Loca­tion: Down­town Bre­men
Time­frame: 2024 to 2027
Cate­gory: Turn­key buil­ding con­s­truc­tion | PPP
Cli­ent: Bre­menUni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­en­ces and the City of Bre­men
Archi­tect: Gruppe GME, 28832 Achim

A new ensem­ble of buil­dings is being built on Große Johan­nis­straße as an important part of the Neu­stadtswall cam­pus of Bre­men Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­en­ces and with a spe­cial urban impact. The aim is to rea­lize a func­tional, effi­ci­ent and at the same time iden­tity-crea­ting archi­tec­ture that meets the high demands of tea­ching and rese­arch and is con­sis­t­ently geared towards sus­taina­bi­lity and cli­mate pro­tec­tion.

A cen­tral ele­ment of the pro­ject is the resource-con­ser­ving reuse of the exis­ting buil­ding fabric. The recon­s­truc­tion and moder­niza­tion of the exis­ting FS buil­ding pre­ser­ves valuable “grey energy”. The exis­ting ske­le­ton struc­ture is ide­ally sui­ted for long-term use as a tea­ching and rese­arch buil­ding thanks to its fle­xi­ble floor plans. The tech­ni­cal faci­li­ties on the roof will be exten­ded to accom­mo­date highly instal­led labo­ra­to­ries in the fields of bio­nics, envi­ron­men­tal tech­no­logy and mecha­ni­cal engi­nee­ring, among others, wit­hout signi­fi­cantly alte­ring the exis­ting load-bea­ring struc­ture.

The new exten­sion con­nects the exis­ting FS and AB buil­dings with a new head buil­ding. It is pre­do­mi­nantly rea­li­zed as a modern pre­cast con­crete and rein­forced con­crete ske­le­ton con­s­truc­tion. Resource-saving prestres­sed con­crete hol­low core slabs signi­fi­cantly reduce the amount of con­crete and steel requi­red, enable lar­ger spans and create open, fle­xi­ble floor plans. This means that the buil­ding can also be adapted to chan­ging requi­re­ments in the long term.

The buil­ding con­cept is com­ple­men­ted by dura­ble, sus­tain­ably desi­gned faça­des and gree­ning mea­su­res. The new buil­ding ensem­ble thus makes an important con­tri­bu­tion to the cli­mate-fri­endly deve­lo­p­ment of the cam­pus and to streng­thening the urban environment.