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German School Madrid

The German School in Madrid, founded in 1896, is among the oldest and, with 1,800 students, one of the largest German international schools, and it is a central place of cultural exchange in the city. At its new location in the north of Madrid, different usages have been designated to separate structures, which merge together into one ensemble under the perforated roof construction of the foyer spaces. The three main buildings – a kindergarten, a primary school and a secondary school – each surround their own interior courtyard and look out onto the snow-capped peaks of the Sierras. The geometricated landscape of stairs, ramps and steps follows the topography of the land and, with the lively interplay of light and shadow from the roofs and facades, creates distinct spatial environments.
Location Calle Monasterio de Guadalupe 7, 28049 Madrid-Montecarmelo, Spain
Year 1st prize competition 2009, completion 2015/2016
Client Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the BMUB, represented by the BBR (Project Director Gunter Machens) and Association Deutsche Schule Madrid – Project Management: Bureau Veritas Construction Services (Project Director Christian Gerlach)

 

Project Directors Erik Behrends, Florian Fels, Olaf Menk, Arno Löbbecke, Jens Schoppe

Project Team Benjamin Bühs, Ana Acosta Lebsanft, Irene Arranz Astasio, Rafael Ayuso Siart, Cristina Baixauli Garcia, Mar Ballesteros, Tina Balzereit, Anna Berger, Johannes Blechschmidt, Matthias Cremer, Benjamin Figueroa Henseler, Jost von Fritschen, María García Méndez, Joana García Puyuelo, Isabell Gruchot, Julia Naomi Henning, Kristina Herresthal, Götz Hinrichsen, Mónica Hinrichsen, Laura Jeschke, Rebeca Juárez, Johannes Klose, Markus Lassan, Itziar León Soriano, Danko Linder, Sarah Manz, Elena Martínez del Pozo, Vera Martinez, Annika Müller, Andreas Nemetz, María Isabel Ortega Acero, Ana Pascual Posada, Jaime Promewongse, Dominik Queck, Lisa Schäfer, Karsten Schuch, Borja Solórzano, Kerstin Thomsen, Pablo Claudio Wegmann, Henning Wiethaus, Víctor Wolff Casado, Anna Wolska

Technical planners GTB-Berlin Gesellschaft für Technik am Bau mbH, Berlin (structural engineering) – Prof. Dr. sc. Mike Schlaich / schlaich bergermann und partner, Stuttgart/Berlin (inspection engineers) – Ingenieurbüro für Haustechnik KEM GmbH, Berlin (building services) – TRANSSOLAR Energietechnik GmbH, Stuttgart (energy technology) – Prof. Dr. Klaus Daniels, HL-Technik (competition) – Müller-BBM GmbH, Berlin (building services) – hhpberlin, Berlin (fire protection) – Úrculo Ingenieros, Madrid (fire protection / building services) – Lützow 7 Garten- und Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin (open space planning) – Lichtvision Design, Berlin (lightning design) – Carsten Nicolai, Berlin (art) – Folke Hanfeld, Berlin (art)

Photos Celia de Coca