Article source: Herrmanns Architekten

Prof. Herrmanns: If you compare the competition drawings with the structural results, there are hardly any differences. What changes have there been?
In fact, it was mainly refinements and specifications. One change was the renouncement of the playability of the flat roof. There were of course good reasons against it. And at the beginning you don’t know exactly what the facade will look like in the end. After intensive studies, we decided on facing with clinker brick slips. Not least because the old building has a clinker brick facade.

Image Courtesy © Marcel Kohnen

• Architects: Herrmanns Architects + Mplus Architects
• Project: Kita-Anbau
• Location: Vallendar, Germany
• Photography: Marcel Kohnen

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