The architectural practices archis Architekten + Ingenieure GmbH and Luis Machuca & Asociados have teamed up to design the training center for electrical installers, located in the industrial complex of the energy supplier Netze BW. The centre is located in Stuttgart, in the town of Esslingen am Neckar, next to the Neckar River.

The training centre project arose from the need to unify the various training workshops, which were previously spread throughout the Netze BW industrial complex, in a single building.
For this reason, archis Architekten + Ingenieure GmbH and Luis Machuca & Asociados approached the design of the training center from a functional and flexible perspective, which responds with ease and adaptability to the changing technologies of the courses taught.

The training center has an east-west orientation, which makes longitudinal use of the light from the south and the views towards the river Neckar. archis Architekten + Ingenieure GmbH and Luis Machuca & Asociados chose sandwich panel cladding for the building envelope, finished in ochre aluminium, in reference to the industrial site in which it is located, and at the same time contrasting with the black of the building's joinery, cornices, and roofs.
 

Description of project by archis Architekten + Ingenieure GmbH and Luis Machuca & Asociados

The new "Training and further training centre for electrical installers" is located on the grounds of the industrial complex of the energy supplier Netze BW in Esslingen am Neckar (Stuttgart) on the Neckar river. The school was born out of the need to create a building that would bring together the apprenticeship workshops that were scattered throughout the industrial fabric.

The key aspects of the new construction will be its economy and long-term sustainability.In this way, work has been done on the design of a highly functional and flexible building that can adapt to the changing technological needs of the different training courses.

With a capacity for 300 trainees, the spaces are divided into training rooms of different formats for groups of between 15 and 100 students, work spaces for administration, changing rooms with a capacity for 300 people and a rest area with a kitchen. In addition, the areas outside the building are set up for practical work on overhead line masts, construction of water and gas pipelines in trenches, and emergency exercises.

The building is positioned very efficiently on the site in an east-west direction, making longitudinal use of the light from the south and the best views of the Neckar river.

The chosen envelope refers to the industrial enclave and the economy of means.

The 4 and 3 levels high concrete structure is clad with sandwich panels finished with an ochre aluminium panel with golden reflections that contrasts with the black of the joinery, cornices and roofs. The cornices are black aluminium trays that overhang the vertical face by 40 cm, improving the protection of the facade openings.

Two types of windows have been designed to cover the lighting and ventilation of the entire building, one twice as wide as the other and modulated in relation to the aluminium panel of the envelope. The alternation and dimension of the openings is directly related to the spaces they serve.

All these aspects give uniformity and elegance to the whole ensemble.

Inside, the finishing materials such as concrete ceilings, industrial flooring and concrete floors, vertical walls with aluminium sandwich panels and exposed installations, respond to the functionality of the workshops in which tools and heavy elements are used, eminently practical classrooms that relate students very directly to the work they are going to carry out.

Read more
Read less

More information

Label
Architects
Text
archis Architekten + Ingenieure GmbH, Luis Machuca & Asociados.- Andreas Pfeiffer, Luis Machuca Casares, Luis Machuca Santacruz.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Project team
Text
Eszter Berecz-Reisinger, Alejandro González Rodriguez, Diego Albañil Morente, Beatriz Roldán Martín.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Client
Text
NWS GRUNDSTÜCKSMANAGEMENT GMBH & Co. KG.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Builder
Text
Wolff & Müller Holding GmbH & Co.KG.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Area
Text
8,100 sqm.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Data set
Text
Volume.- 35,000 cu m.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Dates
Text
Start and end of construction - 2017 / 2019.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Location
Text
Rennstrasse 4, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Label
Photography
+ + copy Created with Sketch.
- + copy Created with Sketch.
Archis Architekten + Ingenieure is an architecture studio based in Karlsruhe, Germany, backed by more than 35 years of experience. For more than two years it has had a new office in Malaga with qualified employees in all phases of construction and led by Andreas Pfeiffer.

Some of the services they offer to clients are in the areas of project development and management, consulting, health and safety coordination, rehabilitation, etc.

They have carried out projects for commercial buildings, buildings for administration, production, laboratories, and warehouses. They have extensive experience in urban planning and the construction of public buildings, office centers, as well as design and furniture.
Read more
Luis Machuca y Asociados an architecture studio founded in Malaga and directed by Luis Machuca Santa-Cruz and Luis Machuca Casares. Study endorsed with numerous years of experience, awards, publications, and international exhibitions.

Among its projects, the following stand out: the Recovery of the Caminito del Rey and its Visitor Reception Center, the Building for the New Headquarters of the Malaga Provincial Council, the Complex of Social and Business Studies of the University of Malaga, the Felipe VI Theater, the Inacua Racket Club, Residential Building of 65 homes in Marbella…

There are also numerous public and private tenders won both in Spain and in Germany.

They have received awards at the Spanish Architecture Biennials, the Ibero-American Architecture Biennale in Sao Paulo, the European Union Heritage and Architecture Award 2016, and the distinguished Milan Archmarathon Award 2017.
 
Its work has been exhibited in the main capitals of the world: Oslo, Madrid, New York, Sao Paulo, Paris, Washington, Barcelona, or the Milan Triennale, among others.
Read more
Published on: March 24, 2021
Cite: "Training and further training centre for electrical installers by archis Architekten + Ingenieure GmbH, Luis Machuca & Asociados" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/training-and-further-training-centre-electrical-installers-archis-architekten-ingenieure-gmbh-luis-machuca-asociados> ISSN 1139-6415
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...
Loading content ...