THI Campus Neuburg

The design will transform the facility: five existing buildings from the 18th century will be refurbished and supplemented with new ones. The hybrid timber construction of these is reminiscent of the classic typology of the existing buildings, albeit in contemporary form. Furthermore, the planted area of the former drill ground, with its valuable existing trees, will be retained – thus we will create an innovative campus for about 1200 students.

The campus, which will be car-free, will provide facilities for study, learning, research, living, and working, thus providing optimal flexibility in use. The scale and styling of the new buildings follow those of the existing ones. The listed accommodation and service building at Donauwörtherstrasse will be converted into a day nursery and offices. The former Drill Hall will house the Faculty’s library, and the former Bath House will be refurbished to provide premises for the Students Council. New buildings will be erected for an auditorium, a refectory, and for laboratory and research facilities.

In a symbolic gesture, the architecture of Campus Neuburg, with a floor area of about 36,000 m2, will incorporate principles of the Faculty of Sustainable Infrastructure and its departments, where study subjects will include Sustainability and Environmental Management, Industrial Engineering (Construction), and Sustainable Construction Engineering. Having been used for a series of different public functions, the existing buildings will now be part of a modern, sustainable, and attractive university campus that is conducive to learning, teaching, research, living, and recreation – all at the same place. In its location close to Neuburg’s old city and also as a link between the town and the out-of-town railway station, the campus injects life into the neighboring quarters and enhances the town’s vitality.