Schmuttertal-Gymnasium, Diedorf, Germany

Object Type
Schools

Client
Landkreis Augsburg vertreten durch Landrat Martin Sailer

Architects
ARGE Diedorf Hermann Kaufmann Architekten ZT GmbH, Dornbirn Florian Nagler Architekten GmbH, Munich

Completion
2015

Expertises
Thermal Insulation & Energy Performance Calculation
Building Acoustics
Construction Dynamics
Room Acoustics

As a model project for around 900 to 1000 pupils, the new Diedorf secondary school in Bavaria creates optimal architectural, structural and technical conditions for a sustainable learning and teaching environment. The building consists of a sustainable timber construction to the plus-energy standard and has a high design quality, taking into account modern pedagogical architecture in the form of open learning landscapes.

Modern teaching methods are practiced in open learning landscapes in the building. This means that there is no fixed seating plan in the classrooms and self-active work takes place in smaller groups of desks at any point in the room, but also in the open adjoining so-called marketplaces. For this purpose, the previously known room acoustics requirements were adapted and appropriate sound-absorbing cladding on the walls and ceilings was developed together with the architects. Special considerations were made for the timber construction with regard to the complex airborne and structure-borne sound transmission. Taking into account all requirements (statics, fire protection, architecture and acoustics)
were examined, varied and optimized in the test stand.
The break hall can also be used as an auditorium or event room with a stage, whereby the stage is separated from the break hall by mobile walls and can be used as a multi-purpose room for speech and music events. The appropriate sound-insulating and sound-absorbing constructions with acoustically variable elements were planned for this diverse use.

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