Aachen’s Center for Advanced Mobility is a celebration of technical innovation

building appropriately reflects Germany’s position as a leader in technical innovation by holding interdisciplinary collaboration at its core. From housing state-of-the-art testing laboratories, collaborative workspaces and lecture halls, to faculty offices and the largest dining hall on the university’s campus, the dynamic building is dedicated to forging new connections beyond the mechanical, aerospace, electrical engineering and information technology departments that it directly serves.

‘The idea was to bring students and professors together to think about the future of mobility,’ recounts Markus Dochantschi, director of Studio MDA. ‘It remains to be an important question and how we see our future develop, but what happens in disciplines in engineering is that the different faculties are very disconnected and don’t have much exchange.

To broker this line of communication, the building takes shape as a dual-volume cantilevered structure composed of a white cube and an anthracite podium building. The cube, which almost seems to hover above ground level contains classrooms, seminar rooms and faculty offices, all organised around a central atrium that allows for visual links to be made when inside.

The main auditorium and largest testing labs reside within the sub-ground level of the podium building. Connected to the ground level by a large external staircase, the space between the submerged facilities and the street level informally serves as an amphitheatre where students and the public alike can eventually enjoy social events, such as film screenings and concerts.

In addition to its programming, the building also considers its relationship to the surrounding environment as a whole. Inspired by the sleek lines and technical performance of sports, studioMDA’s aerodynamic design is the result of intensive wind studies. Its shape and location takes into consideration the fresh air corridors around Aachen, which have been maintained to facilitate natural ventilation in the Center, as well as around the city.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

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