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Domäne Hildesheim

Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt

DOMÄNE HILDESHEIM

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ARCHITECTS
Agn Niederberghaus & Partner Gmbh

PROJECT YEAR
2012

AREA
6370.0 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Olaf Mahlstedt, Andreas Hartmann

CATEGORY
Theaters & Performance

LOCATION
Hildesheim, Germany

Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt
Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt

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Implemented measures included a new theater building, partial rebuilding of a castle from the late Middle Ages, and reconstruction of the stables.

Domäne Hildesheim
© Andreas Hartmann
Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt

The Theater and Music Department of the Hildesheim University is the user.

The modern new theater building fits into historic ensemble, but still remains distinct from the exterior.

Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt
Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt

A ten-meter-wide joint to the main castle separates old and new.

The façade of vertically oriented copper plates is reminiscent of a theater curtain.

With the use of monolithic, 80 centimeter-thick light concrete walls and the untreated copper façade, building materials were used that are designed to last.

Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt
Domäne Hildesheim

At the heart of the Medieval castle is the 650-year-old Palas, the so-called High House with three-meter-thick walls.

In the reconstruction of the seminar rooms, the visible new elements were reduced to a minimum and concentrated in individual components, such as the ceiling.

Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt
Domäne Hildesheim
© Olaf Mahlstedt

The third building measure—reconstruction of the stables for the music institute—will include, among others, the construction of two-story-high, soundproof music boxes.


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