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Galleries // 2025 Spark:Space // Technology Center Ruhr (TZR) Bochum
Technology Center Ruhr (TZR) Bochum
Entrant
Competition: Spark:Space
Designer: Matthias Kraemer - Project Leader
Design Type: Architecture; Working Spaces
Company / Organization / School: SSP AG
Website: http://www.ssp.ag
Team Members: Tilo Pfeiffer (Project Leader), Nicole Benders, Dora Dreiszker, Franziska Sprengel, Ulrich König, Frank Gonzalez, Martin Vollmar, Franz Rümenapp, Vitalij Lubarez
The new TZR building combines efficiency, cradle-to-cradle principles and sufficiency. The 800 m² green south facade serves as natural sun protection and is supplied with rainwater from a roof storage tank. The biodiverse roof with 150 plant species improves the microclimate and stores water. A durable sheet steel facade, triple-glazed windows and an optimized building envelope ensure energy efficiency. Energy is supplied by a heat pump with heating/cooling ceiling sails. The building offers flexible workspaces for technology companies, co-working areas and an innovation forum for networking regional players. Scientifically supported planning processes optimize the sustainable measures. The new building sets new standards for sustainable construction.
