Integration Centre

With strategic economic efficiency in mind, the building features a consistently compact design: six floors above ground and only one basement to maximize the usable space. Its modular timber construction and a decentralised building services concept underline efforts to ensure the building remains well-placed to meet the demanding range of challenges that running an integration centre will impose. This also emphasises the building’s readiness for further multipurpose applications. The central courtyard, which is only accessible via the single entrance to the building, presents a venue for meetings and exchange. A freely accessible staircase connects the first and second floors, while the ground and first floors accommodate a range of facilities, including training rooms and kindergarten. All floors above the first floor are accessed by two clearly arranged staircases, with abundant natural lighting. Access to the floors can be restricted to authorised persons only as required.

Open portico access also means the upper residential floors benefit from the courtyard, with the thoroughfares wide enough to allow encounters while never appearing confined. Adjacent to the portico, the spatial layer houses the necessary amenities, including entrances, bathrooms and WCs. Residential units are separated from the development by this spatial layer, which serves as a filter between residential units and the development. Rooms separated in this way and common areas with balconies assigned to them offer protection, tranquillity, and privacy.

Using wood consistently throughout helps promote a friendly and inviting atmosphere, which need not be artificially created, but emerges as a matter of course from the materials and construction. Inside, the wooden ceilings with visible wooden beams establish the overall framework. White-painted walls and sanded screed floors round things off - pleasantly warm in winter and cool in summer thanks to underfloor heating.

The facade is also configured as a modular timber construction. This creates a subtle echo of the building's internal dividing lines by connecting the public first two floors. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the inside with light. Vertical and horizontal wooden elements come together to form a self-contained and unobtrusive entity of urban expression.