![Cafeteria at the University Aalen / MGF Architekten - Fence, Facade, Column, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5363/0778/c07a/802d/e100/0080/newsletter/Foto_06b-ad.jpg?1398998888)
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Architects: MGF Architekten
- Area: 550 m²
- Year: 2009
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Photographs:Michael Schnell
![Cafeteria at the University Aalen / MGF Architekten - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5363/074d/c07a/80e2/8000/008b/newsletter/PORTADA_Foto_05b-ad.jpg?1398998851)
Text description provided by the architects. A narrow and long-streched house situated between woods and the campus of the technical college : this is the new cafeteria for about 1200 students and lecturers. The cafeteria both adds to the building complex and serves as a new central meeting - point for the students. The appearance of the building is dominated by larch and glass. Slats in a row plus a roof form an elongated room with open gable-end facades.
![Cafeteria at the University Aalen / MGF Architekten - Image 13 of 14](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5363/06f3/c07a/802d/e100/007c/newsletter/Floor_Plan.jpg?1398998760)
A solid core to stabilize the building was put into the columnless hall. A wooden cover is put over it. The closed wooden roof is supported by a multitude of arranged slats.
![Cafeteria at the University Aalen / MGF Architekten - Glass, Column](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5363/06e6/c07a/802d/e100/007b/newsletter/Foto_15b-ad.jpg?1398998750)
During daytime the appearance is modelled by varying light and shadow. This is a building with a smootht structure integrating harmonically both the standards of the programme and those of the local situation.
![Cafeteria at the University Aalen / MGF Architekten - Table, Chair, Column](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5363/072a/c07a/802d/e100/007e/newsletter/Foto_19_b-ad.jpg?1398998814)