Since its foundation in 1977, the Bochum-based architectural office SSP AG, with locations in Bochum and Karlsruhe, has been realizing a large number of real-estate and building projects throughout Germany. With an interdisciplinary planning team of architects, engineers, and real-estate economists, and other experts, new and innovative solutions are found for each project in cooperative collaboration. The resulting concepts are characterized by successful identification, high efficiency and good design. In 2013, after a Europe-wide tendering procedure, SSP AG was commissioned with the overall planning of renovation and construction of extensions and new buildings for the Fritz-Henßler- Berufskolleg in Dortmund. The listed building complex of a former arts-and-crafts and craftsmen school in the Dortmund city centre was in great need of renovation. The task was to satisfy a fixed spatial programme taking into account the building fabric worthy of preservation, both in the existing building stock and through extensions and new buildings. The extension by two building blocks in a strict, functional design language and with clearly structured façades allows for an exciting and yet harmonious combination of old and new. Through a sensitive »carry on building« of the existing building stock, a successful new interpretation of the existing fabric was created. For the »extremely successful handling« of the historically significant stock and the »highquality « restoration in accordance with the regulations for listed buildings, the architects were awarded the North Rhine-Westphalia School- Construction Prize 2018 by the Ministry for Schools and Education and the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as the German Design Award 2019, the best architects Award 2020 and the Otto Borst Prize for Urban Renewal 2020.weiterlesen