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BÜRO UND VERWALTUNG • OFFICE BUILDINGS TECHNISCHER AUSBAU • TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

Eine Superloop-Ringleuchte sowie Boxy-Deckenaufbau-Downlights erhellen das Foyer und das Treppenhaus. • A circular Superloop luminaire and Boxy surface-mounted donwlights illuminate the foyer and staircase.

I n the middle of Freudenstadt's railway station district, w:architekten constructed apted to individual needs. For the fit-out, the architects restricted their choice of ma-
terials to concrete, wood and glass, which are all the more effective because of this
a commercial building that stands out strikingly because of its combination of re-
gional building tradition and contemporary creative drive and yet blends into the reduction. Sustainability played a major role in the design, which is primarily reflec-
small-town environment at the interface between city centre and residential area. ted in the particularly low energy consumption.
With its formwork of vertical wooden lamellas and with the pleasant light that shi-
nes from the interior through floor-to-ceiling windows and gable glazing on the west The modern commercial building in a small-town environment ...
side, the austere, rectangular concrete volume gains in warmth. The transition bet-
ween the large-scale buildings in the centre and the small-scale residential buildings In addition, only a minimum of hazardous waste would be produced in case the
was cleverly bridged with an unconventional, hybrid roof construction. While the building were to be demolished. A special feature of the interior design is undoub-
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building faces the city centre to the west with a typical gab e roof, a flat roof was tedly the architectural office on the upper floor. The centrepiece is an imposing two-
constructed in the direction of the housing estate to the south, which is characterised storey studio space, which creates a unique feeling of space thanks to the fully gla-
by semi-detached houses. A welcome side-effect is a terrace laid out on the flat roof, zed front facing west. All room zones, which are structured according to the different
which affords wide views of the Black Forest. The building is accessed via a two-sto- requirements of contemporary office work, merge into one another. The only really
rey foyer built of fair-faced concrete. The void allows views of the upper floor, where enclosed rooms are the meeting room in the office area and the team meeting room
glass railings embedded in the concrete floor slab serve as fall protection. Like the with adjoining roof terrace on the attic level. Both rooms are screened off by trans-
landings of the stairs, they are illuminated by black, precisely adjustable Boxy sur- parent glass partitions. Super-OH! luminaires with a diameter of 120 centimetres
face-mounted downlights. In the void itself, a circular Superloop luminaire suspen- floating beneath the ceiling illuminate groups of seats and meeting tables and set
ded from the ceiling and fitted with Spy On spotlights attracts attention. The flexibly highlights throughout the spatial continuum. Their additional indirect light compo-
adjustable spotlights brighten up the front wall of the foyer and the ceiling, thus em- nent discreetly brightens up the ceilings on the attic floor, which are covered with
phasising the texture and coolness of the fair-faced concrete surfaces. For the te- wooden slats, thus widening the room upwards. The office welcomes employees and
nants, which include a health centre with administration, fitness and conference visitors with a warm light in differentiated illuminance levels. The workplaces are il-
rooms as well as a dental and physiotherapy practice, the room structures were ad- luminated with direct light from suspended Streamliner profile luminaires. As in the

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