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Cafeteria at the University Aalen

Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell

CAFETERIA AT THE UNIVERSITY AALEN

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ARCHITECTS
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CLIENT
Vermögen und Bau Baden Württemberg, Herr Kellner

BUILDING PHYSICS
Brüssau Bauphysik GmbH, Fellbach

PLANNING OF STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK
graf ingenieure, Schwäbisch Gmünd

KITCHEN PLANNING
Ingenieurgruppe Walter

DESIGN TEAM
Maria Knott, Karin Schmid-Arnoldt

BUILDING EQUIPMENT
Herp Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG

ELECTRICAL
Walter Gretz

AREA
550.0 m²

PROJECT LEADERSHIP
Josef Hämmerl

PHOTOGRAPHS
Michael Schnell

LOCATION
Aalen, Germany

PROJECT YEAR
2009

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop

Text description provided by architect.

A narrow and long-streched house situated between woods and the campus of the technical college : this is the new cafeteria for about 1200 students and lecturers.

Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell

The cafeteria both adds to the building complex and serves as a new central meeting - point for the students. The appearance of the building is dominated by larch and glass. Slats in a row plus a roof form an elongated room with open gable-end facades.

A solid core to stabilize the building was put into the columnless hall. A wooden cover is put over it. The closed wooden roof is supported by a multitude of arranged slats.

Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell

During daytime the appearance is modelled by varying light and shadow. This is a building with a smootht structure integrating harmonically both the standards of the programme and those of the local situation.


Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
© Michael Schnell


Cafeteria at the University Aalen
Elevation

Cafeteria at the University Aalen
Floor Plan
Cafeteria at the University Aalen
Site Plan

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