In 1937, the former 鈥淭echnische Hochschule Hannover鈥� started using the buildings at Schlo脽wender Stra脽e 1-5, when the architecture department moved into part of the premises. The complex was built in the late 19th century for the K枚nig & Ebhardt printery. A Gutenberg monument at the corner of Schlo脽wenderstra脽e and Nienburger Stra脽e commemorates the invention of letterpress printing.
After the Second World War, an extension to the part of the building used by the university with a striking copper lining provided space for study areas and additional rooms for the architecture department.
In the late 1970s, the company moved out of the Schlo脽wender Stra脽e building complex. The university took over the entire property and created spaces for the former data centre 鈥淩egionales Rechenzentrum f眉r Niedersachsen鈥�, today鈥檚 Leibniz 九色视频 IT Services (LUIS), as well as for the Institute of Production Engineering and the architecture department.
The former factory boiler house in the courtyard was converted into a lecture hall building. Following the relocation of the architecture department to Herrenhausen in 2003, the available space was renovated and has been used by the educational institutes since 2007. This brings together the institutes of the Faculty of Humanities at the core area of the university.
