from the 1960s reflects this environment by placing the volume deeper into the plot, limiting the number of stories, and creating an open space in front of the building for access—an expansive gesture.

We aim to preserve this gesture and therefore position the new building at the site of the existing single-field sports hall. We align with the scale of the surroundings and place significant parts of the building program underground. What remains visible is a single-story pavilion, which resembles a greenhouse more than a sports hall due to its transparent and opaque facades.

The hall area, playing fields, and all ancillary rooms are located in the basement. The upper half of the hall volume is visible above ground—designed for natural light and with opportunities to look in and through. A small entrance building stands separately next to the pavilion, constructed with the same materials and housing stairs and an elevator. The entire building is barrier-free throughout. The program areas are implemented in detail, and the street-facing end features a taller structure with chimneys for ventilation and exhaust.

Construction + Load-Bearing System

All exterior wall components below ground are made of reinforced concrete. Due to the hydrological conditions, a bathtub design is not necessary. Therefore, high insulation is provided along with protection against seepage. The roof area above the ancillary rooms will be designed as walkable.

The hall roof will be constructed from pre-stressed steel profiles. This allows for a minimal structural height (reduced heated volume) with a simple construction and low construction costs. Small BSH (laminated veneer lumber) beams are placed at intervals of 67.5 cm in the longitudinal direction, providing support for perforated plywood panels (sound absorption) as the substructure for the roof assembly. Therefore, the underside of the roof is primarily wooden. Wood is also used as a defining surface on the walls of the lowered hall area (covering for concrete walls). The roof surface will be extensively greened and will not have any openings. Natural lighting for the hall is ensured through the facade.

Supports are added as V-shaped columns along the longitudinal sides, placed on top of the concrete walls (longitudinal bracing).

Building Envelope: Roof + Facade

The longitudinal facades will be constructed from multi-chamber sandwich panels. These panels are held at the base and top points and interlocked longitudinally with tongue and groove. The panels are opaque, creating a linear, light-permeable skin without glare in the interior of the hall—abstract and detailed. The gable facades will be glazed transparently, allowing views through the building to the open spaces behind or down onto the playing area. Horizontal pipes mounted on projecting elements provide sun protection on the gable sides. The roof will be extensively greened (5th facade) and will remain without penetrations. All underground envelope parts will be built as robust reinforced concrete constructions with high insulation.

Sustainability

Avoid energy expenditure – Optimize energy conversion – Intelligently control energy usage

The building is compact. The air-exposed surfaces are minimized, thus reducing transmission heat losses. All facade surfaces can be utilized for natural lighting. Roofs are highly insulated and unbroken. The spatial program is implemented 1:1, and circulation areas are kept to the necessary minimum. All rooms are naturally ventilated. An exhaust chimney will be constructed that extends about 7 meters above the hall building. The interior spaces are connected to the natural ventilation system through overflow openings.

The constructions are straightforward and easy to erect. The number of materials used is minimal; they are uncomplicated yet robust and easily replaceable if necessary. Dismantling, deconstruction, and disposal can be done with simple equipment, and the materials are largely recyclable.

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Data

Competition

2012

Address

Hildburghauser Straße 135-145
12209 Berlin

Awarding Authority

Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Berlin

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Competition Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Berlin

The new building is intended to serve as an extension and infill between two existing buildings. Both buildings are witnesses to political and human conflicts. We aim to reconcile them through architecture—preserving this urban-philosophical document and sharpening its perception.

With the current use (BMAS), the upper floors are accessed securely through the main building, while the publicly accessible uses on the ground floor are independent of this. A climate-controlled structural connection is not included; however, an effective covering of the transition on the ground floor is planned. A direct connection on the lower floor is not planned but remains open for further planning.

Two separate access points are planned at the ends of the buildings. In the case of a third-party use (outside of BMAS), a separate access and address could be established here at any time. The upper floors can be organized freely between the cores—open space, individual or group offices, conference rooms, etc. If needed, a change of use (e.g., residential) within the primary structure and facade is also possible.

