Philipp von Matt Architect

Fuchshof Primary School

Fuchshof Primary School 

VON M

Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun

ARCHITECTS
Von M

LOCKSMITH
Integral Metallbau Gmbh

SCREEDS
Hg Bau Gmbh

MANUFACTURERS
Alfred Kiess, Gebrüder Esposito Isoliertechnik, Gerhard Becker Grossküchen, Hans Eisele, Heizungs- Und Sanitärtechnik Schmid, Kone, Leta Bau, Maier Heiztechnik, Se-gebäudeautomation, Schäfer Trennwandsysteme, I-on Engineering, Link

WOOD CONSTRUCTION
Muellerblaustein Holzbau Gmbh

BUILDING PHYSICS
Bauphysik 5

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Von M

STRUCTURAL WORK
Moser Gmbh & Co. Kg

ELECTRO INSTALLATIONS
Igw Ingenieure

DRY CONSTRUCTION
Ya Ausbau Gmbh & Co. Kg

DESIGN TEAM
Felix Eiffler, Felix Haas, Antonio Carvalho, Michael Knoth, Jürgen Grünauer

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Dipl.- Ing. Jürgen Eisele

MULLION TRANSOM FACADE
Walter Lang Gmbh & Co. Kg

STAINLESS STEEL CABLE NET
Eckert Glas- Und Metallbau Gmbh

WOODEN BALCONY GRATE
Eckert Glas- Und Metallbau Gmbh

CEILING COVERING
Ilibasic Akustik Und Trockenbau

INTERIOR DOORS, WALL PANELLING
Zeeb Innenausbau

KITCHEN DESIGN
Ingenieurbüro Inglus Gbr

PAINTWORK
Ya Ausbau Gmbh & Co. Kg

FIRE PROTECTION
Trias Brandschutzpplanung

OUTDOOR FACILITIES
Koeber Landschaftsarchitektur

HVS PLANNING
Iwp Ingenieurleistungen

BUILDING PLOT AREA
Bergmann Geotechnik

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Werner Sobek

FLOORING
Dieter Holschbach Gmbh

PROJECT CONTROLLING
Alber Schulze Baumanagement

INTERIOR DOORS
Zeeb Innenausbau

HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONSULTANTS
Klinger Und Partner

PHOTOGRAPHS
Zooey Braun

AREA
30500 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Ludwigsburg, Germany

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, Schools, Elementary & Middle School

Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun

In the west of Ludwigsburg, the new 5.5-track primary school building stretches northwards along the new development area of Fuchshofstrasse. Based on the design image of a filled bookshelf on a playground, this ideal of school learning between knowledge transfer and social interaction was translated into a timber hybrid building.

The three ceiling panels cantilever outwards like shelves and offer the school community space for appropriation and individual filling in the middle of a flowing outdoor area.

Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun
Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun

A covered area cut into the building cubature on the first floor welcomes the children and runs parallel to the administration area, alongside the rooms for the school staff, thus promoting contact between students and teachers. As you enter the building, you find yourself in the actual heart of the building - the large stair hall.

A strikingly designed wooden staircase comes through the open-air space and is illuminated by a generous skylight with coffered beams. The staircase hall not only provides a smooth transition between the entrance area and the schoolyard but also serves as a break and communal area as a place for informal interaction.

Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun
Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun

The staircase hall is also the link and distributor to the individual floors. The cafeteria is located on the eastern side of the central stair hall, which impresses with its multifunctional use and the adjoining club kitchen as an open, functional meeting place. Large-scale glazing on both sides of the building floods the common room with daylight and connects the interior with the outside area.

SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND LEARNING GROUP

On the upper floors, there is a learning cluster on each side of the central stair hall. Illuminated by the inner courtyard, a clear spatial center is organized and indicates the ideal center of the learning group.

Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun
Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun

Specialist, daycare and inclusion rooms are organized flanking the staircase hall and connecting the learning clusters. In between, there are interior concrete cores containing all the service facilities, such as the sanitary facilities for the individual learning units.

Connected to the clusters are the individual classrooms, which are connected to the surrounding, pergola-like balcony by at least three French windows. This not only serves as an escape balcony but can also be used as a break room and allows quick and easy access to fresh air. A wire mesh serves as fall protection for the surrounding balcony and at the same time allows plenty of daylight into the classrooms.

Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun
Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun

MATERIALS AND COLORS UNDERLINE THE SUSTAINABLE CLAIM OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING

Two emergency staircases rise on the narrow sides of the concrete basement, which also serve to reinforce the building.

The timber construction made of prefabricated elements develops between this solid structure: Cross-shaped timber columns with their striking form structure the floor plan spatially, giving it measure and rhythm and, together with glulam beams and cross-laminated timber panels, complete the supporting structure in the skeleton construction.

Thanks to the weather-independent prefabrication of all timber components, the school building could be erected with low emissions and at low cost - this was also and above all made possible by the precise work of all those involved in the construction, as the planning for the timber construction in prefabrication ultimately had to be very precisely coordinated with the tolerances of the in-situ concrete on the construction site.

Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun
Fuchshof Primary School
© Zooey Braun

The interior of the school building is characterized by natural materials and colors: a linoleum floor with embedded pieces of textured cocoa shells, natural, acoustically effective wood wool ceiling elements and glazed wooden components for columns, doors and furniture complement the atmospheric, calm basic tone with a rough-sawn exposed concrete structure, while the color concept is accentuated throughout the interior spaces, including the sanitary facilities, and deliberately focuses on a gender-neutral character. The colors serve not only as a design element but also as a means of orientation and identity.

The color concept is also reflected in the clusters, which include furniture specially made for the Fuchshofschule that can be arranged as table and bench combinations in various community-building shapes, from circles to serpentine lines.

The design concept thus comes full circle from the outdoor spaces to the communal areas and the community-building centers of the learning clusters to the actual classrooms.

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Elevation - South
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Elevation - West


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Ground Floor Plan
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1st Floor Plan
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2nd Floor Plan
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Site Plan


Fuchshof Primary School
Longitudinal Section
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Cross Section
Fuchshof Primary School
Cross Section - Stairs

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