PROJECT DETAILS

Herbert Berner / Joachim Jacobs: School Building (today: Abendgymnasium Köln and interim premises of Hansagymnasium), 1966D–1971

  • Cologne, Germany, Show on map
  • #EDU #Western Europe
  • The school building with a downtown location was planned and implemented in the 1960s by the architects Herbert Berner and Joachim Jacobs. In 1971, the auditorium and the octagonal gym hall by Berner have been added to the school, while the school was open already since 1970. 

    The building is constructed in three sections as a solitary large form of concrete slabs and consists of several cubes. The classrooms are grouped around spacious corridor areas.

  • In use. The building is currently under renovation.