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Four years after its completion, the climbing vine has not managed to get past the second storey and the East and West facades suffer the consequences.

The solution for enclosure thought up by the architects is made up of a stainless steel mesh, - which acts as a safety parapet and facilitates the green wall – and of double-glazing with adjustable shutters inside.  Some students have decided to add a third layer of sheet aluminium on the inside, as you can see in one of the photos.

Photos taken by a+t.

Fink + Jocher
Student Hall of Residence
Enzianstrasse 1-3
Garching, Munich 2005

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Two 4-storey residential elements in a low-density residential neighbourhood in the outskirts of Munich

Zigzagging stairwell parapet, with the entrances to the common kitchens of each floor

Way down to the facilities basement

West gallery on the ground floor

Stair landing

Different openings in the mesh

West gallery on the third floor

East gallery on the fourth floor

Stair landing onto the top floor

West facade facing inside the block

Aluminium sheet added onto the double glazing by one of the students