There is a shortage of living space for students in all German university cities. In terms of sustainability, however, not only can and must new buildings be built, but existing buildings must be revitalized. Second Life!
With this in mind, the Munich Student Union intends to renovate the “Orange Haus” in the student city of Freimann. The 12-storey building from the 1970s no longer meets today's standards in terms of technical and building physics requirements and accessibility.

In a first step, the entrance areas will be rearranged and the accessibility will be improved with two new elevators. On the first floor, the existing orange façade needs to be refurbished to make it more energy-efficient and office space will be created for the administration. On the upper floors, the design envisages bringing the façade forward to the outer edge of the existing balconies in order to achieve the required size of the student apartments and to create a thermal bridge-free outer skin. Student flats will be set up at the ends of the building. In addition, each storey will have communal areas in which the existing façade will be refurbished in terms of energy efficiency and the balconies will be retained. The communal zones are thus also clearly visible in the external façade.