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Article from issue 9/2009 »School Modernization«

Rolandstrasse Primary School in Düsseldorf

process p. 902 - 913
Architect Legner und van Ooyen Arbeitsgemeinschaft freier Architekten | Structural Engineer Wendt Ingenieure |

Drafts
1:20 Horizontal section
1:20 Vertical section
1:2500 Site plan
1:5 Horizontal section
1:5 Vertical section
1:750 Floor plans
1:750 Sections

Designed by Paul Schneider-Esleben, the school dates from 1961 and is an outstanding example of post-war German architecture. Not only does it bear a certain relation to
Mies van der Rohe’s IIT building in Chicago;
The ensemble was placed under conservation order in 1990, and a preliminary competition for the facade had the aim of bringing the school up to modern energy standards without impairing the outer appearance. The winning architects, Legner and van Ooyen, proposed the replacement of the old facade with a rear-ventilated curtain-wall construction, the dimensions of which would correspond precisely to those of the existing uninsulated concrete skeleton-frame structure.