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SERIEN STUDIERENDE ENTWERFEN • STUDENTS DESIGN

Das sechste Obergeschoss bietet Platz zum Lernen. • The study area is located on the sixth floor.

Eine Sitztreppe sorgt für hohe Aufenthaltsqualität ... • Seating steps make for a high quality of stay… ... für die Studierenden im Café- und Barbereich. • …for the students in the café and bar area.

S tuttgart is known for quite a lot of things, but only a few would call it a city on moving to Stuttgart – especially as a student – faces the seemingly insurmountable
task of finding affordable housing. To counteract this situation and provide accom-
a river. Although the Neckar does not actually meander through the city centre,
its course runs through the important district of Bad Cannstatt. In the context of the modation until a suitable flat or shared flat is found, the student hotel student:inn
Stuttgart 21 infrastructure project and the redevelopment of the Rosenstein quarter, offers small rooms to live in for a limited period of time.
the area along the Neckar is also taking on a new significance. The otherwise busy
streets will be decongested by the infrastructure measures in the future, and thanks Contrasting design features zone the student:inn
to new ideas competitions, the banks of the Neckar will become an appealing place
for people to spend time. This is where a contemporary witness from the Second In addition to the upper floors, which are reserved for private living areas and
World War, the Rosenstein Bunker, can be found. In my bachelor’s thesis I wrote in accommodation, the two public entrance levels feature a small bar and kiosk, thus
the summer semester of 2021 – supervised by Prof. Andreas Kretzler, Prof. Thomas providing space for residents and external guests to relax and get together. In addi-
Hundt and Prof. Carsten Weigel – I dealt with the conversion of this protective struc- tion, the outdoor area has been designed in such a way that it enhances the quality
ture, which has been vacant since 2016 due to fire safety deficiencies. In its original of stay and thus contributes to the new overall image of the Neckar embankment.
use as one of 20 high-rise bunkers in Stuttgart, the Rosenstein Bunker provided shel- The charm of the bunker is deliberately preserved in the rooms, which have been
ter for 1,470 people from 1942 onwards. An anti-aircraft gun emplacement was origi- left untouched to maintain their raw appearance and simple design. The furnishings
nally planned on its rooftop. After the end of the war and until 1947, the shelter was of the eight-square-metre rooms are reduced to the essentials – this design concept
used to house refugees and evacuees. Due to the tense hotel situation in Stuttgart at is also reflected in the choice of colours and materials. Light enters each room
the end of the 1940s, the Rosenstein Bunker was converted into a hotel with a re- through three small, circular openings in the metre-thick walls, thereby creating a
staurant for the first time. Footballer Edmund Conen opened his Tower Hotel there special atmosphere. The communal areas of the student hotel, including a study
with 42 beds and a small restaurant on 16 August 1948. After Conen’s successor gave area on the top level, are laid out to create a strong counterpart to the design of the
up the Hotel at the Rosenstein Bridge in 1952, the gastronomic use eventually came private rooms and exude an inviting atmosphere due to their colourful appearance
to an end. From the 1970s onwards, the bunker was rented and used as a rehearsal and spaciousness. Warm colours, built-in units made of maritime pine and soft tex-
room by various regionally and nationally known rock bands. Following on from its tiles are used to produce a strong contrast to the rough concrete. The aim of the two
former use as a restaurant, my design was not simply directed at creating a hotel, starkly contrasting atmospheres is to shift people’s focus to the communal areas.
but a place of encounter and a place to live. The offering is aimed in particular at A highlight here is the generous seating steps that connect the two entrance floors
students and young people, but also at all citizens of the city of Stuttgart. Increasing and at the same time contribute to social interaction. It forms a pivotal point in the
rents, vacancies and rural exodus are just a few factors that make the situation on public area of the building and creates a new communicative generosity in the inte-
the housing market even more difficult for many sections of the population. Anyone rior through the gallery situation.

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