Campus for Sustainability St. Michael

Germany's first self-supporting rammed-earth building was constructed on the new St. Michael campus in Traunstein. We handled the structural engineering for the building, designed by Studio Anna Heringer, and—in collaboration with rammed-earth specialist Martin Rauch—developed a structure that fully harnesses the structural potential of rammed earth.

Since its official opening in mid-November 2025, the campus has served as an open space for education, work, and community engagement: people of all ages—students, seminar and workshop participants, families, and social and economic initiatives—find spaces here for seminars, conferences, sustainable projects, and collaborative learning and work.

With this project, we are sending a clear message in support of sustainable and future-proof construction and demonstrating how clay can be effectively integrated into modern building designs as a construction material.