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.
