Berlin-based Sehw Architektur has completed a series of school buildings using modular timber construction in Cologne, in the North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
For a special school in Dünnwald, Cologne, timber modules were lifted over the existing listed buildings to extend the school. The extensions are finished in red brick to blend with the existing listed post-war buildings. The interiors are designed to maximise daylight and feature classrooms with adjoining annexe rooms.
A modular timber extension to a community primary school in Lindweiler, Cologne, accommodating nine classes, was built in nine months. The compact, light-coloured brick facade features wood-aluminium ribbon widow elements, responding to the existing school building. The entrance to the new building faces the existing school building, forming a shared courtyard.
At a primary school in Neuehrenfeld, Cologne, Sehw Architektur’s building houses a canteen and five rooms to replace old prefabricated buildings. The new building uses modular timber construction to create a two-storey passive house with a green roof. The ground floor accommodates the canteen and communal areas, with further interaction areas between the classrooms on the upper floor. A terrace area designed to be used as an outdoor green classroom is integrated into the volume. Photo by Helin Bereket of the existing and new building at the primary school in Lindweiler. Sehw Architektur
