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Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

Barkow Leibinger

CONSTRUCTION
2011 - 2013

ENERGY DESIGN
Transsolar Energietechnik Gmbh, Stuttgart

ARCHITECTS
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Frank Barkow, Regine Leibinger

SIZE
5000 Sqft - 10,000 Sqft

PROGRAM
Living, Retail, Conference, Hotel

PHOTOS
Zooey Braun, Ina Reinecke/Barkow Leibinger

TEAM DESIGN
Lukas Weder (Project Architect), Jonathan Kleinhample, Hiroki Nakamura, Ulrich Von Türckheim, Woonghee Cho, Jens Weßel, Derek Bangle

CLIENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Freiburger Stadtbau Gmbh

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Gassmann + Grossmann Baumanagement Gmbh, Stuttgart

TEAM CONSTRUCTION
Lukas Weder (Project Architect), Andrea Hronjec, Sonia Sandberger, Morihide Seki, Tim Unnebrink, Jens Weßel

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Theobald + Partner Ingenieure, Kirchzarten

MECHANICAL + ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Paul + Gampe + Partner Gmbh, Esslingen Am Neckar

INTERIOR DESIGN
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin und Amann Burdenski Munkel Architekten, Freiburg

FIRE PROTECTION CONSULTANT
Brandschutzconsult Gmbh & Co. Kg, Ettenheim

CIVIL ENGINEERING
Fichtner Water & Transportation Gmbh, Stuttgart

BUILDING PHYSICS
Horstmann & Berger Ingenieurbüro Für Bauphysik, Altensteig

SIZE
6.668 Sqm

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Raderschallpartner AG, CH-Meilen

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Freiburg, Germany

TYPE
Commercial › Retail, Hospitality + Sport › Hotel, Residential › Apartment

The Stadthaus M1 marks the gate to the Vauban quarter of Freiburg – a “green city” partially automobile free, with an emphasis on alternative and sustainable living and architecture.

Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

The task of the competition was to design an apartment building complemented by a hotel and shops at the ground level. The construction of wood and concrete is modeled after a "passive house" standard.

This 1st prize winning competition design consists of a separate hotel and apartment building unified by the continuous topography of the roof-scape and facade.

The higher and more public hotel is located as an entrance at the main artery of Merzhauser Straße while the more private apartment building continues behind the hotel along the Vaubanallee.

Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

The spatial gap between the two buildings forms a green “pocket park” that opens and widens towards the south allowing a path between the buildings and a connection to the public circulation and green-room fronting the buildings.

This articulation improves daylighting and breaks down the overall building mass on-site. The low-tech facades save both energy and costs.

Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

They are highly insulated in wood construction with 3x insulating panel glazing with integrated retractable louvered sunscreens.

The south facades, complimented by loggias and balconies, are additionally protected by climbing plants on steel cables in front of the facade.

Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

This layer of planting shades the interiors in the summer while allowing warming sun through in the winter.

The north facing facades is cladded in vertical cedar wood-fins, an element that further unifies the two independent buildings visually.


Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel
Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel

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