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Strohtherme Pavilion

Strohtherme Pavilion 

Christoph Hesse Architects

Strohtherme Pavilion
© Christoph Hesse

CLIENTS
Local Community Of Referinghausen

COLLABORATORS
Local Community Of Referinghausen

PHOTOGRAPHS
Thomas Baron, Christoph Hesse, Claudia Brass Hesse

AREA
100 m²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Medebach, Germany

CATEGORY
Pavilion

Strohtherme Pavilion
© Christoph Hesse

Text description provided by architect.

On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the village of Referinghausen in Hochsauerland, the temporary Strohtherme pavilion celebrates the community´s independency from the global energy market.

The self-built local heating network, which is connected to a biogas plant, based on organic waste, represents a milestone in the history of the village.

Strohtherme Pavilion
© Claudia Brass Hesse
Strohtherme Pavilion
© Thomas Baron

As a metaphor the straw represents biomass. The steel basin with hot water symbolizes the energy that is produced out of this biomass.

The history of energy production and regaining of self-determination is celebrated in this pavilion.

Strohtherme Pavilion
© Thomas Baron
Strohtherme Pavilion
© Christoph Hesse

Between 1200 and 1950, the farmers produced heat with wood from the forest.

From the 1960s until 2019, they became passive consumers who were dependent on gas and fuel oil.

In the future, however, they are self-empowered: an active community organized in a decentralized and ecological network that produces its own energy.

Strohtherme Pavilion
© Christoph Hesse
Strohtherme Pavilion
© Christoph Hesse


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