Bremen University is fighting for monument protection: Brutalist buildings in focus!
Bremen University is fighting for monument protection: Brutalist buildings in focus!
In Bremen, the university is faced with the challenging task of preserving its architectural treasures of the 1970s. The central area, which was opened in 1971, and the Uniad and the GW2 building block are under the radar of monument protection due to its brutal construction, which is considered worth protecting. The State Office for the Preservation of Monuments has confirmed this, which makes the unileprosy fear: modernization measures could be significantly more difficult due to the requirements of monument protection. This procedure could not only increase the planning effort, but also drive the costs up, as the university stated in a template.Uwe Schwartz, provisional head of the state monument, emphasizes that the central area is considered to be valuable as cultural -historically. It is an example of brutal architecture, a term that derives from the French 'brood' - raw concrete, which became the architectural language of the universities in the 1960s to 80s.
The challenges of modernization
The university management has already conducted discussions with the preservation of monuments to find solutions for the upcoming modernization measures. The fears lie in the complexity of the protection position and the possibility of delays that the students could affect: inside and teachers could not affect them between the gray concrete buildings.
But not only monument protection has the university world under control. The room situation is increasingly tense at the Bremen University of Applied Sciences. To meet this, the Kleusberg company has transformed a parking space into a new building that offers space for 350 students. This two-storey new building in a modular steel skeleton construction impresses with a post-bar facade with full-surface glass elements and a harmonious integration into the existing environment. The advantages of the steel skeleton modules include the low weight and quick feasibility.
brutalism in change
While the Bremen University of Applied Sciences focuses on modern room situation, the building history of the universities in Germany shows an exciting change. A look at Cologne illustrates this: there is the Cologne philosophic, an example of brutalist architecture that was built from 1971 and is particularly noticeable by gross concrete structures and few windows. The dominant architectural style of this era reflected the increasing number of students and is part of a comprehensive building historical development that is increasingly questioned at the universities.
Today's university buildings, such as the new central building of the Leuphana University in Lüneburg, are relying on an open architecture that is supposed to promote encounter and exchange. Here the approach is pursued that industries have to be places that support the exchange and offer space for innovative teaching formats. The interior design has changed, away from dark, lower rooms and towards light-flooded meeting places. Deutschlandfunk Nova shapes.
For the Bremen University, it remains to be seen how it can find the balance between monument protection and the necessary modernizations, while at the same time creating new buildings that meet the current requirements of the students.
Developments at the Bremen University and University of Bremen show that tradition and modern demands often have to be difficult to harmonize, but ultimately the needs of the students are always the focus.
Further information on the challenges and developments at the Bremer University as well as the new university building in Bremen can be found in the respective reports.
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