Detachable and reusable architecture. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke
19/02/2024.
[Braunschweig] Germany
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The Technical University of Brunswick has a new studio pavilion designed by architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke. The university is located in the city of Brunswick, in the state of Lower Saxony, located west of Berlin, Germany.
The pavilion promotes interdisciplinary social and knowledge exchange between students and teachers, representing a new model of knowledge transfer space due to its innovative and flexible learning environment.
The pavilion promotes interdisciplinary social and knowledge exchange between students and teachers, representing a new model of knowledge transfer space due to its innovative and flexible learning environment.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Lemmart.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Lemmart.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Lemmart.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Lemmart.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Lemmart.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Lemmart.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
Site plan. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Ground floor plan. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
First floor plan. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Section. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Axonometry. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Building parts. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Structural diagram. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Diagram. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Superstructure and disassembly principle. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Model. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke.
Construction. Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Leonhard Clemens.
The study pavilion designed by Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke consists of two floors with workspaces for students from all faculties. The square-shaped building offers an open space on the ground floor and a first floor formed by a series of platforms and bridges that extend outwards. The different accesses through doors and stairs divide the space and combine circulation areas with usable spaces.
The hybrid steel and wood structure is completely removable. The main structure is made up of a grid of steel beams and columns on which the ribbed wooden floors rest. The floor-to-ceiling glass façade offers views of the natural landscape and campus plaza. All this allows the building to be reconstructed in another way on another site, or even reuse its elements in other constructions.
The hybrid steel and wood structure is completely removable. The main structure is made up of a grid of steel beams and columns on which the ribbed wooden floors rest. The floor-to-ceiling glass façade offers views of the natural landscape and campus plaza. All this allows the building to be reconstructed in another way on another site, or even reuse its elements in other constructions.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
Project description by Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke
The study pavilion on the TU Braunschweig campus is an innovative and highly flexible learning environment that promotes social exchange and interdisciplinary knowledge generation between students and teachers alike and represents a counter-model to spaces of hierarchical knowledge transfer.
The two-story building provides student work spaces for all faculties. Situated on the central campus directly on a river, the pavilion forms a new landmark on the main axis along the Audimax, the historic main building and the Forum Square, thus integrating into the existing pathway of the campus. The compact volume with a square plan is an open space concept with an indeterminate groundfloor and a 1st floor consisting of a series of platforms and bridges that extend into the exterior. Decentralized access via 9 doors and 9 stairs zones the space, seamlessly blending circulation zones and usable spaces. The building is wrapped in a shaded floor-to-ceiling glass façade that provides views of the natural landscape and campus plaza.
Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing + Max Hacke. Photograph by Iwan Baan.
The post-pendamic academic world is subject to constant change, and the study pavilion as a social space offers answers to the question of what role the university campus can play in the future, when lectures and presentations take place in digital space and AI challenges classical learning models. The building's organizing principle follows the idea of a superstructure that allows for constant reconfiguration of the floor plan. This flexibility in the floor plan makes the building ephemeral and responsive, ensuring its relevance for a long time. To create a sense of community that transcends individual subjects, a space of equal value was created throughout, with no spatial separation between floors and equal access to daylight. Instead of fixed walls, zones were developed that are accessed by their own stairs and entrances, creating distinct areas that invite a variety of activities. From double-height clearings to intimate retreats and presentation spaces.
The slender steel-wood hybrid structure is fully demountable and follows the principle of "design for dissasambly". The primary support structure, consisting of beams and columns, is modular and built on a square grid of 3 x 3 m, consisting of the same square hollow section of 10 x 10 cm. The wooden ribbed decks inserted in the beam frames are not mechanically connected, and the facade is not glued, so it can be dismantled. In addition to possible densification by means of further platforms, the building could also be rebuilt in a different form or at a different location, and is in line with the principle of the "future material depot", in which not only building materials can be reused, but entire architectural elements such as facade panels, stairs and platforms find a new use in the sense of "circular construction".
