Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten 

Schätzler Architekten

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

LEAD ARCHITECT
Walter Schätzler, Tanja Scharf

BUILDING PHYSICS ENGINEER
Müll

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Büro Gölz

MANUFACTURERS
Alucobond, Knauf, Kone, Nora, Peri, Schüco, Belutec, Maas Profile, Vs- Möbel

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
"Schätzler Architekten Mit Hofmann Keicher Ring Architekten"

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Grups Architekten

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Büro Metzger

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Hink Landschaftsarchitekten

HVAC ENGINEER
Büro Willhaug

AREA
2300 M²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Niederstetten, Germany

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

Text description provided by architect.

The retraining and advanced training center in Niederstetten is an important institution for the companies in the Main-Tauber region which gain with this establishment a new, forward-looking place of activity.

The two-story almost square building is placed far in the north of the site. This creates a spacious public space in the south, with inviting seating areas and an overall high quality of stay in front of the welcoming entrance of the new structure.

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González
Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

To the east, the building respectfully distances itself away from the residential area and thus enables direct access from the central bus station to the school.

A sophisticated cut-out on the ground floor reveals the spacious foyer. In its compactness, it offers a nice lounge and communication area with an open double-height space connecting to the upper floor.

The configuration of the pillar-free metal workshops on the ground floor is kept strict and clear, oriented in accordance with the room´s direction.

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González
Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

The straight stairs in the double-height foyer lead to the upper floor where the classrooms and electrical workshops are located.

The upper lounge has a large roof terrace expanding to the east.  The cut-out for the terrace reduces the massiveness of the building overlooking the residential area.

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González
Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

The open-designed, light-flooded atrium, the heart of the building, functions as a communication and meeting space for students and teachers.

By using the foyer as a circulation space connecting all rooms the ratio of traffic area to usable area is kept as low as possible.

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González
Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

The workshop building typology is furthermore interpreted by the chosen facade - a vertical, translucent aluminum sheet cladding.

The champagne-colored coating of the metal facade creates a warm character.

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González
Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

As needed some windows are covered with parts of the aluminum facade, which create semi-transparent areas bringing light into the rooms inside, but still providing privacy.

Necessary gates to the metal workshops are also clad with the trapezoidal sheet metal and thus merge with the facade. 

Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González
Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González

Overall, this building impresses with its compactness and the playful but very functional and clean handling of the room configurations and spatial relations in and outside the architecture.


Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González
Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
© Brigida González


Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
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Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
Plan - Site


Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
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Retraining and Advanced Training Center Niederstetten
Plan - Ground floor