Barkow Leibinger

Barkow Leibinger
Schillerstraße 94, D–10625 Berlin
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Stadthaus M1 - Green City Hotel, Freiburg-Vauban

The Stadthaus M1 marks the gate to the Vauban quarter of Freiburg – a “green city” partially automobile free, with an emphasis on alternative and sustainable living and architecture. The task of the competition was to design an apartment building complemented by a hotel and shops at the ground level. The construction of wood and concrete is modeled after a "passive house" standard. 
This 1st prize winning competition design consists of a separate hotel and apartment building unified by the continuous topography of the roof-scape and facade. The higher and more public hotel is located as an entrance at the main artery of Merzhauser Straße while the more private apartment building continues behind the hotel along the Vaubanallee. The spatial gap between the two buildings forms a green “pocket park” that opens and widens towards the south allowing a path between the buildings and a connection to the public circulation and green-room fronting the buildings. This articulation improves daylighting and breaks down the overall building mass on-site.
The low-tech facades save both energy and costs.  They are highly insulated in wood construction with 3x insulating panel glazing with integrated retractable louvered sunscreens. The south facades, complimented by loggias and balconies, are additionally protected by climbing plants on steel cables in front of the facade. This layer of planting shades the interiors in the summer while allowing warming sun through in the winter. The north facing facades is cladded in vertical cedar wood-fins, an element that further unifies the two independent buildings visually. 

Project Information

Architects — Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Frank Barkow, Regine Leibinger

 

Team Design — Lukas Weder (project architect), Jonathan Kleinhample, Hiroki Nakamura, Ulrich von Türckheim, Woonghee Cho, Jens Weßel, Derek Bangle

 

Team Construction — Lukas Weder (project architect), Andrea Hronjec, Sonia Sandberger, Morihide Seki, Tim Unnebrink, Jens Weßel

 

Program

Living, Retail, Conference, Hotel

 

Location

Freiburg, Germany

 

Size

6.668 sqm

 

Construction

2011 - 2013

 

Awards

2014  Hugo-Häring-Auszeichnung of the German Association of Architects BDA Baden-Württemberg

Sustainability standard
GreenSign 

Client and Project Management

Freiburger Stadtbau GmbH

 

Construction Management

Gassmann + Grossmann Baumanagement GmbH, Stuttgart

 

Structural Engineer

Theobald + Partner Ingenieure, Kirchzarten

 

Mechanical + Electrical Engineer

Paul + Gampe + Partner GmbH, Esslingen am Neckar

 

Energy Design

Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH, Stuttgart

 

Fire Protection Consultant

Brandschutzconsult GmbH & Co. KG, Ettenheim

 

Building Physics

Horstmann & Berger Ingenieurbüro für Bauphysik, Altensteig

 

Civil Engineering

Fichtner Water & Transportation GmbH, Stuttgart

 

Interior Design

Barkow Leibinger, Berlin und Amann Burdenski Munkel Architekten, Freiburg

 

Landscape Architect

Raderschallpartner AG, CH-Meilen

 

Photos

© Zooey Braun

© Ina Reinecke/Barkow Leibinger