Essener Geschichte Archive Building
ESSENER GESCHICHTE ARCHIVE BUILDING
Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch
ARCHITECTS
Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch
PHOTOGRAPHS
Deimel & Wittmar
AREA
6700.0 m2
YEAR
2010
LOCATION
Essen, Germany
CATEGORY
Library
Text description provided by architect.
The project comprises the reconstruction of the listed Luisenschool to be used as a library, an administration and an exhibition area and also the new construction of an archive building.
The accurate design of the new building and the sensitive handling of the old building were of paramount importance.
By doing so The Luisenschool turns its focus towards education and history. The overlapping utilizations of school-library-archive-exposition demonstrates a special quality and offers new opportunities.
The corten steel tables, which cover the new archive, are made of a material that constantly alters and protects itself by corrosion.
It communicates the change of time, appears protective and alludes to the background of the City of Essen.
