Integrated Comprehensive School Frankfurt
All of the classrooms and specialized rooms open up to the outdoor surroundings through large façade windows. This maximizes the amount of natural light and gives children a generous and open connection to the surrounding outdoor area. The windows also provide natural ventilation. The façade cladding continues in front of these ventilation elements with openings as a subtle indication of the ventilation function. The outer walls are clad in raw Douglas fir boards, characterizing the new school building as an independent structure bridging the nearby green corridor and the new residential district. The window and door frames are made of wood profiles. All of the classrooms and specialized rooms have external sun shading; the corridors are also outfitted with blinds. The building modules are self-supporting constructions with spans of up to seven meters; a single classroom consists of three elements.