Entrance building to Hambach Castle, third and final phase by Max Dudler
10/12/2014.
[Neustadt] Germany
metalocus, ÁNGEL BLANCO
metalocus, ÁNGEL BLANCO
Max Dudler has completed his latest project about German fortress. This new project is a new entrance building for the historic Hambach Castle on the edge of the Palatine Forest.
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Edificio de acceso al Castillo de Hambach por Max Dudler. Fotografía @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler. Photography @ Stefan Mueller
General roof floor. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
General first floor. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Ground floor. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
First floor. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Roof floor. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Longitudinal section. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Longitudinal section. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Cross section. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Cross section. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Cross section. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Front and south elevations. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Back and north elevations. Entrance building for Hambach Castle by Max Dudler
Max Dudler, who has previously designed projects as Heidelberg Castle's Visitor Centre and the previouly reconstruction and extension of the Hambach Castle, designing facilities for these fortified sites in Germany.
Hambach Castle originated as a Roman hilltop settlement, but also provided the venue for the foundation of the German democracy movement when it hosted the Hambacher Fest of 1832 – a political festival disguised as a county fair. In 2004, the Swiss architect won a competition to renovate the building and its grounds, with the aim to make it more attractive and accessible to tourists.
The first two phases involved restoring the castle and wrapping a contemporary restaurant around one side. This, the third and final phase, was to create an ancillary building on the outer northern perimeter of the grounds. Max Dudler chose local Leistadt sandstone for the walls and roof of the entrance building, creating an affinity with the historic structures.
"Derived from the archetypical basic shape, the building effectively follows the site's curved morphology and develops an apparently spontaneous and offset geometry," said Dudler's studio in a statement. "This 'trick' made it possible to adapt the building's considerable volume... At the same time its special geometry becomes a motor for the design's sculptural vibrancy."
Every window is the same size, creating a rhythm across each of the walls, and glazing is set back so that it reveals the thickness of the stone.
Inside, the ground floor contains a small information centre where visitors can buy tickets, while the upper level is occupied by the offices of the castle's foundation and the company that manages the building. Both levels feature built-in wooden joinery that creates storage along the walls. Walls and ceilings are painted white.
The building was opened in an official ceremony last 3 November.
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Architects
Max Dudler. Project managers.- Simone Boldrin, Julia Lapsin.
Project team
Team.- Kilian Teckemeier, Thomas Back, Patrick Gründel.
Supervisión de la construcción.- Plan Art GmbH.
Collaborators
Structural engineers/fire protection.- SCHENCK Beratender Ingenieur.
Building services.- Gebäudetechnik
Building physics and acoustics.- ITA Ingenieurgesellschaft für Technische Akustik.
Landscape architects.- Latz Riehl Partner Landschaftsarchitekten, LOMA architecture.
Area
452.0 sqm
Dates
Year.- 2014.
Location
67434 Neustadt, Germany.
Photography
MAX DUDLER
Max Dudler, born in Altenrhein in Switzerland. He studied architecture at Architektur an der Städelschule in Frankfurt with the professor Günther Bock and in the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with the professor Ludwig Leo. At first he worked in the Oswald Matías Ungers office after working with Pete and Karl Dudler in 1986 establishing its own office.
Since 1992 leads its own architectural firm with headquarters in Berlin, Zurich and Frankfurt. After being visiting professor in Venice, Mantua, Vienna or Dortmund, Max Dudler was selected in 2004 as professor of architecture at the Klasse Baukunst der Kunstakademie Düsseldort.
