Berlin-based Sehw Architektur has completed the first phase of the expansion and renovation of a primary school in Essen, in the North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. This involved the renovation of two buildings from the 1950s and the addition of new structures to create a ‘learning village’ of four buildings.
The new building in the first phase continues the language of gabled roofs of the existing buildings and provides additional classrooms for 100 pupils along with a school canteen.
The constraints of the inner-city plot were a key reason for using prefabricated timber construction. The resulting building features vertical timber cladding and freely composed window openings. Passive house standards, heat recovery ventilation, green sloping roofs and sustainably produced district hearing emphasise the project’s sustainability. Photo by Helin Bereket. Sehw Architektur
