Photo © Christian Richters
Photo © Christian Richters
Photo © Christian Richters

Otto-Stern-Center

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Location
Franfurt am Main, Germany
Year
2011

The two-storey foyer forms the backbone of the slender and long building, which accommodates seminar rooms, the library and the cafeteria. Despite the difference in level of 3.50 m the foyer’s two storeys allow for an access at ground level from both of the flanking streets. Six lecture halls are shifted as a base beneath the accessible square clearly reducing the visible building mass. The underground lecture halls receive daylight from the sides via patios, cut into the square.

Director
Prof. Eckhard Gerber

Competition
Prof. Eckhard Gerber, Alexandra Kranert, Nils Kummer, René Albrecht

Competition
1st prize 2006

Construction
2008 - 2011

GFA
11.500 m²

Gross volume
65.300 m³

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