Client:
City building management department in cooperation with Klinikum Region Hannover GmbH
The property is located in Hannover's Linden-Sud district, near the Humboldtschule a modern, compartmentalized school built in the 1960s as well as a surface air-raid shelter dating back to the 40s; other neighboring buildings reflect the Wilhelmine-era architecture typical of the area. The two-story building, with its extensive glazed facade, is set at an angle opening out toward the south and east partially enclosing a paved courtyard which provides a play area for the smallest children. This courtyard is defined by individual free-standing shear walls and a play structure; it opens out to the southeast, where an adjacent green belt holds playground equipment and ball fields for the preschool and after-school care groups.
The building shell is kept largely closed to the north and west, creating a feeling of protection from the outside world. The entrance and circulation areas are located in the northwest corner facing the forecourt, making them easy to find. All of the building's open areas and ground-floor rooms are fully wheelchair-accessible, and an elevator provides barrier-free access to the upper floor. A handicapped-accessible restroom is located on the ground floor.
City building management department in cooperation with Klinikum Region Hannover GmbH
City building management department with SPM Stein Projektmanagement
vorrink wagner architekten bda
Ingenieurbüro Wolf + Weiskopf GmbH und Döring Beratende Ingenieuro GmbH
Krämer-Evers Bauphysik, Osnabrück
Five-group child care center
Hannover-Linden Süd
2008 - 2009
899 m²
proKlima
17.5 cm lime-sand brick masonry with wooden curtain-wall construction and 28 cm mineral wool insulation; colored fibratedcement siding; HTC = 0.15 W/(m2K)
Wood-aluminum windows with heat-insulating triple glazing; HTC = 0.7 W/(m2K) including installation-related heat bridging
Wooden roof construction with 36 cm total mineral wool insulation, pitched at 10° angle; HTC = 0.11 W/(m2K)
Entrance area: reinforced concrete ceiling with 35 cm polystyrene insulation underneath, melted asphalt over footfall sound insulation above;
HTC = 0.09 W/(m2K)
Concrete slab with 40 cm cellular glass insulation on underside; floor screed over 8.5 cm total insulation on top side; HTC = 0.15 W/(m2K)
Comfort-ventilation system with heat recovery; heat distribution effectiveness = 78 %
Residual heating is provided by Hannover public utility services via a district heating network connection.
no active air conditioning The following measures were taken to help ensure comfortable summertime building temperatures:
>> solid construction provides intermediate storage of absorbed summer heat
>> exterior sun protectors controlled via wind and sun monitors
n50 = 0.6 h-1
Calculated method: Passivhaus planning package
15 kWh/(m²a)
60 kWh/(m2a)
16 kWh/(m2a)
65 kWh/(m2a)
15 kg/(m2a)