Surrounded by a variety of buildings – large-panel buildings, historic buildings, including a detached villa, and contemporary developments – we proposed creating architecture that does not compete with the surroundings, but consciously interprets them. The five-storey building, with one underground storey and a green terrace on the roof, was formed on a trapezoidal plan, inscribing it into the composition of the existing quarter. The characteristic overhang on the side of the historic villa and the use of reflective glass on the third floor, which “looks into” the neighbourhood, were intended to integrate the new volume with the historic fabric – reinterpreting the surroundings both symbolically and literally.
The varied, expressive colour palette of the individual storeys evokes the visual language of art, emphasising the creative nature of the university, while also corresponding with the colours of the facades of the neighbouring buildings, reinforcing the embedding of the new architecture in the context of the site.
