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Entwurf • Design VON M, Stuttgart
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan
Grundriss 1. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +1
Längsschnitt • Longitudinal section
Bauherr • Client Stadt Ludwigsburg
Standort • Location Fuchshofstraße, Ludwigsburg
Nutzfläche • Floor space 8820 m 2
Fotos • Photos Zooey Braun, Stuttgart
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 126
PRIMARY SCHOOL
IN LUDWIGSBURG
With the Fuchshofschule in Ludwigsburg, VON M
demonstrates modern and climate-friendly timber con-
struction. Designed as a “filled bookshelf on a playg-
round”, the Stuttgart architects provide amble space
for individual development while creating a pleasant
learning environment and optimal starting conditions
for 616 primary-school children.
T his primary school really and truly sets an example! Not only
because of the undoubtedly excellent teaching staff, but above
all because of the innovative construction method. The new three-
storey building which was designed by VON M and erected in the
middle of an inner-city conversion site in the east section of Ludwigs-
burg, is a prime example of the construction turnaround: It is built
entirely according to the cradle-to-cradle principle (meaning the use of
renewable energies as well as complete deconstructability and recy-
clability of the building materials which are used) and can be flexibly
adapted to other usages over the course of its life cycle. Shortly after
the inauguration, a renowned jury praised the timber hybrid building
for its sustainability for good reason: “From the overall idea to the
smallest design detail, the project convinces and we would like to see
more schools like this.” And rightly so: the architecture and learning
concept are a perfect match. Whereas the ground floor, with its multi-
functional canteen, rooms for teaching staff and an open, light-flooded
atrium, serves as an overarching communal and event space, the lear-
ning clusters are located on the two upper floors next to the strikingly
designed wooden staircase. Each unit has five to six classrooms, ancil-
lary rooms and an open space in the corridor, which makes it possible
to work in small groups and cater for different learning speeds. The
children also have direct access to the outdoors through perimeter,
pergola-like balconies – with a wire mesh serving as fall protection.
Specialist, day care and inclusion rooms connect the respective clu-
sters. The materials also emphasize the school building’s sustainable
aspirations: a linoleum floor with embedded, textured cocoa shell
pieces, natural, acoustically effective wood-wool ceiling elements and
glazed wooden components for columns, doors and furniture com-
plement the natural basic tone with a rough-sawn exposed-concrete
structure. The coordinated colour concept deliberately focuses on a
gender-neutral character and serves not only as a design element, but
also to provide orientation and successfully create a sense of identity.
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