Faculty of Informatics and Computer Center of the BTU Cottbus

Cottbus, Germany

Photo © Stephan Baumann, bild_raum

Site plan

Drawing © Bez + Kock

Photo © Stephan Baumann, bild_raum

Universities

Architects: bez + kock architekten

Location: Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 5, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Year: 2013
Client: Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus
Team: Erik Bossog, Gudrun Keller
Construction managemnet: Wörmann Architekten, Ostbevern
Structural engineering: Ingenieursozietät Bauwesen ISB, Cottbus
Heating / Ventilation / Plumbing: Integral Projekt GmbH & Co. KG, Cottbus
Electrical planning: D.I.E. Projekt GmbH, Dresden
Building physics: GWJ Ingenieurgesellschaft, Cottbus
Fire protection: HHP Ingenieure für Brandschutz GmbH, Berlin
Computer Center: Litcos GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigsfelde

The compact, square-shaped building blends in the row of existing buildings along the central pedestrian aisle of the Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus. In the four-story building the functions are staggered and arranged from bottom to top according to their user frequency. The superordinated seminar roms are situated on the ground floor, the rooms for the professors with the corresponding seminar areas are arranged on the first and second floor and on the third floor the computer center is located. Consequently the level of transparency of the facade is structured from the transparent ground floor to the completely closed top floor. Despite of their compactness the floor plans are organized in such a way, that corridor situations could be avoided and plenty of space for communication and views remains.