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Seckach Town Hall

SECKACH TOWN HALL

Ecker Architekten

Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer

ARCHITECTS
Ecker Architekten

LOCATION
Seckach, Germany

PHOTOGRAPHS
Constantin Mayer

AREA
1550.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2002

CLIENT
Gemeinde Seckach, vertetren durch

Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer
Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer

Text description provided by architect.

The project is the result of an invited competition. In the context of two historically protected buildings, the useable area of the existing city hall was to be doubled.

The demolition of modifications from the 1950’s and 70’s and restores the historic structures to their former proportion.

This surgical removal created a 10 -meter gap allowing the insertion of a new building, housing council chambers, offices, kitchen facilities, and archives.

Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer
Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer
Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer

To mark the contrast between modern and existing facilities, the new structure is clad with a locally-quarried stone and the fenestration is expansive.

The roof forms a hyperbolic paraboloid, allowing the appearance of a flat roof at the front and rear of the building while providing a maximum pitch of 12 degrees.

Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer
Seckach Town Hall
Ⓒ Constantin Mayer

The split-level plan of the new building connects the two extant structures which formerly had no single level in common. The transparent lobby opens to a new town square and is an inviting orientation point for the entire complex.


Seckach Town Hall
Seckach Town Hall


Seckach Town Hall
Seckach Town Hall

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