AutoUni Mobile Life Campus

With the “Mobile Life Campus”, the Volkswagen AutoUni developed a new type of university. The master plan by HENN Architekten intended for five main buildings, a boarding house, and a communications forum on the 15 hectare-large area. Kardorff Ingenieure designed the artificial and natural lighting.

Building type
Office, Culture
Location
Europe, Germany, Wolfsburg
Project time frame
2005
Architect
HENN Architekten
Client
Wolfsburg AG
Image rights
H.G. Esch / Henn Architekten

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