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Entwurf • Design Behnisch Architekten, München
Bauherr • Client Stadt Gersthofen, Gersthofen
Standort • Location Theresienstraße 12, Gersthofen
Nutzfläche • Floor space 13.400 m 2
Foto: Mark Ostow
Fotos • Photos David Matthiessen, Stuttgart
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SECONDARY SCHOOL

IN GERSTHOFEN

Variety is the programme at the new secondary school
in Augsburg's suburban area – be it through a spacious
music section, specialist classes with "green class-
rooms", or the adjacent triple sports hall. Behnisch Ar-
chitekten have restructured an entire school campus
and responded to the change in teaching didactics
with open and community-promoting structures.
Schnitt Nord–Süd • Section North–South

W ith the aim of creating more efficient administrative districts,
the municipalities of Hirblingen, Batzenhofen, Rettenbergen,
and Edenbergen were merged with and into Gersthofen, a town in Ba-
varia, on the basis of the 1978 local government reform. The result is
a city with currently more than 20,000 inhabitants, which stands out
due to its local recreation area of "Westliche Wälder" as well as its
proximity to the Lech River. This shows a diversity and interaction
which is also reflected in the range of cultural events and public insti-
tutions. Besides three elementary schools, a special-needs and private
school, and a grammar school, the secondary school in Gersthofen
therefore plays an important role. Behnisch Architekten have now re-
placed its school building dating from 1971 with a new complex inclu-
ding a triple sports hall, versatile outdoor facilities, and an extensive
music area. This makes the new secondary school a kind of culture
campus, which opens up new opportunities not only for its own pu-
pils, but also for pupils from the grammar school opposite as well as
for local sports and music clubs. The aspect of social networking the-
refore comes into play to the same extent as the connection with the
Grundriss Untergeschoss • Basement floor plan Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan topography. A four-metre height difference in the terrain was integra-
ted into the architecture through an open room concept with generous
corridor zones. The multi-storey auditorium and the open flight of
stairs, the steps of which also serve as seating accommodations du-
ring breaks and events, is the centre of the school. Arranged in a ring
around the staircase, the two upper floors provide a large number of
classrooms of different sizes, while the ground floor accommodates
the main entrance, administration offices, the library, and specialist
classes. The latter are located in three one-storey wings that extend
into the landscape in the shape of a fan. This way, protected open
spaces are created between the volumes, featuring themed courtyards
for art, handicrafts, cooking as well as the general possibility of tea-
ching outdoors. Every class structure finds a suitable classroom – he-
Grundriss 1. Obergeschoss • Level 1 floor plan Grundriss 2. Obergeschoss • Level 2 floor plan terogeneous, identity-building, and yet within the community.

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