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CARL Auditorium at RWTH Aachen University
Development in Aachen, Germany – design by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
8 Jun 2017
CARL Auditorium
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Location: Aachen, Germany
Inauguration of the new C.A.R.L. auditorium at RWTH Aachen University in Germany

One of the largest and most modern lecture facilities in Europe is officially inaugurated on the campus of RWTH Aachen University in Germany. The new 14,000 sqm facility named C.A.R.L. (Central Auditorium for Research and Learning) offers space for over 4,000 students and comprises 11 lecture halls, 16 seminar rooms, break-out spaces and cafés, as well as housing the University’s physics collection, storage spaces, workspaces and a large bicycle parking basement. The two largest lecture halls contain 1,000 and 800 seats within the new building.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects design is part of the RWTH Aachen University’s major development strategy adding over 280,000 m² of additional space to the campus, which is to form one of the largest research campuses in Europe.

The new educational facility points to a more holistic understanding of learning and science and signals a humanistic approach focusing on the human scale. The C.A.R.L. is centrally located at the meeting point of Campus Mitte and Campus West.
The four storey lecture hall centre is conceived...