The settlement of research institutions and companies is planned on a 10.6-hectare site north of Essen’s city centre. Our urban design with its mix of uses including research, teaching, laboratories and offices has now been awarded the contract in the VgV procedure. A green joint runs through the centre of the site and creates a continuous area for people to spend time in a north-south direction. Resulting from the connection of the Segerothpark, which consists of two parts, the green corridor runs into the urban space and at the same time serves to provide access to the various buildings. At a prominent urban location at the intersection of Grillostrasse and Segerothstrasse, a landmark up to twenty storeys high is planned that will be visible from afar. The grouping of the other planned new buildings ensures air exchange in the central green space and adjacent neighbourhood.

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The ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the Chamber of Skilled Crafts’ training centre took place in Saarbrücken – another important step on the way to a new training location in the Saarland capital. In future, the new building will be used for training and further education in various trades. Modern workshops and training rooms form a functional educational campus for future-oriented training. The progress of the construction work can be followed via a livecam.

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This week, Marius Ryrko, Managing Director of Gerber Architekten International GmbH, participated in the meeting of leading German business representatives in Berlin. At the invitation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was the guest of honour at the business roundtable organised by the German Eastern Business Association OAV. The central topics included energy policy, especially cooperation opportunities in the field of renewable energies.

The world-wide leading property fair mipim will be held for the 31th time from March 14th until March 17th in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. Gerber Architekten is taking part this year and will present the intelligent transportation exhibition hall, Hangzhou, China, China at the German Pavilion – Riviera Hall (R7.G38/19), which is co-founded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs andEnergy (BMWi). In addition, the stand of NRW. Global Business (R8.D13), the Materna office complex currently under construction in Dortmund will be presented.

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The groundbreaking ceremony for the chemical institutes and the new technical centre has taken place on the natural sciences campus of the Goethe University. Numerous guests from politics and science celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony in imperial weather. The earthworks on the site, which is located on the southern edge of the slope, have been underway since October 2022. In the first construction phase, the new practical training building with laboratory space above is being built. The technical centre is located underground and serves to supply the entire campus. “The new chemistry building is a long-planned important milestone for the future viability of research, teaching and knowledge transfer at our natural sciences campus. Modern infrastructures are the basic prerequisite for excellent basic research as the basis for innovations at the location, for worldwide networking to strengthen the internationality of the region and for modern teaching to train future specialists,” said University President Professor Dr. Enrico Schleiff, explaining the new building.

From left to right: Thomas Platte, Director of the LBIH, Dr Albrecht Fester, Chancellor of Goethe University, architect Eckhard Gerber, Minister of Science Angela Dorn, Prof. Enrico Schleiff, President of Goethe University, Minister of Finance Michael Boddenberg.

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Our design for the three-storey extension building of the Kempen Comprehensive School was conceived as a modular system in timber hybrid construction. Our competition entry was recognised for this. The façade, which opens on both sides, creates a flowing structure from the inside to the outside. The façade follows the continuous axial grid of 8.90m, so that the rooms can be flexibly inserted into the basic structure. The all-round rescue balconies allow for a largely sun-protected outer shell. The jury particularly emphasised the spacious foyer, which gives the building equal and attractive entrance situations from the west and east.

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In the non-open interdisciplinary realization competition for the new construction of the administrative headquarters of the Northeast Branch – Die Autobahn GmbH of the German Federal Government – the design by Gerber Architekten won first prize. The concept is based on a three-story ring-shaped basic structure in timber hybrid construction. The location in the middle of a pine forest is used for a natural interlocking of nature and architecture. Gently widened circulation areas with views to the outside complement the spatial concept with offices, conference area and flexibly designed foyer. “In terms of urban planning, architecture, function and sustainability, the very homogeneous work is highly convincing thanks to its holistic and bold approach,” was the jury’s verdict on the design. The new building sits like a natural element in the Mark Brandenburg landscape, which continues within the circular building, and adapts to its particular surroundings in its choice of materials.

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