Renovation of Apartments in Mannheim
Annette Rudolph  Günter Pfeifer 
Renovation of Apartments in Mannheim

Renovation of Apartments in Mannheim

Annette Rudolph  Günter Pfeifer 


In the wake of World War II, Germany had to reconstruct its cities. The huge task was undertaken with the resources available at the time, and everywhere arose the so-called Schuettbeton, buildings raised with the rubble of brick constructions destroyed during the war. The debris was crushed and used as dry filling for concrete. The resulting facades were very porous facades, with poor thermal properties. They also aged badly. This project works on one of those postwar buildings with ambitious energy rehabilitation criteria, in such a way that the standard consumption for heating has dropped from 273 to 11 kWh/m2year. This impressive reduction has been possible thanks to the incorporation of a double layer of polycarbonate, where the inner gap is actually a passive greenhouse that functions in the winter months as a hot air cushion, and in the summer season as a space that is ventilated naturally to dissipate thermal loads.

Obra Work

Rehabilitación energética y tipológica de un bloque de viviendas en Mannheim Energy and typological renovation of an apartment complex in Mannheim, Germany.

Cliente Client

GBG Mannheimer Wohnungsbaugesellschaft / Bernd Klotter, Michael Schwaller, Peter Schreibweis.

Superficie construida Floor area

1.045 m² (10 apartments).

Fecha Date

2013.

Arquitecto Architect

Technische Universität Darmstadt / Annette Rudolph, Günter Pfeifer, Sarah Hantke, Simon Gehrmann.

Consultor de instalaciones y energía Installations and energy consultant

Balck + Partner Facility Engineering / Gerhard Kuder.

Consultor de estructuras Structures consultant

IBT Ing.-Büro für Tragwerksplanung / Vlad Stanomir.

Fachada de policarbonato Polycarbonate supplier

RODECA.

Fotos Photos

Claudius Pfeifer Berlin