The historical edges of Wilhelmplatz have been shifted. Therefore, the original, immediate connection to the existing building is no longer feasible. Out of respect for the existing building and to avoid the formal conflict of a direct corner connection, we have created a building recess with one of our cores—creating a narrow gap to the existing building and shifting the building alignments. The new and old buildings appear to be connected in projection.

The layout and scale of the school building, and its origins from the catalog of prefabricated elements, intersect with the classicist language of the BMAS. Both buildings stand as symbols of political systems that have engaged in a historical conflict for a long time. Since the reunification of the two German states, this conflict has become obsolete. Nevertheless, they bear witness to a human attitude that has prevented rapprochement and free decision. We aim to preserve this urban-philosophical document and sharpen its perception.

We assume the continued existence of both neighboring buildings and attempt to reconcile the symbols of the former adversaries with our facade by incorporating and extending the key lines of both facades and weaving them into our own facade. The contours create parapet edges, facade profiles, and material joints between cladding elements. The facade becomes a metaphor—we intertwine historical and political opponents, public space with private, educational use with the working world, and citizens with politics.

Materiality, Color, and Detailing

The windows are set in deep reveals, and the parapets are clad with anodized aluminum panels. The panels are used in various tones (anthracite, bronze, gold, silver), both solid and perforated. The color scheme is borrowed from the existing BMAS building, bridging the neighboring buildings and making a distinct statement through its materiality, which will remain even if the school building’s facade receives new surfaces.

Correspondence Between Use and Design

All floor areas along Wilhelmstrasse are designed as flexible office spaces. Cores with vertical and technical access are positioned at the corners and oriented towards the courtyard (north). Three structural axes form the primary load-bearing framework—two of which are in the parapet level and one in the partition wall area, designed as a closet element. In full-use scenarios (not open space), the supports are not perceptible. The office depths are set at 5.4 meters, and the corridor width at 1.5 meters. On the ground floor, the publicly accessible areas include the daycare center and exhibition space.

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Data

Competition

2013

Address

Wilhelmstraße 50
10117 Berlin

Awarding Authority

Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben
Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

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City and Regional Library Dortmund

Dortmund

“Open House” a place for the urban community

With the construction of the new city and regional library, an identity-forming public building is being created in Dortmund at an important urban location: directly opposite the main railway station, at the interface between the historic city center, cultural mile and urban station district. With the new library building, this traditional site will take on a new public significance and in future will function as an open, lively house for knowledge, exchange and encounters.

Position in Urban Context

The compact, powerful building is precisely positioned in the urban context and defines a new address on the station forecourt. With its clear positioning, it strengthens the urban edge to the station and the heavily frequented Königswall and at the same time formulates an opening of the public space to the city center, an invitation to the urban society. A city loggia on the city center elevation, approx. 7m higher than the Königswall, connects the entrance and forecourt, a public space for lingering, events and informal encounters. A pond, as an open water collector, a rainwater reservoir binds dust and generates good air quality near the façade through evaporation and is thus part of a holistic building and energy concept.

Architecture + Form

The design is intended as a public building with a significant form. The compact, monolithic structure with semi-circular ends and characteristic bulleyes is both powerful and accessible. The soft contours wrap around reading spaces arranged in a spiral, always in connection with the stock docked on each floor, and promote an interplay between the exterior and interior spaces.

Holistic building and energy concept

The building is designed as a compact, resource-efficient volume. The organization of the functions follows the principle of short distances, synergies and multiple uses. Public and internal areas are logically stacked and connected by central meeting areas. Flexible spatial structures allow adaptive use to changing requirements. The compact building form minimizes the enveloping surface and thus heat loss and enables high energy efficiency. Regenerative energy systems, passive climate strategies and a high proportion of renewable and recyclable materials complete the concept. In terms of construction, the building is based on a supporting structure with reduced spans and minimized use of materials. The façade not only has a design function, but also acts as an active component in the energy concept, with integrated passive and active measures for lighting, ventilation and shading. Some of the rainwater is collected via the pond and used for irrigation and cooling the building.

