Theoretikum, University of Heidelberg

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Kornmarkt Parking Garage

Different angular volumes form the building. Adapted to the slope, there is nothing at the same height. Canopies are staggered, whole parts of the façade appear to be shifted. Parts of the building are set back, some come out and protrude from the façade. Sloping roof surfaces overlap each other, sometimes long and narrow and reaching almost to the ground, sometimes rather short. A pattern of lines runs almost across the entire façade. Wide and thin depressions divide the building horizontally. Particularly striking are the mounted stone slabs. Fixed to a concrete construction, they cover the parking area. The construction can be read, the concrete struts peek out and show what they support.

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St. Paul Church

At the foot of the Königsstuhl there is a coherent ensemble of a kindergarten, a parsonage, youth rooms, a community hall and a church. Windowless walls, square concrete panels, a cantilevered tilted roof, the church building is characterized by its strict style. The interior receives light only through the shed roof, but the light does not change due to vertically suspended wooden panels that form a grid.

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South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg

The South Asia Institute is a compact, seven-story reinforced concrete skeleton building with curtain wall concrete façades that forms a castle-like block from an accumulation of different geometric volumes. This impression is created by the fact that room groups within the building are differentiated from one another on the outside by staggered floor levels, particularly noticeable in the area of the window bands and parapets. The organization of the interior spaces resulted from the interdisciplinary use of several chairs. The jointly used and highly frequented lecture halls, seminar and reading rooms were located on the first two floors, while the rooms of the individual chairs were located on the upper floors. These areas are all accessed via a common hall, which acts as a connecting element for communication between the disciplines. In terms of design, the building is characterized by the display of the raw concrete and its sculptural image in shape, which is further reinforced by a round stair tower in the north and a floor-spanning round bay in the south. An expansively designed entrance area with a walkable canopy and a free sculpture by Winfred Gaul round off the complex.

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