Children's and Youth Campus in Remchingen — Winning Design for a Forward-Looking Educational Campus.
The Remchingen Children’s and Youth Campus is being developed as a comprehensive educational facility for children and young people. The project combines a daycare center, a cafeteria, and spaces for after-school care, complementing the existing school site to create a forward-looking campus. The design emerged from an open, Europe-wide design competition, in which Gaus Architekten won first prize in 2022.
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Urban Planning and Outdoor Spaces
Two distinct buildings form a harmonious ensemble and blend naturally into the existing surroundings. The existing slope is put to strategic use: While the daycare center is located in the lower-lying area, the cafeteria building is situated on the higher part of the property. In between, a variety of open spaces are being created—including play areas, recreational spaces, and gathering areas—that connect the campus.
Daycare Center
The daycare center is based on a compact, square floor plan and features clear layouts and short walkways. The centerpiece of the building is the spacious atrium staircase, which connects the two floors and serves as an open gathering space. A wraparound pergola expands the available space on the upper floor and provides additional outdoor play and recreation areas.
The work impresses with the high flexibility of its floor plans and fits into its surroundings in a restrained way.
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School Cafeteria and After-School Care
The second building houses the campus’s communal facilities. The ground floor features the cafeteria, which includes an integrated kitchen and large windows that connect the dining area to the outdoors. On the upper floor, rooms for student care round out the facilities. A sheltered rooftop garden provides additional spaces for studying, playing, and relaxing.
Materiality and Atmosphere
The facades, made of fiber-cement panels and vertical wooden slats, give the buildings a calm and warm appearance. Inside, exposed concrete and wood define the architectural aesthetic. Strategically placed pops of color—such as orange acoustic panels in the cafeteria or yellow restrooms in the daycare center—help with wayfinding and create a friendly atmosphere.
Our architecture focuses on people. We are building for those who will later learn, eat, play, laugh and live in the children's and youth campus. That's why we involved schoolchildren in the design of the roof garden. The documentary video shows how much enthusiasm and creativity the children put into thinking about form, color, material, light and much more.
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