An integrative urban component for Dortmund

With its urban design, its significant architectural language and a consistently implemented, resource-minimized concept, the new Dortmund City and Regional Library building will become an important public space and new urban building block. It not only offers space for knowledge and culture, but also for social and urban encounters - an open house for urban society.

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Daten

Competition

1996

Address

Max-Von-Der-Grün-Platz 1-3
44137 Dortmund

Awarding Authority

DAL - Deutsche Anlagen Leasing; Stadt Dortmund

Floor plan ground floor with surroundings
Floor plans 1st - 3rd floor
Section

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Competition Gleisdreieck

Berlin

"Yes, that's what you want:

A villa in the countryside with a large terrace, the Baltic Sea in front, Friedrichstraße in the back; with a lovely view, rustic yet stylish, from the bathroom you can see the Zugspitze – but you're not far from the cinema in the evening. The whole thing is simple, full of modesty: Nine rooms – no, better make it ten! A rooftop garden with oaks growing on it, radio, central heating, vacuum, a well-trained, silent staff, a sweet woman full of class and verve – (and one for the weekend, as a reserve) – a library, and all around, solitude and the hum of bumblebees..."

(Kurt Tucholsky, 1927)

We can't influence the choice of staff or partners – but the wishes for a residence are almost fulfilled: the new Gleisdreieck park is next door, the view of Potsdamer Platz, the crossing elevated railway tracks, and the Landwehr Canal is breathtaking. The entire building faces west, so the sun shines deep into the floor plans at every time of year, as the distance to the next buildings is immense.

Here, you want to live outdoors – with a rooftop garden. A wonderful opportunity to rethink the city – like Matera, a small early medieval town in northern Italy. Built on and into the mountain – dense, vertical and horizontal, with public and private open spaces tightly intertwined, offering wide views and intimate closeness: a landscape in the city = cityscape. Clearly visible but not overlooked.

For this reason, our building looks like a hill made up of large terraces for each resident, lively and green, with protrusions and recesses, a variety of different apartment types, and a distinctive tactile quality. All roof surfaces are accessible—those on the protrusions serve as private terraces, and the topmost one is a communal garden for the residents. The address is the building itself—an ideal. There are three ways to enter the building: larger and smaller entrances. The texture and color of the plaza surface guide you inside.

Inside, all entrances are connected through a two-story hall that spans the entire length of the building (see the art concept). Seven staircases and elevators provide access to the upper floors.

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Data

Competition

2014

Address

Schöneberger Ufer 5
10785 Berlin

Awarding Authority

SEB Potsdamer Objekt EP GmbH & Co. KG

Partner

Landscape architect: Simons & Hinze, Berlin
Technical building equipment:
Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH, Stuttgart
Fire protection:
Neumann Krex & Partner, Meschede       
structural engineering: Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner, Berlin

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Competition Living at Lake Rheinau

Mannheim

Waterfront Location, Water Sports, and the Significance of Wind Flow in east/west and north/south directions are key characteristics of the property, as highlighted in the available reports.

We want to address these aspects in our urban design concept: wind leaves traces—on water, in fields, in desert landscapes, etc. From this, images emerge—fascinating graphics composed of structures, surfaces, and colors. We sought to create a form that could represent an image of a trace left by the wind. At the same time, it should correspond with the already planned access routes.

We want to give each future resident a direct visual connection to the water from their home. For this reason, we have chosen flexible building typologies with specific visual characteristics, which can be built as semi-detached houses and row houses. In the first row along the waterline, we propose semi-detached houses, with row houses in the second and third rows—possibly intermixed with semi-detached houses. The row houses are structurally connected on the ground floor and first floor, while on the top floor, the floor plan is halved and complemented by a large rooftop terrace. The building positions are arranged in such a way that these floors are offset from each other, creating views of the lake and allowing for airflow in the E/W direction at every point.

