The New Campus

Mission | Spatial programme 

 

The new buildings and the use of the former veterinary horse clinic combine the Departments 1 and 3 as well as the canteen and the university library in a common campus complex.
The areas of Department 1 and the laboratory areas of the Department 3 are both functionally and structurally independent. Thus, 4335 sq. m. of usable floor space has been created in the main building, including the canteen, the library and the administrative offices, and 1725 sq. m. of usable floor space in the laboratory building. The kindergarten Paulinchen and the two research centres “Construction Lab” and “Perception Lab” are in the building of the former veterinary horse clinic.

The Campus’ place in the urban landscape

 

The new structure with the laboratory building is located along Bielefelder Straße; the Institute Building is parallel to Bielefelder Straße and forms the northern edge of the campus.
This arrangement makes short routes possible between the central facilities in the campus area. The height of the new buildings is oriented towards the buildings along Bielefelder Straße and the former barracks buildings on the campus. The existing difference in height has been used to incorporate a single-storey parking block, which on the one hand connects the two new buildings, and on the other permits its use as a work space, as well as a car park.

Access

 

The campus can be reached by foot from Bielefelder Straße and Emilienstraße. Visitors and employees arriving by car can access the car parks there via Emilienstraße. Students use the parking block which is accessed from Bielefelder Straße.

The “Patchwork Concept”

 

The strength of the University of Applied Sciences lies in its wide range of opportunities and the simultaneity of different views. Parallel to their work in the Emilie Workshop, students, together with their professors, developed concepts and ideas for various sections of the new building. The workshop formulated the framework required conditions, provided the cost limits and too care of the realisation of the projects. Numerous interesting large and small scale details for the design and equipment emerged from this “patchwork” – from the colour of the new façades to the design of the partition walls in the toilets. In this manner, an unmistakable architectural gem was created, which is at the same time a “visiting card” building, in which the basic principles of the university – pluralism, diversity, heterogeneity and the joy of experimentation – are reflected.

Transparency and openness characterise the teaching concept

The open and transparent arrangement of the buildings promotes the creative atmosphere on the entire campus. The variety which is generated by the possibilities for combining the two courses of studies, architecture and interior design, is reflected in the teaching. The open ground plan gives rise to a wide variety of work and study situations. Whether closed, half open or fully open, seminars are held everywhere. This permits an active exchange, so that students gain an insights into work and the designs of their fellow students. The movable exhibition spaces, too, lend the space a character of constant change.
The professors have their offices in so-called “prof boxes”, which are designed individually from modular “room-in-room” systems.
There are numerous student workplaces, studios and project spaces. Here too, the cooperation between students is promoted by the openness of the rooms.

The Colour and Space Workshop

In the context of the Colour and Space Workshop, a comprehensive colour concept was developed for the new high school buildings. Together with Professor Thomas Kesseler, the four students Janine Tüchsen, Mareike Schippel, Bettina Weyand and Inga Schröder during a two-day workshop developed a concept which takes into account urban development aspects, the relationship of old and new structure, and the connection of inner and outer space. The intensive analysis was followed by a brief introduction to the topic and a relaxed brainstorming session. It was soon clear that, from an urban development point of view, the new buildings would have to fit into the existing colour scheme of the red brick North German architecture of Buildings 3 and 4. Thus, the new façades have assumed the various reddish-brown colourings of the surrounding old buildings. With the help of chromaticity diagrams, the students determined the hues exactly. Together with the grey-green façade panels of the new institute building, this makes for an exciting contrast. The design of the interiors proved to be more difficult, since, especially in the new Building 2, with his open ground plan and the large glass fronts, very few walls are available for colour design.

Transparenz und Offenheit prägen die Lehre

 

Die offene und transparente Anordnung der Gebäude fördert die schöpferische Atmosphäre auf dem gesamten Campus. Die Vielfalt, die aus den Kombinationsmöglichkeiten der beiden Studiengänge Architektur und Innenarchitektur erwächst, spiegelt sich in der Lehre wider. Durch den offenen Grundriss ergeben sich die unterschiedlichsten Arbeits- und Lernsituationen. Ob abgeschlossen, halb oder ganz geöffnet: Seminare finden überall statt. Auf diese Weise entsteht ein reger Austausch, Studierende bekommen Einblicke in das Arbeiten und Entwerfen ihrer Kommilitonen. Auch durch die verschiebbaren Ausstellungsflächen erfährt der Raum ständige Veränderungen. 

Die Professoren haben ihre Büros in sogenannten "Prof-Boxen", die individuell aus modularen Raum-in-Raum-Systemen gebildet werden.

Es gibt zahlreiche studentische Arbeitsplätze, Ateliers und Projekträume. Auch hier wird die Zusammenarbeit der Studierenden durch die offenen Räumlichkeiten gefördert.

 

Workshop "Farbe und Raum"

 

Im Rahmen des Workshops "Farbe und Raum" wurde ein umfassendes Farbkonzept für die neuen Hochschulgebäude entwickelt. Gemeinsam mit Professor Thomas Kesseler erarbeiteten die vier Studentinnen Janine Tüchsen, Mareike Schippel, Bettina Weyand und Inga Schröder innerhalb des zweitägigen Workshops ein Konzept, das sowohl städtebauliche Aspekte, den Bezug von alter zu neuer Bausubstanz sowie die Verbindung von Innen- und Außenraum berücksichtigt.

Einer kurzen Einführung ins Thema und einem lockeren Brainstorming folgten die intensive Analyse. Vom städtebaulichen Aspekt her wurde schnell klar, dass sich die neuen Gebäude in die bestehende Farbigkeit der norddeutschen Architektur der Gebäude 3 und 4 mit ihrem roten Ziegelbau einpassen müssen. So nehmen die neuen Fassaden die unterschiedlichen Rot-Braun-Färbungen der umliegenden alten Gebäude auf. Mit Hilfe von Farbtafeln hatten die Studentinnen zuvor die Farbtöne genau bestimmt. Zusammen mit den grüngrauen Fassadenpaneelen am neuen Institutsgebäude entsteht ein spannender Kontrast.

Als schwieriger erwies sich die Gestaltung der Innenräume, da vor allem im neuen Gebäude 2 mit seinem offenen Grundriss und den großen Glasfronten nur wenige Wände für die Farbgestaltung vorhanden sind.