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Oberkirch Media Centre by Wurm + Wurm
This curled staircase is at the heart of a media centre by German studio Wurm + Wurm, in Germany.
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Oberkirch Media Centre contains a three-storey multi-media library plus an event space and a town archive.
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Circular lightwells pierce the roof above the central staircase.
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Reading spaces and a children's area are filled with brightly coloured furniture.
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Photography is by Guido Gegg.
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Here are some more details from the architects:
New construction of Media Centre Oberkirch with festival room and archives
The “Media Centre Oberkirch” was decided in 2007 within the scope of a competition by the architecture office Wurm + Wurm for himself. Start of construction was in November, 2008, completion of the building was in February, 2010.
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The following units of utilisation with a total area of 2100 square metres are in the building.
Media Centre (former town library) = 1000 sq m
Event space = 190 sq m
Town archive = 400 sq m
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Three levels are connected with an open, organically formed stairwell.
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The centrally positioned open staircase is not only a movement and communication zone, but is an exposure element for the inside-recumbent zones of utilisation with the generously glazed upper light.
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The facades, with the large apertures, are understood like shop-windows, which permit varied and exciting views in the surrounding town space.
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The external, brighter window areas serve the reading zones and stay zones, partially furniture with an up and down movement are integrated which the visitor can use as a table or a bench.
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By the planning of the building it was respected beside the striking town planning architecture, particularly to create a high stay quality for the visitors in the building.
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In the whole building one finds the comfortable seat pieces of furniture, which also invite in the free areas of the reading terraces for staying.
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By the sculptural architecture, which is modellised full of contrast, the building creates a sensuous experience space which should serve the citizens as a communicative centre where to all generations the varied media technologies and technologies of information are accessible.
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Design: 2007
Completion: 2010
Site: Oberkirch, Germany, (near Strasbourg)
Client: Stadt Oberkirch, Eisenbahnstr. 1, D-77704 Oberkirch
Square metres: 2100 m²
Support structure planning: wurm + wurm architekten ingenieure GmbH, Bühl
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