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All-Weather Centre in the Future Centre for Human-Nature-Technology-Science (2.CP), Nieklitz
All-Weather Centre in the Future Centre for Human-Nature-Technology-Science (2.CP), Nieklitz
The ‘All-Weather Centre’ at the Future Centre for Human-Nature-Technology-Science in Nieklitz is an education and exhibition centre. The initiator of the Future Centre is the Nieklitz Ecology and Eco-Technology Foundation of Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Berndt Heydemann, which brings knowledge about the connections between nature, science and technology to life here. As a decentralised project for EXPO 2000 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the future centre offers innovative perspectives on sustainable technologies inspired by natural building principles. The centre sees itself as a knowledge platform and contact point for the development of new eco-technical industries, and it promotes research and teaching in the field of ‘Learning from nature’.
Project data
Place: Moorweg 4, 19258 NieklitzBuilder: Nieklitzer Ökologie- und Ökotechnologie-Stiftung; Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Berndt Heydemann
Planning: 2001 – 2002
Construction time: 2001 – 2002
Gross floor area: 870 m²
Photograph: rimpf Architektur & Generalplanung
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Diverse exhibitions and interactive nature models
The future centre provides fascinating insights into the art of construction in nature and its implementation in modern technology. In the Future Centre for Human-Nature-Technology-Science, the principle of bionics is vividly illustrated using models and display boards, for example with oversized exhibits such as a 20-metre-high weaver’s garter, which demonstrates the stability and efficiency of natural structures. Visitors can explore the root system of trees in special tunnels or experience nature from a new perspective in tree canopies.
A modular building made of natural materials
The ‘All-Weather Centre’, the second construction phase, was designed by our architects and completed between 2001 and 2002. The architecture of the building is based on a modular floor plan consisting of ten hexahedrons arranged in a row, which give the space a special shape and structure. The prefabricated roof elements made of timber frame constructions rest on steel collar and ridge beams and are supported by triple steel columns. Triangular skylight domes at the peaks of the roof surfaces provide natural lighting for the exhibition areas. The exterior and interior walls were prefabricated in timber frame construction and clad with natural materials, including larch wood sourced directly from the surrounding area.
Experience bionics – events and large models
In addition to the exhibition areas, the ‘All-Weather Centre’ offers space for events such as congresses, lectures and workshops on the subject of bionics. Here, visitors can discover how innovative technologies are inspired by nature, such as passive building cooling modelled on termite mounds or the aerodynamic structures of insect wings. These topics and exhibits in the ‘All-Weather Centre’ combine nature and technology and turn nature into a teacher for a sustainable future.
