THM Laboratory and Technology Center, Giessen Campus D - Gutfleischstrasse

On the basis of a master plan for the development of the university location Giessen of the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM), the planning area in the city of Giessen, consisting of several campus areas, was examined.



As a result, the Gutfleischstraße campus area was expanded to include a laboratory and technology center with three new buildings.




The urban planning reorganization provides for clearly assigned buildings for the departments KMUB (Hospital and Medical Technology, Environment and Biotechnology) and MNI (Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Informatics), which create a clear address and at the same time form a spatially and creatively striking ensemble in their interaction.



A sequence of different open spaces will form the backbone of the entire campus, which will be accessed from Ringallee in the east and Gutfleischstrasse in the south and will run through the site like a common platform - a learning landscape. The central square, which is clearly defined on three sides and designed as a central meeting point for student life and informal communication exchange, becomes a lively component, the heart of the campus, with its high quality of stay.



The buildings are developed in direct interaction with the continuous open space, with exterior and interior spaces flowing seamlessly into one another. A uniform, large-format paving - alternating light and dark slabs - dissolves as a dark surface from the interior into a light paving of the surrounding square. Lawns are inserted into this grid, forming a lawn in the central square. Striking seating elements offer alternating sun and shade. The concise, close interlocking of paved surfaces and vegetation areas with the base areas of the buildings gives the ensemble its own identity-forming character with a high recognition value.



In this way, the campus - as a hybrid between a park and a square - is developed out of the urban context.