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Timber Residential Construction Kit / Sehw Architektur

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Located in a mature residential area in northern Berlin, this project spans 9,000 m² and includes over 100 apartments across new and existing buildings. The development, planned by Sehw for JOPE Real Estate AG, aims to create a sustainable and socially inclusive urban block in Berlin-Reinickendorf. The design emphasizes ecological innovation, social integration, and diverse living models, blending new construction with a respectful expansion of a 1930s residential complex.

From Brown Coal to Education / Sehw Architektur

Valeria Silva — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Comprehensive School with Upper Secondary Level and Three-field Sports Hall in the Lusatia region. Lusatia, a former lignite mining region, is facing the challenges of a profound structural transformation. To retain young families in the area, more educational offerings are being developed – not only in elementary education but now also in secondary schools. The Spree-Neisse district, located in the eastern part of Brandenburg along the Polish border, has paved the way for a comprehensive school with an upper secondary level and a three-field sports hall. Sehw Architektur, after winning the competition, implemented the project as an inclusive and inspiring learning environment.

Learning in Lindweiler / Sehw Architektur

Andreas Luco — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The extension to the Cologne-Lindweiler primary school, an open all-day school, was built in nine months using modular timber construction. Nine classes can now be accommodated at this location. The compact two-story structure with a light-colored facing brick façade and elongated wood-aluminum window elements responds to the existing school building with a calm and clear geometry.

Learning Landscapes under Roof Landscapes / Sehw Architektur

Anna Dumitru — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Sehw Architektur’s latest project once again exemplifies the three pillars of Sehw’s architecture. The new timber building in the existing ensemble impresses with its innovative approach, its sustainability, and the social added value it creates.

Around the Corner - Student Apartment Building in Berlin Oberschöneweide / Sehw Architektur

Andreas Luco — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000

In the heart of Berlin, housing for students is becoming increasingly unaffordable, making the outskirts more important when it comes to creating new living spaces for this target group. A housing project for students consisting of 159 flats, commissioned by the city-owned housing company Berlinovo, has recently been completed in the up-and-coming district of Oberschöneweide in the Treptow borough. It was constructed as part of a framework agreement for the creation of new, serially produced residential buildings. This followed a competition organized by the Association of the German Housing Industry as a conceptual procedure to find innovative ideas.

Georg-Eckert Campus of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media / Sehw Architektur

Valeria Silva — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The project includes the construction of a new library and the refurbishment and upgrading of existing buildings. Villa von Bülow, a neoclassical building from the 19th century, is listed as a historical monument and has been carefully restored. The former nurses’ residence of the adjacent hospital, dating back to the 1970s, has been incorporated into the research campus, also refurbished and repurposed as an administrative building. A delicate glass bridge connects the new with the existing buildings, creating an exciting interplay between old and new and a dynamic sense of identity.

Twins for Modern Job Nomads / Sehw Architektur

Valeria Silva — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Twins for modern job nomads. Two new buildings with different forms of housing for 50 residents on a gap site in Berlin Schöneweide

The Copper Coil / Sehw Architektur

Andreas Luco — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Sehw has been creating spaces for science for many years, thereby designing showcases for science and conveying images of scientific innovations to the outside world through architecture. The new technical centre for the Institute of Electrical Engineering at the University of Rostock creates a modern teaching and research environment for the Institute for Applied Microelectronics and Data Processing Technology and the Institute of Communications Engineering. The horizontally banded copper façade with rounded corners follows the formal image of the copper coil and gives the building its sheen. A shining prelude to the STEM Campus.

Inclusive School Centre / Sehw Architektur

Andreas Luco — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Structural change poses major challenges for some regions, among them Lusatia, a former lignite mining region. “The Brandenburg state government, in close cooperation with the Saxon state government, wants to give additional impetus and more momentum to structural development in Lusatia and develop it into a model region for structural change,” the state of Brandenburg says on its website. How can these goals be achieved? By counteracting the exodus of young families in particular with modern educational offers; for example, with a school according to the latest pedagogical findings and with high architectural standards. We have built such a school for Lusatia: the primary school section of an inclusive school centre in Döbern. Three storeys, two parallel classes per year for 360 pupils.

Gustav Heinemann Comprehensive School / Sehw Architektur

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 04:00:00 +0000

The overall building volume of the Gustav Heinemann Comprehensive School in Essen was broken down into differentiated section. The stringent structure has resulted in clearly defined outdoor spaces on the school campus. The offset positioning of the individual building sections ensures a scaled integration into the urban context. The offset of the two southern building parts creates a clearly recognisable entrance zone, which, with its forecourt, represents the prelude and identity of the new school grounds.

Weitblick Innovation Campus / Sehw Architektur

Andreas Luco — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000

The building providing modern working environments is the first component of the emerging innovation park in Augsburg, a place bringing together the worlds of work and research. Consequently, its concept is aimed at start-ups and companies from the research and tech sectors. In addition to the open-plan workspace design, catering, and local shops on the ground floor, a shared conference centre on the rooftop, a day-care centre, and many digital smart features ensure that the building offers everything its users need.

Jungfernsee Elementary School / Sehw Architektur

Valeria Silva — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Schools have developed into all-day and inclusive learning and living spaces. The new schools need spatial concepts that can be used flexibly. For this purpose, the big school is divided into several small organisational units, the small schools or clusters. This organisation in clusters makes it possible to create semi-autonomous social-spatial units in large schools, which are manageable for pupils and teachers and allow a sense of home to develop. These pedagogical objectives lead to new architectural requirements. Architecture becomes a pedagogue.

A28 House / Sehw Architektur

María Francisca González — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:00:00 +0000

SEHW Architektur gave new life to an industrial building in Berlin’s Zehlendorf district. It had endured several moultings, before it shed its skin and was reused once more. Built in the 70s for business and production, it followed a functional purpose: Staff area on lower ground floor, naturally lit by the shape of the topography, a big hall for delivery with machine shop on the ground floor and offices on the first floor.