Situated at the heart of Bielefeld, Lenkwerk No. 1 is an office building that enriches the city centre with its unique architecture and innovative sustainability concepts. Featuring futuristic shapes and an energy-efficient façade, the design not only marks an architectural milestone but also sets new standards in resource-conserving construction.
| Type of Building | Office and administration |
| Product areas | Windows Doors Facades FACID Fire and smoke protection Security Automation |
| Schüco Systems | FWS 50.SI SensTrack wireless FACID 65 AWS 75.SI+ ADS 80 FR 30 AD UP 75 LivIng |
| Features | New build Energy efficiency DGNB Fire protection Smoke protection |
| Location | Bielefeld, Germany |
| Completion | 2022 |
| Architects | Jonek + Dressler Architekten |
| Specialist company | BSS Metallbau-Schiffsausbau,Egon Gude GmbH,Hillebrandt GmbH |
| Picture credits | © Stefan Brückner |
Tim Dressler, the architect responsible from architectural practice Jonek+Dressler, describes the building as a large urban development and architectural prelude to the Lenkwerk district. It is not only the exceptional shape (seven-sided ground floor, six-sided storeys above) that makes the futuristic newbuild so eye-catching; the Schüco Facid textile façade that has been used makes it stand out visually and helps to save energy too. When the summer sun is high, the angle between the windows and the textile façade keeps the rays out, while allowing the rays of a low winter sun to pass through.
Even in the planning phase, the architectural practice was aiming for the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) certificate in Gold and made sure that the building was not only economically sustainable but also fulfilled the ecological, socio-cultural and technical aspects to a very high level. By defining sustainability targets at an early stage and exploiting the potential for optimisation while taking the entire life cycle into account, the building was consistently designed and constructed to conserve resources, using window, door, façade, and fire and smoke protection systems from Schüco, among others.
