Cruise ship S697, Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO DETAIL DESIGN

Papenburg / Germany 2013 – 2014
Owner: Meyer-Werft, Papenburg / Germany
Client: Textil Bau GmbH, Hamburg / Germany
Photo: Textil Bau GmbH, Hamburg / Germany


The white membranes on the upper decks of modern cruise ships conjure up impressions of the billowing sails of ancient sailing ships. Although neither functionally nor from a constructive point of view can one compare the membranes, which measure up to 25 m, with maritime nostalgia. Instead the membranes serve as solar and weather protection for passengers as well as the crew. Continue reading

Umbrellas, Potsdam, Germany

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO DETAIL DESIGN

Potsdam / Germany 2012
Owner: Brandenburgische Landesbetrieb für Liegenschaften
und Bauen, Potsdam / Germany
Client: Textil Bau GmbH, Hamburg / Germany
Foto: Textil Bau GmbH, Hamburg / Germany


Three membranes, shaped like open flower petals, have been erected in the inner courtyard of the Brandenburg Ministry of State in Potsdam with a span of six meters. Eight cantilevers, supported from the mast by steel wires, hang from each of the 6.20 m tall steel masts. The membrane itself consists of a PTFE-coated glass fibre fabric. Continue reading

Secondary School Trudering, Munich, Germany

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SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO DETAIL DESIGN, FACADE

Munich / Germany 2011 – 2013
Client: Landeshauptstadt München Schul- und
Kultusreferat, Munich / Germany
Structural design: Schweitzer Ingenieure,
Saarbrücken / Germany
Architect / Photo: felix schürmann ellen dettinger.
architekten, Munich / Germany


“Munich’s most modern Secondary School!“ was the headline of one of Munich’s daily papers when the 75 million Euro project was inaugurated. The school, with it‘s integrated gymnasium, has been built according to the passive-house standard. Continue reading

Secondary School, Wolfsburg, Germany

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO APPROVAL PLANNING

Wolfsburg / Germany 2011 – 2013
City of Wolfsburg
Architect: Kirstin Bartels Architektin, Oslo / Norway
Photo: Kirstin Bartels Architektin, Oslo / Norway


TEUFFEL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS won the architectural competition together with Norwegian architects for the extension of a school building dating
back to the Fifties. The three storey building has an agora in its centre. Continue reading

Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Tübingen, Germany

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SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO DETAIL DESIGN, FACADE

Tübingen / Germany 2010 – 2012
Client / Architect: Vermögen und Bau Baden-
Württemberg Amt Tübingen, Tübingen /
Germany, Wenzel+Wenzel, Stuttgart / Germany
Structural design: Schweitzer Ingenieure,
Saarbrücken / Germany
Photo: Thomas Heimann, Berlin / Germany


The hallmark of the 3,000 m² large office, teaching and research building is its striking facade. TEUFFEL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS developed as facade designers together with the architect and the contractor a suspended precast concrete facade. Continue reading

LOOPs 2.0, BAU Fair 2013 & 2015, Munich, Germany

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All Phases

BAU Fair 2013 & 2015 Munich / Germany
2012 – 2013
Client: Textile Architektur
Architect: leichtbaukunst, Lars Meeß-Olsohn,
Velbert / Germany
Photo: leichtbaukunst, Lars Meeß-Olsohn,
Velbert / Germany


Since the beginnings of TEUFFEL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS the design and construction of exhibition stands has been a continuous field of activity. No exception to this tradition is LOOPs, a temporary exhibition stand that was shown for the first time at the Munich BAU Fair in 2013. Continue reading

Photovoltaiks

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO APPROVAL PLANNING

Germany / Spain / Italy / France / Greece
since 2004
Client: Solar energy companies
Photo: K2 Systems, Leonberg / Germany


All around the world photovoltaic units are being installed not only on roofs but some of the most economical plants are built to a size which cover entire agricultural fields and former industrial sites. In that instance it is vital to design cost effective and durable frames for the photovoltaic modules. Continue reading

Henkel Textile Banner, Düsseldorf, Germany

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO DETAIL DESIGN, FACADE

Düsseldorf / Germany 2012
Client: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA,
Düsseldorf / Germany
Architect: leichtbaukunst, Lars Meeß-Olsohn,
Velbert / Germany
Photo: Niggemeyer Bildproduktion GmbH & Co.
KG, Bochum / Germany, leichtbaukunst, Lars
Meeß-Olsohn, Velber / Germany


Facades are not just protection against the weather but they can also provided they are in the correct environment – carry advertising. Such a dual function
had to be fulfilled by the facade for the new Henkel “Beauty Care“ showrooms in the Düsseldorf city centre. Continue reading

Container hotel “suite4you”

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO TENDER DOCUMENTS

Germany 2008 – 2009
Architect: Sigrid Hintersteininger Architects,
Stuttgart / Germany
Photo: Sigrid Hintersteininger Architects,
Stuttgart / Germany


The construction is literally a perfect hybrid between a product and an art object fully in tune with the demands of our age: ecological, pragmatic, stylish but also extremely individual! This is the impression given by a standard shipping container that has been converted into a hotel room. Continue reading

Student Accommodation with day-care, Kassel, Germany

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO TENDER DOCUMENTS

Kassel / Germany 2012 – 2014
Client: Studentenwerk Kassel, Kassel / Germany
Architect: berger röcker architekten, Stuttgart / Germany
Photo: berger röcker architekten, Stuttgart / Germany


The project was commissioned by the Student Organization for the newly designed University of Kassel campus. It turned out to be a comprehensive student accommodation with 150 living units. The major task was to find an economical construction method for a building which contains a most diverse mix of use Continue reading