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C.A.R.L. auditorium

The educational centre in Aachen by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects comprises two solid masses united by an airy, transparent atrium cutting through the building in a ziggurat pattern.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects design is part of the RWTH Aachen University’s major development strategy adding over 280,000 sqm of additional space to the campus, which is to form one of the largest research campuses in Europe. The new educational facility points to a more holistic understanding of learning and science and signals a humanistic approach focusing on the human scale.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

C.A.R.L., RWTH Aachen

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

C.A.R.L., RWTH Aachen

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

C.A.R.L., RWTH Aachen

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, site plan

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, plan

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, section

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, elevation

The four storey lecture hall centre is conceived as a singular sculptural object, breaking with the city block structure by pulling back from the adjacent line of buildings and creating a plaza and green urban space surrounding it. The compact building comprises two solid masses united by an airy, transparent atrium cutting through the building in a ziggurat pattern. The large atrium integrates several informal spaces of various sizes to form squares and terraces for social activity and knowledge sharing.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

“The central idea is the contrast between the inherently introverted auditoriums and the dynamic and open social circulation zone that connects the auditoriums. The two large stairs and connecting bridges will be the point for everyday ‘meet and greet’ of fellow students and lecturers,” says Founding Partner John Foldbjerg Lassen.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten, C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen, 2017. Photo Margot Gottschling and Michael Rasche

C.A.R.L. auditorium, Aachen
Program: educational
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Höhler+Partner Architekten
Engineering: Werner Sobek Stuttgart, Klett Ingenieur
Consultants: Kempen Krause Ingenieurgesellschaft, Müller-BBM, Gade Mortensen Akustik A/S, Erben GmbH, 3+ Freiraumplaner
Area: 14,000 sqm
Completion: 2017

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