Reciprocal developments. Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau
25/02/2019.
[SELB] Germany
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The German office Beer Architektur Städtebau was chosen in an architectural competition to take charge of the design of a new community center in Selb. The project seeks the further development of a well-known villa in the city, the Jochen-Klepper-Haus. The historic villa is located next to a camp in an extensive natural landscape that is crucial for the development of the project, as a source of reference values.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau. Photograph by Fernando Alda.
Site plan. Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau.
Ground floor plan. Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau.
Elevation. Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau.
Cross section. Community center in Selb by Beer Architektur Städtebau.
The building of Beer Architektur Städtebau completes the program of the villa, once owned by the director of a porcelain factory, adding the three event halls that make it up.
The design takes advantage of the expressive possibilities of its wooden structure, turning it into image of the building. It is formed by the successive placement of previously assembled frames, using thin prefabricated box beams. The relationship between interior and exterior is also guaranteed with this design strategy, through the resulting gaps between frames: the project develops from permeability.
Description of project by Beer Architektur Städtebau
Set in expansive grounds with an adjoining campsite, the Jochen-Klepper-Haus, a converted villa formerly belonging to the director of a porcelain manufactory, is a highly attractive location well known beyond the region. An architectural competition was initiated to extend the programme by three event halls and the necessary infrastructure with the objective of further developing the venue and making it suitable as a community centre for the Selb-Plößberg district.
As a supplement to the historic villa with its colourful clinker facade, the new building has been developed as a timber frame construction which, through its permeability, links indoor and outdoor space and thus maximises the spatial potentials of the site: the existing population of trees and clearings, the villa’s garden to the west and the view out into the surrounding landscape to the east have become reference values of the location.
The demand for different room heights is, by following the topography of the site, used to accentuate the hillside position on the outskirts of town; at the same time, the building is perceived as a clear silhouette. Material and form are reduced to the structural minimum, which highlights their expressive character: Slim box beams, used as ceiling members and wall elements, were prefabricated and preassembled off site. The characteristic facade clad in larch strips, on the other hand, was mounted in front of a breather membrane on site.
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Architects
Beer Architektur Städtebau. Architect in charge.- Anne Beer
Collaborators
Structural engineering.- MKP, Dornbin (A)
Client
City of Selb
Dates
Project.- 2012
Venue
Selb, Germany. Jakob-Zeidler-Straße.
Anne Beer
Anne Beer. 1987 Diploma at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Prof. Fritz Haller. 1988/89 Fulbright Fellow in Urban Design, City University New York City (CUNY). After graduation he worked in the architecture firms Suter + Suter Architekten Basel, Steven Holl Architects NYC and ELW Architekten Berlin.
1994-2009 Beer Architekten Weiden in office partnership with Karlheinz Beer. As of 2009 Beer Architektur Städtebau, Munich. Since 2004 Professor at the HS.R Hochschule Regensburg. Cooperation projects with ENACF Clermont-Ferrand, ETSAC La Coruna and GJU Amman. Committee work in chamber and association. Adjudicator.
1994-2009 Beer Architekten Weiden in office partnership with Karlheinz Beer. As of 2009 Beer Architektur Städtebau, Munich. Since 2004 Professor at the HS.R Hochschule Regensburg. Cooperation projects with ENACF Clermont-Ferrand, ETSAC La Coruna and GJU Amman. Committee work in chamber and association. Adjudicator.
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