office profile

Office

Lohmann Architekten - Architektur + Städtebau can look back upon over 20 years of

development. In 1984 Michael Lohmann founded the office. Currently the firm has ca.

12 employees in the main office in Paderborn and in subsidiaries in Berlin (Wildau),

Basel (Weil) and Moscow (in foundation).

Lohmann Architekten provides services in all areas of planning and design to private

and public clients. The range of projects includes mainly buildings for commercial

companies like shopping centres, retail halls, department stores as well as buildings

for entertainment and leisure.

Because of these special fields there exists specialized knowledge of project develop-

ment, town planning and interior design.

In this connection there is substantial experience in the field of the revitalization and

developing of existing commercial buildings and shopping centres available.

The planning and realization of buildings, often located at difficult locations, represent

special challenges, which are solved with creativity and expert knowledge.

All ranges from the feasibility study, marketing brochure, 3-d animation to the complete

realization of the building are performed by competent and experienced specialist

personnel.

Expert knowledge, creativity and abilities of getting through secure the quality of the re-

sults and the long-term confidence of our partners.

Experience with multi-storey buildings

The years of experience which Lohmann Architekten has in the field of major building

projects includes in particular the planning and implementation of multi-storey buil-

dings.

Expert competence and innovation

During planning, in addition to technical building and design matters, energy-related and

ecological considerations are given spezial consideration.

Particularly with complex new building projects, competent expert designers are brought

in at an early planning stage to guarantee the effective implementation of the latest stan-

dards and technological developments.

Expert services

Lohmann Architekten can provide full consultancy services for all stages of building

planning and improvement in accordance with HOAI.

Depending on the type of project, competent expert designers are involved in the

planning stage.

Co-operation

Collaboration with expert designers and planners has proven fruitful in the realisation

of numerous projects. Large-scale projects are carried out in conjunction with expert

designers and planners.

Technical equipment

All projects of the office are processed on CAD. Employees use Archicad in their work.

Some 10 CAD workstations are available.

Schedule and cost controlling

Office organisation is based on an IT-supported project scheduling system. In addition

to individual project control, the system is used for general monitoring of resources

(personnel capacities, etc.).

This is how the deadlines for the different specialist fields are co-ordinated, arranged

and adhered to. In addition, costs are tracked using software intended to guarantee

they remain within the respective planning phase / stage estimates.