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Recklinghausen Campus of the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences, De-partment of Material Science and Business Engineering, Recklinghausen, Germany
Competition: 1995 - 1st Prize
Construction period: 1999 - 2001
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project director/Project manager: Georg Kolendowicz, Anke Koch
Project team: Thomas Helms, Christine Wolf (LA) et al.
Client: Land Nordrhein Westfalen vertr. durch das Staatliche Bauamt Recklinghausen
Gross area: 19.480 m²
Volume: 83.853 m³
The three cubic buildings of the university of applied sciences, plastered in white, form a group along an ascending, narrow forum at the transition point between the city and the open countryside. The central forum is characterised by the stairs, which follow the topography and can be used as seats, and by the timber-clad lecture halls, which protrude out from the row of buildings.
The cubic central building housing the library and the cafeteria gives way to an elongated ascending forum. The library comprises the ground floor and the gallery level and is con-nected to the main building of the campus by a glazed steel footbridge. Window panes over two floors and a skylight ensure adequate daylight.
