ZOB Nürtingen

With its “Bahnstadt development concept”, the city of Nürtingen is looking, among other things, for a functionally and formally improved new concept for the central bus station (ZOB). The aim was to create a sufficient number of stopping positions – as close as possible to the station – with optimized routing and improved quality of stay. The roofing of the new ZOB was to be planned as a skeleton structure in timber or steel construction and meet functional and technical requirements.

It should allow for quality of stay at any time of the year and provide full or partial protection against the weather. In addition to the design quality and the functional suitability, the constructive implementation (use of materials, proportionality of means, durability, transportability) was part of the task.

The task was to design and construct an ornithological station consisting of an open roof with a lounge level for secluded and weather-protected observation with an unobstructed view, a purpose-built design of the given terrain and a communicative front zone,

front zone appealing to passers-by. The transition of the rest of the site to the surrounding landscape was to be designed as a protective boundary, measures and materials were optional depending on the design.

Recently in the Mensa…

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we would have preferred to eat outside. Unfortunately this possibility was not planned until then. The cafeteria environment was not very inviting – the front area up to the building entrance was exposed to the weather, the downhill side area was dominated by the functions of the farm yard.

How this situation could be changed in order to achieve a daytime and weather-independent usability of the outdoor area close to the building – and how such a solution could be realized in terms of function, design and construction – this was the task of this project