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Lampenwelt Office Building

Lampenwelt Office Building
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LAMPENWELT OFFICE BUILDING

Herbertarchitekten

ARCHITECTS
Herbertarchitekten

AREA
4600.0 m2

LOCATION
Schlitz, germany

CATEGORY
Office buildings

YEAR
2010

PHOTOGRAPHS
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Herbertarchitekten were asked to design the new headquarter of europes biggest lighting-online-store.

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Lampenwelt Office Building
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The challenge was to transform a former school building, const- ructed in the 1960s, into a representative office building.

Due to the huge demand of space, the original flat hip roof was removed and a new level in timber frame construction was placed on top.

Naturally, the modernized building fulfills actual german regulati- ons for energy saving in buildings.

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Lampenwelt Office Building
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Lampenwelt Office Building
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Inside the existing formal order was kept.

Stairs and corridors remained, the former classrooms were transformed into offices.

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The street elevation was heavily modified. A new extension hou- ses the entrance on ground floor.  On first floor there ́s a repre- sentative meeting room.

Additionally, small rectangular windows. the glas covered with coloured and transparent foil, are scattered above the facade.

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Inside a new steel-constructed staircase, with 8cm thick stairs of natural stone, combines the ground and first floor.

Staircase as well as the extension and the foil-covered windows are lit spectacularly with colour-changing LEDs.

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Architects and client decided to create a modern but decent fee- ling inside - realized through a combination of black granite, glass, white walls and ceilings.

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