Austrian Green Planet Building

Campus TU Munich

Munich, Germany
Located in the listed Olympic Park, the two-storey wooden building has taken the slogan of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games as its inspiration: "Light, freshness and generosity" permeate the design inside and out. The "rue interieure" connects the sports, teaching and research areas from east to west with a variety of visual axes and glazing. Inner courtyards bring in daylight. A total of 14 sports halls, 12 lecture halls, 15 diagnostic rooms, 5 workshops, 300 offices, a cafeteria and a library are located in the light-coloured wooden structure, whose span is up to 30 metres.
The striking 19-metre cantilevered canopy is a special wooden construction made of prefabricated parts and enables, among other things, weather-independent measurements on the part of the sports track below.
Thanks to the high degree of prefabrication, the assembly time of the wide-span glulam beams and prefabricated timber elements for ceilings and walls could be kept short. The construction was carried out during ongoing operations. The campus uses district heating and, as a special feature, the local groundwater as a source of heating and cooling. A ventilation system with heat recovery ensures comfort. Triple thermal glazing helps to keep annual energy consumption low despite large glass surfaces.