Out & About: Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University

Architectural Guided Tour through the building. 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.

Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University by Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke

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.

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”.

Guided tour: 13 June / 15:00 | 17:00 CET

Meeting point:
Pockelsstraße 1,
38106 Braunschweig

◾In collaboration with Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke (architects), Technical University Braunschweig

Language: German

Register here: info@ticket-b.de

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