The semi-detached houses will be placed on the existing ground level, creating a direct connection to the shore and offering an attractive elevation for the following residential rows.

The multi-story apartment buildings take on a special role—we are concentrating them on the southwestern part of the property, enhancing the dynamic roof landscape of the semi-detached and row houses into a multi-story design. Layers are stacked, overlapped, and shifted. This creates a dynamic image ("traces"). The height gradation also generates attractive apartments in the multi-story buildings with direct views of Rheinauer Lake.

Access

We will utilize the already constructed routes and the existing utility supply and disposal systems. The middle route is not needed for vehicular access but will serve as a public pedestrian path through the area. The height difference between the roads and the existing ground surface ranges between 2 and 3 meters. We will use this height difference to place an effective underground parking garage (community garage) between two rows of townhouses, allowing for natural lighting. The roof of this garage will be extensively greened, partially paved, and publicly accessible. It will be part of a central open space with a north-south orientation, adjoining private gardens. If necessary, the townhouse complexes can have basements—the remaining areas will be filled in.

The apartment buildings will be raised by half a floor, with the underground level lowered by half a floor. This creates an easily accessible, well-ventilated garage floor and a ground floor that is not visible to passersby. The garden area will be filled in, providing barrier-free access to the ground floor for the residents.

Open Spaces

To protect against traffic noise, we plan to build landscape structures—gabions and embankments of varying heights (at least 3.0 meters). These will surround the building site, tapering off at the edges.

Planting and extensive greening of the private areas will create a park-like setting in the central areas, which, in keeping with the water connection, will become a defining characteristic of the future settlement structure.

In close proximity to the existing recreational facilities—such as the water-ski area and lawn—we plan to set up a playground. A riverside walking path will roughly follow the current route. Public access points will be connected at various locations, offering visitors a direct connection to the water and places to linger.

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Data

Competition

2013

Address

Am Rheinauer See
68219 Mannheim

Awarding Authority

NCC Deutschland GmbH

Partner

AIG Allgemeine Planungs & Ingenieursgesellschaft mbH

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Competition Museum of Bavarian History

Regensburg

The inner city of Regensburg is characterized by its small-scale structure, resulting from its continuous historical development. Towards the Danube, the city's layout opens up, forming a tableau on the museum's site where various street axes converge. The new building integrates these axes and consolidates them into a city square facing the Danube. The open edges of the neighboring plots are closed and partially connected to the museum's main structure. This is where the Bavariathek, library, archive, administration, and other auxiliary rooms are located. Additionally, the building is publicly accessible throughout.

Floor Plan

The ground floor is an open hall—a "market hall" where all secondary uses of the museum's operation are offered. All supporting functions are compactly organized in a structured building spine that runs through all floors and also serves a stabilizing function for the entire construction.

Controlled access to the upper floors is provided via elevators and open staircases that run parallel to the façade (facing the Danube). The lecture hall, showroom, and special exhibition rooms are located on the first floor, with their own foyer connected to this access route. On this floor, there is the first bridge connection to the Bavariathek, which is repeated on the second floor. The third and fourth floors house additional exhibition spaces. The tour ends on a spacious rooftop terrace with a wide view over the city and countryside.

Relief

Facing the Danube, the building features a relief composed of horizontal elements, showcasing a selection of significant personalities from Bavarian state history and culture, buildings, technical objects representing Bavarian innovation, and symbols of folkloristic tradition.

Construction + Load-Bearing System + Facade

The basement, housing the technical facilities, is constructed as a sealed tank. All load-bearing columns are made of reinforced concrete, and the long-span ceilings use Cobiax system slabs.

Large transparent facade sections are built with a post-and-beam structure. The solid sections are constructed from large-format, highly insulating bricks and are finished with colored plaster.

