EXEMPLUM English Edition

‘Standard issue?’ Is there such a thing? From deep black to radiant white via a wide range of grey tones - that is the spectrum covered by the extraordinary brick buildings that we present in this new edition of EXEMPLUM. You will also see some wonderful examples of architecture with traditional warm earthy tones that our brickmakers create by varying the mineral composition of the clay before it enters firing. And should you still not be able to find the kind of brick you are looking for, despite the great variety of designs that bricks have always offered, our designers and technicians will...

CONTENTS 24 EXEMPLUM The ‘Literator’ Residential buildings in Moscow (RUS), page 68 Children‘s paradise Day-care centre in Hamburg, page 28 Successful integration Music school, Wroclaw (PL), page 50 Building Values School campus in Capellen (LUX), page 6 Elegance and dignity Hotel Courtyard by Marriott, Cologne, page 72 Attractive parking ‘Parkpaletten’ at Hildesheim hospital, page 32 Heat from the earth Energy-efficient residential building in Hagen, page 54 Unbreachable brickworkForensic wards in Wiesloch, page 14 Fashionable living in green surroundings Urban villas in Lingen/Ems, page 78...

BUILDING VALUES A school campus building has now been completed in the town of Capellen in Luxembourg, based on plans by the Atelier d’Architecture et de Design Jim Clemes. It comprises a pre-school and primary school as well as rooms for early learning and afternoon supervision. The campus seeks an openness with its direct environment – the adjacent sports hall can also be used for extracurricular activities. The architects see in their work a high degree of social responsibility for future users, which is expressed in their very conscious selection of materials. “A colour that reflects urban...

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Florian Thein in an interview with Jim Clemes and Ingbert Schilz (Director Partner) How did the Campus Capellen project come into being? JC: It was actually a follow-up assignment. Prior to the Campus Capellen, we had already realised another school campus at a different location for the same municipal authorities. That campus in Mamer was implemented over ten years after winning the competition in 2001. It has been well accepted by its users and has exerted an exemplary impact throughout the region. It was for this reason that the municipal authorities then gave us the contract for the Campus...

“For me, brick is simply the best material to use in a building that needs to be able to age gracefully. When you consider what a school has to go through over the course of time, I would say plaster is an unsuitable material” Jim Clemes used to run from Reims in France via Arlon and Luxemburg to Trier. Both campus sites are located right on this transport axis. Historical furnaces have even been found near Mamer that were used for making clay articles and bricks. The other reason is that for me, brick is simply the best material to use in a building that needs to be able to age gracefully. When...

Koppen-Rumetsch architects, Nurnberg Roben hand-formed facing bricks The Psychiatric Centre Nordbaden in Wiesloch by Heidelberg pro- vides psychotherapy, psychosomatic and psychological treatment for a wide range of patient groups. The facility was recently ex- tended, with the addition of three new forensic wards for in- voluntary treatment. The new building, designed by Koppen Rumetsch Architekten in Nurnberg with red-brown hand-formed bricks, joins the three wards into a cohesive block, stepped to follow the slope of the site, and also includes a parking area in the centre of the facility....

Independent material The inside of the new building houses therapy and recreation rooms, medical treatment centres and living and dining areas for a total of 77 patients, over an area of 6,400 square metres. Moreover, the building integrates several outside areas, such as a garden, a walking yard and several courtyards of varying security levels. The architects' search for a suitable material for the outside walls ended with the selection of Röben hand-formed WIESMOOR coal-variegated bricks in large standard format, with the dimensions 240 x 115 x 71 millimetres. The stone underlines the independence...

IN DIALOGUE WITH THE LANDSCAPE H E AD OFFIC E E NG E LBERT STRAUS S IN BIE BE R GMÜND 18 Draft planning: ATP architekten ingenieure, Frankfurt Final planning: Thomas Hillig Architekten, Berlin Röben hand-formed facing bricks WIESMOOR coal-variegated, NF Special assortment, Röben BRICK-DESIGN® The new head office of 'Engelbert Strauss', the manufacturer of work wear and industrial safety equipment, was built in Biebergemünd by Frankfurt/M. Together with the new workwear store, it forms the Engelbert Strauss company campus. The new building's facade owes its lucid appearance to the Röben red-brown,...

“The rooms in the head office are oriented in each cardinal direction, rendering the surrounding landscape visible from the workplaces. This completes the conceptual cycle between nature, man and architecture.” Christian Risch, Project manager in charge at ATP Frankfur

set back slightly from the others, give the facade a horizontal structure and increases its plasticity. In this way, the building fits in harmoniously with its surroundings. The roofs form a fifth facade, which are planted with greenery “The Workwear store comes into view along the street as an immediate landmark for customers, while the administrative buildings are oriented in each cardinal direction, rendering the surrounding landscape visible from the workplaces. This completes the conceptual cycle between nature, man and architecture,” says Christian Risch, project manager in charge at ATP...