The aim of the urban planning competition was to spatially structure the approx. 6.5 hectare area of the planned health campus on Stammheimer Feld III in Calw and to find ideas for the design and arrangement of the buildings and open spaces. 14 architectural firms successfully qualified for the competition. LUDES Architects won 5th prize in the second round.
The design submitted by LUDES envisages a linear arrangement of the individual buildings (psychiatric centre, main hospital building, House of Health and nephrological centre) along a main axis running in a west-east direction, thus providing a clearly defined strip-like zoning of the site. From north to south, this is to take up the functions of stationary traffic, external primary development, campus with structural use and green belt in transition to the landscape. In the sense of an ensemble effect of the health campus as a whole, the superordinate west-east main road is intended as the backbone and connecting element of all individual buildings and at the same time is intended to create two attractive square-like open spaces. The open space to the west is intended to form the heart of the new Health Campus, which opens up to the visitor, and to provide an exciting counterpoint to the open space to the east, which in turn is intended to serve as an agglomeration point for future campus extensions. The aim of the design is thus to achieve a balanced ratio of building bodies and open spaces.
For the facades of the individual buildings a uniform, horizontally structured wooden facade with large window fronts is proposed. It should underline the homogeneous and unmistakable campus character, provide comprehensive views of the open landscape and specifically take into account the given location in the transition area to the Black Forest with wood as a local material.
The aim of the urban planning competition was to spatially structure the approx. 6.5 hectare area of the planned health campus on Stammheimer Feld III in Calw and to find ideas for the design and arrangement of the buildings and open spaces. 14 architectural firms successfully qualified for the competition. LUDES Architects won 5th prize in the second round.
The design submitted by LUDES envisages a linear arrangement of the individual buildings (psychiatric centre, main hospital building, House of Health and nephrological centre) along a main axis running in a west-east direction, thus providing a clearly defined strip-like zoning of the site. From north to south, this is to take up the functions of stationary traffic, external primary development, campus with structural use and green belt in transition to the landscape. In the sense of an ensemble effect of the health campus as a whole, the superordinate west-east main road is intended as the backbone and connecting element of all individual buildings and at the same time is intended to create two attractive square-like open spaces. The open space to the west is intended to form the heart of the new Health Campus, which opens up to the visitor, and to provide an exciting counterpoint to the open space to the east, which in turn is intended to serve as an agglomeration point for future campus extensions. The aim of the design is thus to achieve a balanced ratio of building bodies and open spaces.
For the facades of the individual buildings a uniform, horizontally structured wooden facade with large window fronts is proposed. It should underline the homogeneous and unmistakable campus character, provide comprehensive views of the open landscape and specifically take into account the given location in the transition area to the Black Forest with wood as a local material.