Gymnasium Marienthal, Hamburg

Hamburg Distance to the city: 9 km School

View from the street, with street

What does it make me feel 1 The building of our school makes people feel like being in an open area where besides getting educated, you can feel somewhat the nature as well.You can see everywhere lawn and trees and a lot of free spaces between the different buildings which all of them make you feel truely at ease and less stressful although the black colour of building is a disadvantage and a little depressing but it gets anyway neutralised by the large-open yard. Benjamin

What does it make me feel 2 The architecture shows that it is a functional building. It is practical und wants to activate rather positive feelings. Nevertheless it is remarkably undecorated, which is not meant as ugly, what we can notice in the used materials. It is artless or frugal, this means, it concentrates on the essential purpose. The free spaces are rather big, what provokes a feeling of freedom in movement. Rooms are very lightflooded. There are nearly any dark parts in school, everything seems to be friendly. Annalena

Aereal view from above

Some details Ground area = m² number of classrooms = 25 total number of rooms = ca. 180 Cost of water consumption (anual) = 6.000€ cost of electric energy (anual) = € Cost of heating (fuel) (anual) = € Isolation = none (in modern standard) Pici

floor

Description / analysis Typical German school architecture of the 70‘s Floor plan is a double H Height: max. 2 floors 2 sides with classrooms for every ‚year‘, total number of students: 830 Inner courtyards lighted classrooms with high windows, lightflooded

Flat roofs (weak point: heat enters, they become easily leaky Problem: new laws require often modern installations, e.g. fireproof inner walls, wiring for internet access in any part etc. Type of school often built in germany, off the center, in the green, linked to other schools Special bus stop installed No administration wing for 30 years First assembly hall since 2004

Moving in between

Entering the school

Class room

Symbolical elements Our sculpture of the Dragon of Happiness German-Chinese connection (bilingual branch) Red as a symbolic colour in China and Hamburg Dragon stands for strength, guardianship, positive energy

The dragon in the snow

Usage of symbolical elements