Gifhorn secondary school
Client
City of GifhornServices
Planning | turnkey construction | maintenanceArchitect
pbr Planungsbüro Rohling AG, OsnabrückProject volume
approx. € 25 millionProject
The city of Gifhorn has invited tenders for the construction of a new secondary school on a municipal site (Campus South) in a Europe-wide negotiated procedure with a preliminary call for tenders. The planning and construction services required for this as well as the maintenance and
inspection services for an extended warranty period and commissioning management for two years from acceptance are part of the service.
Architecture
School to campus. From I to We.
As part of the comprehensive district development, the existing education, youth, leisure and sports area on Carl-Diem-Straße in Gifhorn is being transformed into an urban networked educational campus. A central component of this development concept is the planned construction of the new Gifhorn secondary school. The new “school to campus” is nestled as far as possible to the south-east towards Jägerstrasse. The campus, which can be used in a variety of ways thanks to this positioning, spans a wide area and weaves existing and new facilities for education, sport and leisure into a sustainable ensemble – a networked educational landscape with multifunctional uses.
The new school opens up to the campus and offers a warm welcome. It forms an address in the urban space – in everyday school life as well as for separate or external events. Five interwoven cubes along an axis of movement form the composition of the building.
The foyer, assembly hall, canteen and multifunctional room open up towards the campus in an inviting way. This attractive entrance to the new “school to campus” is linked to the open space via the diverse recreational, sports and play facilities. Music, art and crafts, digital media and library, administration and the teaching staff area are also seamlessly integrated on the first floor. The quiet learning areas are designed as flexible, bright clusters on the upper floors.
The very clearly structured new building is lively in its calm serenity, spatially open and flexible, both compact and easy to navigate. The new building is a solid construction with a façade of light-coloured facing bricks and generous window elements. Eye-catchers are the large seating windows framed with colored façade panels on the axis of movement to the campus.
Energy and sustainability concept
The building is being constructed in accordance with the Federal Subsidy for Efficient Buildings (BEG). The funding program includes the Quality Seal for Sustainable Buildings (QNG), DGNB certification in SILVER and energy efficiency level 40.
Heat is supplied without the use of fossil fuels by means of two air-to-water heat pumps with natural refrigerant. Most of the heat is distributed via underfloor heating.
The building has several supply and exhaust air systems with heat recovery. To implement preconditioning, the air conditioning systems are equipped with a cooling coil with a direct evaporator. The ventilation systems can ventilate and extract air from the individual zones depending on use.
Windows in the rooms can also be opened manually. The lighting is provided by modern LED lights.
The school building will receive a PV system with approx. 119 kWp and a battery storage system with 100 kWh. In addition, a PV system with 80 kWp and a battery storage system with 100 kWp will be installed on the neighboring daycare center.
