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Entwurf • Design bandherm + krumrey, Hamburg
Raumboxen und Systemelement • Room boxes and system element
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan
Bauherr • Client LIST AG, Nordhorn
Standort • Location Nordhorn/Bielefeld
Nutzfläche • Floor space 3.750 m 2
Fotos • Photos Joachim Grothus, Herford
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 142
LIST HEADQUARTERS IN
NORDHORN/BIELEFELD
Whether in aircraft construction or real-estate develop-
ment – interdisciplinary approaches are a must. The two
new identical office buildings at two locations of the
North German LIST construction company were thus de-
signed inspired by an aircraft hangar. The fitting interior
for this with a systematically open layout and a work-
shop look has been designed by brandherm + krumrey.
R eady for lifting off: an aircraft hangar had obviously been the inspi-
ration for the architectural concept of the new office buildings
which the internationally operating construction company had commis-
sioned to be erected at two locations in Nordhorn and Bielefeld. RKW
Architektur + in Düsseldorf have been responsible for the planning and
the implementation of the concept idea by the client – an open, work-
shop-like kind of architecture whose spatial quality were to promote the
interdisciplinary cooperation of the 100 to 150 employees respectively.
The result: two structurally identical, cubic office buildings with enor-
mous ceiling heights of more than six metres on both levels which are
connected by a central open space with an all-round gallery and a flight
of stairs. For the setting with exposed-concrete areas and visible instal-
lations, brandherm + krumrey established a spatial concept that is fle-
xible to a large degree, does without ceiling-high inside walls and that
emphasizes the idea of a production facility with just a few accents.
Added spatial boxes and grouped working islands define the linear lay-
out grid. A central core on the ground floor contains the commonly used
functional units and a company canteen whose look like a garden for
visitors is marked by a large tree. All around it, the work areas can be
individually configured due to a multifunctional steel grid and hybrid
meeting- and project areas can be defined which stimulate spontane-
ous interactions. Optionally, open compartments can be used as sto-
rage-room elements and panels with different surfaces to be used as
whiteboards or acoustic buffers. Reference is made to the design theme
in the form of casual details such as coloured transport belts, industrial
curtains consisting of PVC or installation pipes in warning colours. And
to save the working atmosphere from becoming too rough because of
this focus on functionality, translucent curtain fabrics in modern colours
here and there also identify lounges which serve as common areas. All
told, the agile interior concept with a piece of system furniture that is
as mobile as a tool box is a consistent complement to the stipulated in-
dustrially inspired kind of architecture of the two twin buildings.
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