Interior Finish

The interior design is intended to be simple: exposed concrete surfaces with a colored glaze (white), wooden doors also glazed in white, ceiling mirrors as light ceilings, natural stone flooring on the ground floor (similar to the surrounding outdoor surfaces), and wood in the corridors and exhibition areas.

Outdoor Facilities

The outdoor areas (surfaces, trees, dimensions) connect with the existing surroundings and continue around and through the ground floor ("market hall"). Density and openness alternate—towards the Danube, a beer garden is set up, modeled after traditional forms of this type of dining. With its shade-providing trees (geometrically pruned pollarded willows), it serves as both the starting and endpoint of the museum visit.

Sustainability

The building is compact. The roofs are highly insulated and unbroken. The constructions are straightforward and easy to erect. The number of selected materials is minimal, they are simple but robust, and can be easily replaced if necessary. Disassembly, deconstruction, and disposal are possible with basic equipment, and the materials are largely recyclable.

The building adheres to the DGNB sustainability criteria. The German quality seal incorporates various sustainability aspects into the following main criteria groups:

  • Process quality (quality assurance, structured commissioning, monitoring)
  • Ecological quality (pollutants and CO2 emissions)
  • Economic quality (value of materials and life cycle calculations)
  • Sociocultural and functional quality (user comfort and design)
  • Technical quality (building quality)

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Data

Competition

2012

Address

Donaumarkt
93047 Regensburg

Awarding Authority

State Building Authority Regensburg

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Competition Fourth Comprehensive School

Aachen

"Not the child should adapt to the environment, but we should adapt the environment to the child."

— Maria Montessori

More than a School: A Lived Philosophy

The fourth comprehensive school in Aachen is taking a new approach. Teams of teachers and students form communities that learn together and spend the day together. Equality replaces hierarchy, and group work takes the place of frontal teaching. Students are empowered in their individuality rather than being dominated.

At the same time, students organize their own learning environment. In coordination with teachers, this creates a novel advisory and learning attitude. With a self-determined living environment, identification grows. School is perceived as a living place rather than an abstract institution.

Urban Planning Concept

The site is situated in the midst of a Gründerzeit district. The distinct topography and dense vegetation characterize the property. We aim to highlight the elevation and the quality of open space in our design. A central building span connects the existing classroom towers with a new sports hall. The building is traversable both inside and out, creating very diverse zones. In addition to the towers and central structure, we are placing small pavilions with a student café and a teaching kitchen in the garden.

The former sports field will be converted into the entrance courtyard, which already integrates the topography and leads into and through the building. The delivery for the cafeteria will be via Bergstraße, while the delivery for the sports hall will be directly from Sandkaulstraße. Fire and emergency services can access the site from various points via Sandkaulstraße and Bergstraße.

Architectural Concept

The floor plans are organized playfully—the ground floor essentially consists of a large hall with a forum, cafeteria, consulting rooms, and student representation rooms. In addition, there are two small pavilions in the gardens—serving as a student café and a teaching kitchen. On the upper floor, a simple building strip connects all components. It maintains a distance from the classroom towers and rests above the sports hall, which forms the spatial boundary to the street. Specialized classrooms are arranged on the north side to prevent extreme temperature fluctuations and drastic light influences. Multipurpose rooms and a meditation room are inserted into the floor plan as free-standing volumes—they extend curiously beyond the building edges or are located within large tree canopies (treehouse).

The corridor narrows, widens, and becomes a roof terrace under the tree canopies. The wall surfaces are partly transparent with views into the garden and partly opaque. The non-transparent areas are clad with wood (School of Tactility). Floor coverings vary according to the external space: terrazzo cast under the tree canopies—similar to a gravel bed under a plane tree in a mid-19th century French courtyard—and textile flooring in the concentrated areas between offices and specialized classrooms. Surface and material variety are intended to sharpen the perception of acoustics and tactility.