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Architects
Gustav Düsing, Max Hacke. Architects.- Gustav Düsing (1984 Germany); Max Hacke (1986 Germany).
Collaborators
Site Supervisor.- iwb Ingenieure.
Structural Engineering.- Knippers Helbig Ingenieure.
Fire consulting.- Dehne Kruse Branschutzingenieure.
Building physics.- energydesign.
Structural Engineering.- Knippers Helbig Ingenieure.
Fire consulting.- Dehne Kruse Branschutzingenieure.
Building physics.- energydesign.
Client
TU Braunschweig.
Area
Total area.- 1,500 m².
Usable floor area.- 1,000 m².
Usable floor area.- 1,000 m².
Dates
2023 (Year began 2020).
Location
Braunschweig, Germany.
Lat-Lng: (52.2723339, 10.5287848).
Lat-Lng: (52.2723339, 10.5287848).
Cost
5.2 Mill.
Photography
Leonhard Clemens, Lemmart, Iwan Baan.
Gustav Düsing
Gustav Düsing studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart and the Architectural Association in London and is a registered architect in Berlin.
His studio is based on constantly exploring, experimenting, and tweaking space, material, and structure to find new ways for architecture to respond to current environmental and socio-political challenges.
He has participated in numerous art and architecture exhibitions including the first ever Antarctic Biennale (2017). His work has been award with the 2023 German Architecture Prize (state prize), the 2020 Rome Prize for Architecture and in 2020/21 Gustav Düsing was an Artist in Residence at the German Academy in Rome, Villa Massimo.
Since 2015 he has taught at different Universities including, the TU Braunschweig, UDK Berlin and in 2021 he was appointed visiting Professor at the University Roma Tre. In 2022 Gustav Düsing was co-teaching a design studio at Cornell University AAP.
His studio is based on constantly exploring, experimenting, and tweaking space, material, and structure to find new ways for architecture to respond to current environmental and socio-political challenges.
He has participated in numerous art and architecture exhibitions including the first ever Antarctic Biennale (2017). His work has been award with the 2023 German Architecture Prize (state prize), the 2020 Rome Prize for Architecture and in 2020/21 Gustav Düsing was an Artist in Residence at the German Academy in Rome, Villa Massimo.
Since 2015 he has taught at different Universities including, the TU Braunschweig, UDK Berlin and in 2021 he was appointed visiting Professor at the University Roma Tre. In 2022 Gustav Düsing was co-teaching a design studio at Cornell University AAP.
Max Hacke. Büro Hacke
Büro Hacke is a collaborative architecture studio based in Berlin and founded in 2016 by Max Hacke. His work covers a wide range of sectors from educational buildings for public clients to residential projects and housing for private clients. Additionally, they engage in cultural projects, research and exhibition, and furniture design, understanding architecture as a collaborative effort between project partners, clients, and consultants in an attempt to formulate an artistic, sustainable, and realistic ambition for each project.
Max Hacke (1986) is an architect based in Berlin. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and as a fellow at the Architectural Association in London. After graduating in 2013, he worked in various London offices. Not only in practice but also in teaching and research, he focuses on the role of architecture in shaping new social and collective dynamics. His conceptual focus is on the variability and flexibility of architecture, as well as a tendency to understand architecture as a process rather than as an object.
Max Hacke (1986) is an architect based in Berlin. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and as a fellow at the Architectural Association in London. After graduating in 2013, he worked in various London offices. Not only in practice but also in teaching and research, he focuses on the role of architecture in shaping new social and collective dynamics. His conceptual focus is on the variability and flexibility of architecture, as well as a tendency to understand architecture as a process rather than as an object.
Max Hacke has been awarded the German Architecture Prize 2023 and is nominated for the DAM Preis 2024 and the EU Mies van der Rohe Prize 2024.
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