Article source: HPP Architects

The Hochschule Ruhr West – University of Applied Sciences in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, in short the HRW, is part of a nationwide development of new universities. With a total of eight buildings and about 62,000 m² of GFA, the university has the dimensions of an autonomous district: four institute buildings, a canteen, a lecture hall and a library as well as a multi-storey car park have been built on the former railway site in the Broich district. The HRW functions not only as a new educational institution, but also as an important component of the urban development concept for the entire university surroundings. For this reason, the various campus buildings reflect the heights and volumes of the surrounding development and the campus itself deliberately opens up towards the quarter and to the adjacent buildings.

Image Courtesy © Christa Lachenmaier

• Architects: HPP Architects and ASTOC Architects and Planners
• Project: The Hochschule Ruhr West – University of Applied Sciences
• Location: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
• Photography: Christa Lachenmaier and Hans Blossey
  
• Client: BLB NRW / Building and Property Department of NRW, Münster, Germany
• Total GFA: 62,000 m²
• Competition: 1st Prize 2010

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