community-center-with-chapel-in-kerpen-manheim-germany / Germany
Berthold jungblut@office03.de
| Progettista | Berthold Jungblut // Dirk Waldmann | |
| Location | Kolpingstadt Kerpen | |
| Nazione | Germany | |
| Design Team |
office03 // waldmann & jungblut |
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| Anno | 2022 | |
| Crediti Fotografici |
all photos: Viola Epler |
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Descrizione del progetto
Community Center with Chapel in Kerpen-Manheim
The village of Manheim is one of many villages in the Rhenish lignite mining area that has had to give way to excavators in recent years due to lignite mining. As part of the relocation of the villagers to a new village, the construction of a new church and community center was also necessary.
The objective of the architectural competition was to gather proposals on how the church space and the rooms of the community center, including the parish hall and library, could be situated in the new village.
In addition to many functional and urban planning requirements, the main question was how a completely new and forward-looking church building could keep the history of the community in the old village present and alive. For this reason, the community decided to ideologically establish a connection with the old village of Manheim by taking many artifacts from the old existing church.
The basic idea of the competition design was to define the community center with chapel and church tower as a self-contained district that fits into the oblique street geometry. All rooms are initially oriented inward and communicate with the newly emerging village at some deliberately chosen points.
The new building is divided into four individual structures: chapel, church square, community center, and parish garden. All structures are directly adjacent to each other or connected by a wall. All areas, strictly separated into sacred and secular spaces, are placed next to each other. In a second step, the design links the boundaries of these adjacent zones. The immediate alternation between sacred and secular spaces aims to create the most lively and diverse community life possible. As a place of the sacred world, a 13-meter-high wall encloses the holy site. The predominantly closed walls create an introverted and concentrated atmosphere for the community’s worship services. The space is illuminated by a skylight strip along the oblique enclosing walls. The parish garden serves as a link between the sacred and secular worlds and as a flexible space that can be used by both. The connection between the chapel and the parish garden provides a direct and covered way to reach the parish hall, ensuring a close link between the various rooms and functions.
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