New Construction of the Freiham North School Campus – primary and secondary school with school support center, sports halls, canteen, house for children and underground car park

At the westernmost edge of the city of Munich, in the district of Aubing, the new neighborhood of Freiham Nord is being developed as a residential area for more than 25,000 residents. To ensure adequate school provision in the new quarter, a school campus comprising a secondary school (Mittelschule), a primary school, and a childcare center (“Haus für Kinder”) is planned.

The developed concept provides for the facilities of the new school campus to be accessed via the new neighborhood square. Both schools, together with the shared cafeteria, are located along this central circulation space and thus benefit from synergies in daily school operations. The combination of the primary school, cafeteria, and childcare center on the southern part of the site, and the secondary school with a triple sports hall on the northern side, results in a distribution of building volumes that allows compliance with urban planning requirements, the desired sequence of construction phases, and the functional layout. Setbacks and projections along the western façade, as well as a stepped arrangement of building heights—from lower volumes (cafeteria/sports hall) to the taller structure in the east—emphasize the city entrance and create a strong connection with the landscape to the west.

The functional interdependencies of the spatial program and the organization of the learning house clusters essentially define the spatial structure and thus also the design concept.

The compact building layout not only enables efficient and economical use of the buildings, but also reduces the degree of site sealing, allowing a green campus to emerge. A high level of flexibility in the floor plan structures, the integration of nature and landscape as an integral part of the building to enhance well-being, as well as the use of a timber hybrid construction and an energy-efficient, ecological building approach are key aspects of sustainability that are given high priority in this project.