District Council Office Gütersloh
Competition: 1991 - 1st Prize
Construction period: 1995 - 1997
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project director/Project manager: Jens Haake
Project team: Juana Grunwald, Hartmut Schuster et al.
Client: Kreis Gütersloh
Gross area: 29.953 m²
Volume: 114.937 m³
Award 2011
"Nordrhein-Westfalen ohne Barrieren"
(North Rhine-Westphalia
Universal Design/barrier-free Design)
The angular basic structure of the new three-storey building encloses a landscaped square while the comb-shaped layout of the building wings on the opposite side links them closely to the surrounding green belt. Two special buildings – a rotunda and a cube – complete the ensemble, which is clad with bricks, material typical of this region.