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| Project: | Zollverein School of Management and Design [Homepage] |
General view©andreas secci / archenova |
| Location: | Gelsenkirchener Str. 209 45309 Essen |
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| Year: | 2006 | |
| Epoch: | Contemporary | |
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SANAA  |
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Entwicklungsgesellschaft Zollverein mbH |
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| Description: | The building of the "Zollverein School of Management and Design" at the northern access route to Zeche Zollverein consists of a 34 m tall and light cube of exposed concrete. The free and irregular arrangement of window openings of various sizes breaks up the cube’s integrity and removes the mass from the structure, as it were. You can’t see from the outside how flexibly the building is divided within. Above the ground floor with a foyer, a cafeteria and a lecture hall there are other floors with offices and seminar rooms, studios and workshops. All in all, the interior is characterised by a lavish atmosphere. The “active heat insulation” of the homogenous one-layer façade made of reinforced concrete is certainly of note. Previously unused pit water circulates through the 30cm thick exposed concrete through hoses. More about Industrie- und Kulturstandort Zollverein |
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| Awards: | Architekturpreis NRW 2007 (BDA NRW), Preisträger Auszeichnung guter Bauten 2006 (BDA Essen), Auszeichnung Nike für die beste städtebauliche Symbolik 2010 (BDA) |
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| Copyright: | Editorial baukunst-nrw | |
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| Part of the facade © andreas secci / archenova > zoom in |
Interior with ceiling-high glass partitions © andreas secci / archenova > zoom in |
Corner detail inside © andreas secci / archenova > zoom in |