Only the central building (current cafeteria) will be removed from the existing structure. The remaining components will be preserved. A floor slab will be placed above the ceiling of the basement, forming the distribution level on the ground floor. From this elevation, the height concept of the building will develop.

The existing buildings will receive a new envelope—15/20 cm insulation and a cladding of wooden panels. The staircases will be rebuilt and reorganized. This way, all height levels will be accessible, including barrier-free access via elevators in the stairwells.

Structural Framework

The structural framework will be made of reinforced concrete. Columns will be positioned in the facade area and interior. The existing basement will be overbuilt. Bore piles will be placed directly next to the northern basement wall. A floor slab as a surface grid will be laid over this series of bore piles, extending to the northern and southern outer walls (spans of 10m/5m). On this slab, the necessary load-bearing elements—columns and massive walls—will be erected.

“The path on which the weak strengthen themselves is the same as the one on which the strong perfect themselves.”

— Maria Montessori

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Data

Competition

2011

Address

Sandkaulstraße 75
52062 Aachen
Germany

Awarding Authority

Gebäudemanagement der Stadt Aachen

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Competition DFB Soccer Museum

Dortmund

The roof of the museum will be designed as a walkable terrace landscape—a vibrant urban space for soccer games, spectators, city walkers, café terraces, lounging areas, and more: an arena on top of the museum in the city.

The building combines two urban potentials:

  • Symbolic Value: A distinctive symbol with strong identification power for both the DFB and the city of Dortmund.
  • Functional Value: The building’s user interface activates the structure—beyond its museum functions—creating a unique, lively space within the urban environment: the museum plays an active role in city life. The usable surface of the museum building adds value both for the operator and the city.

The terraced height development of the building, which rhythmically ascends and descends along the cultural mile, creates a "landscape" that interacts with the existing urban environment. The museum, overall relatively low, reaches a building height of approximately 15.5 meters at its highest terrace, making it significantly lower than the buildings at the city edge, thereby maintaining its impact on the cityscape.

In addition to its distinctiveness, the football museum should be a building accessible to visitors from all walks of life, meaning it should not create barriers but rather be welcoming and spark interest.

Thus, the intention is not to create a monument, but rather an instrument for football enthusiasts that they can be proud of and with which they can identify. The façade is an abstraction of the goal net, a lattice façade with a load-bearing function.

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Data

Competition

2011

Address

Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1
44137 Dortmund
Germany

Awarding Authority

City of Dortmund

Partner

BWM Architektur & Design interdisziplinäre GmbH mit ZT:
Markus Kaplan
Johann Moser

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Competition Primary School Höchsten

Dortmund

The site of the Höchstener Primary School is located at one of the highest points in the Dortmund city layout. In some places, the view extends over the landscape areas all the way into the city center. The terrain rises continuously by about 3.70 meters in the longitudinal direction. The surrounding neighborhood mainly consists of small-scale residential buildings and a church with community facilities. Alongside the historic school building, the site is occupied by a sports hall and large pavilions from different construction periods. These temporary structures have become permanent fixtures. The open spaces for the schoolyard and outdoor play areas have been reduced to residual areas.

In the future, the high quality of the site should be utilized for the needs of the students and teachers. A new building will replace the temporary structures and historic elements. It will flank the southeastern edge of the site with two single-story, elongated building volumes stacked on top of each other. This configuration creates a concentrated construction area and maximizes open spaces, which will be designed as a schoolyard (paved), a school garden (unpaved and cultivated), or a green area with trees (park-like). A compact building with a simple floor plan ensures low operating costs and offers flexible usage options.

In this way, the guiding principles of the Höchstener Primary School are incorporated into the architectural concept in various ways:

Knowledge | Individualization | Independence | Social Learning | Cooperation

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Data

Competition

2010

Address

Lührmannstraße 1
44267 Dortmund
Germany

Awarding Authority

City administration Dortmund

Siteplan
Detail Facade
Floorplan

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