University facade

The blue tiled facades of two new departmental buildings at Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences reference Gießen’s 1960s architecture. Designed by German architectural studio Schulz und Schulz, the stark silhouettes of the Mechanical and Power Engineering and Civil Engineering departments (known colloquially as C15 and C16) recall a post-war brutalist style. Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit An architectural competition originally specified the creation of one building that would house both university departments collectively. Schulz und Schulz proposed an alternative: the construction of two buildings, giving the departments a clear physical differentiation and setting them within a defined, low-rise urba... More