Johann-Comenius-School, Pinneberg

Johann-Comenius-School, Pinneberg

Johann-Comenius-School, Pinneberg

The Johann Comenius School with 9 grades and approx. 790 pupils is located in the Pinneberg district of Thesdorf.

An extension with classrooms, special classrooms, an all-day leisure area on the ground floor and six classrooms plus differentiation and other ancillary rooms on the upper floor was planned and built by rimpf Architektur & Generalplanung in place of three single-storey system pavilions between the integrated comprehensive school and a sports hall.

The room program of the approx. 57 x 18 m large, two-storey extension building stretched in a north-south direction comprises 9 classrooms, special classrooms, inclusion rooms, teacher workrooms and the necessary ancillary rooms.

Project data

Place: Horn 5, 25421 Pinneberg
Builder: Stadt Pinneberg
Planning: 2019 /20
Construction time: 2020/21
Costs: 8.100.000 €
Total Area: 2.002 m²Photograph: rimpf Architektur & Generalplanung

Layout and organization of the new classroom building

The building is organized along a decentralized central corridor as a two-bundle structure. The corridor not only serves to provide access, but is also a spacious lounge and communication area with seating areas and cupboard zones in front of the classrooms and ancillary classrooms on the one hand, and playfully widening and narrowing towards the ancillary rooms and functional spaces opposite. The corridor starts from a spacious foyer with stairs as the main access point along a main corridor between the individual buildings and ends in an open leisure area with pool tables, seating niches, etc. on the ground floor, which is adjacent to the central schoolyard.

Facade and materiality

The structure of the façade is based on that of the existing IGS building, but with coated façade panels made of pressed mineral fiber. The wood/aluminum windows are floor-to-ceiling in the leisure area and fitted with sills in the other room areas. The openings, which extend to the lower edge of the ceiling, create a pleasant atmosphere and excellent daylighting in the classrooms. Effective sun protection is provided by integrated external venetian blinds with daylight control.

The interior design is reduced to a few materials and colors. Linoleum flooring for circulation areas and learning areas in various strong solid green and solid orange colors and grey cast stone in the stairwell dominate. Gridded acoustic ceilings with LED insert lights and smooth, all-round friezes in the rooms as well as an endless perforated ceiling with a continuous line light band form the ceilings. Walls are kept neutral white with a base of colored stone plaster in the corridors, interrupted by doors, floodlights and seating niches made of maple. Natural maple wood is used in lines for corner protection, handrails, window sills and other areas where direct user contact is expected and natural material with a lively, warm surface and structure promotes acceptance and ownership.