January 2026

Our design envisages a new building that serves as a shared space for sports, school and the public, bringing together a wide range of users in a ‘swimming pool for everyone’. The building radiates openness and clarity, creating a lively atmosphere of communication. Visual connections between the hall, outdoor pool and outdoor space promote orientation and make the building a modern meeting place for schoolchildren, clubs and the public. The design reflects a respectful attitude towards the outdoor pool area and emphasises ecological, economic and social sustainability. The compact hybrid timber construction and clear structure contribute significantly to this. All functions of the new building are integrated into a single-storey structure. The different requirements for clear room heights are efficiently implemented via a staggered roof landscape. A surrounding ‘cladding’ of vertical wooden slats of varying densities connects the parts of the building to create a harmonious, understated and yet striking appearance. The interplay of transparency and solidity responds to the respective use and creates a lively façade.

The design was developed in collaboration with the engineering firm Möller + Meyer Gotha GmbH, Uniola AG and wh-p Ingenieure. Many thanks to everyone involved and to our competition team for their work!

January 2025

We are delighted to receive recognition for our design, developed in collaboration with Treibhaus Landschaftsarchitektur, in the implementation competition with the concept section ‘Bildungscampus Süd Stadt Heilbronn’ (South Heilbronn Education Campus)! The competition was prompted by the desire for an urban redevelopment of the centrally located area in the city centre.

The urban development concept reconnects the educational campus, city centre and banks of the Neckar River, strengthening Heilbronn’s position as a future-oriented city of knowledge with a high quality of life. The central element is the Campus Park, a green heart that combines local recreation, climate adaptation and sustainable land use, creating new connections to the river. A mixed-use neighbourhood with education, housing, sports and public ground floor zones promotes urbanity and social diversity. Short distances, a low-traffic campus and strong connections to pedestrian, bicycle and eco-friendly transport support sustainable mobility. The concept is complemented by blue-green infrastructure, sponge city principles and circular, resource-efficient construction.

Many thanks to everyone involved in this design!

December 2025

The baroque, listed main building of the University of Bonn, which once served as the electoral palace, is to be restructured and completely renovated. In the competition of the same name, we received recognition for our design, which was developed jointly with Transsolar Energietechnik, Corall Ingenieure and wh-p Ingenieure.

Basically, the draft plans to incorporate the historical organisation and structure of the former Electoral Palace and, where possible, to preserve, simplify or upgrade it. Precise structural interventions in the existing building will only be carried out where necessary to ensure that the building can meet the requirements for long-term use. The main focus here is on measures to roof the arcaded courtyard, relocate the ballroom to the ground floor and restore the mansard roof.

Further measures focus on simplifying, consolidating and connecting existing functions and spaces. These renovation measures are always based on historical models or structures from the existing building stock. The design meets the highest sustainability criteria and takes into account ecological, economic and social parameters. Various measures, some of which are modular, ensure the high and lasting quality of the buildings and outdoor areas.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this design!

December 2025

As was the case last year, we have much to be excited about in the run-up to Christmas. In addition to two first prizes, we have also received two honourable mentions within the space of a few days. These include first prize for the design ‘New building at the Waldsraße Hattingen grammar school site’, which we developed in collaboration with A24 Landschaft and schlaich bergermann partner.

The school grounds are closely intertwined with the Hattingen district. The new school complex takes up this approach and develops an overall concept for the extension and new building as a complement to the existing school ensemble.
The individual buildings, each with their own identity and functionality, stand freely on the site but are connected to each other – similar to the neighbourhood – by the design of the intermediate and open spaces, which offer a high quality of stay.
The structures are predominantly made of wood and, where necessary, supplemented by CO₂-reduced concrete components.

A big thank you to the competition team for this beautiful design!

December 2025

Another milestone has been reached: the shell and roof structure of the Green Depot in Mannheim have been completed. After construction began in the summer, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated at the beginning of December. Where a year ago, before the ground-breaking ceremony, there was still an excavation pit on the three-hectare site, today the individual buildings of the new ensemble on the Spinelli site are clearly visible: in addition to the four-storey administration building and the three workshops, garages, parking areas and washing halls are being built on behalf of GBG Sonderimmobilien GmbH.

The reason why the new depot is described as green became clear at the topping-out ceremony: not only is it already clear where the green roofs and the resulting accessible meadows will be located, but the hybrid timber construction was also particularly evident in the completed shell and roof structure. The administration building, for example, consists of wood-concrete composite ceiling elements, timber-framed exterior walls with pre-assembled window elements, and supports and beams made of construction beech.

Many thanks to everyone involved in the project!