‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’: radical study centre is named best building in Europe

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A ‘non-hierarchical’ university space that can be continually altered or even moved has won the EU’s biennial prize for contemporary architecture

‘A changeable system’… the Study Pavilion at the Technical University of Braunschweig, designed by Berlin based Architects Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke.‘A changeable system’… the Study Pavilion at the Technical University of Braunschweig, designed by Berlin based Architects Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke..

The floors are made from prefabricated timber cassettes, slotted into place, while the ceilings are covered with perforated acoustic panelling which, along with the curtains and carpeted floors, creates a remarkably quiet environment. “It is a counter model to being in the library,” says Düsing. “There’s a background buzz, but it’s never overwhelming.”

, and hailed by one newspaper critic as “what the future of German construction could look like”. In a time of scarce resources, it has been praised for being as lean and economical as possible: everything has been stripped back to the bare minimum, honed to its most essential elements to fit within the total €5.2m budget .

 

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