Collegium Academicum in the Spanish magazine Proyecto Contract

The Spanish trade magazine Proyecto Contract features the Collegium Academicum in Heidelberg (dgj223) in its issue 224. The eight-page article “Collegium Academicum – Campus a medida” appears in the special edition “Collective Residential Design 1” in the section “Open Space”. Text: Pau Monfort, photos: Thilo Ross.

The article describes the self-managed residence with 176 places in 46 shared flats. Movable partition walls allow the private and shared areas of each flat to be adapted to the needs of its residents. Two L-shaped buildings frame a garden courtyard that forms the centre of community life.

DGJ Architektur designed the Collegium Academicum as a prefabricated timber skeleton structure. In 2025, the project won the New European Bauhaus Prize in the category “Affordable Housing”.

To the digital edition of Proyecto Contract (in Spanish)

To the project Collegium Academicum

Image: Proyecto Contract, photo: Thilo Ross