Competition Renovation + New Construction Korbach Town hall

Korbach

The new town hall is designed as an urban repair project in line with the principles of Camillo Sitte's classical urban architecture. At the center of all efforts is the recovery of a beautiful and versatile urban space with feel-good qualities. First and foremost, this includes the new town hall market with its large open staircase and fountain. The entire width of this staircase in front of the new town hall is a promenade, concert and theater square, gallery and market. The town hall itself is designed as an ensemble of different building blocks that enter into a dialog with each other.

At the structural center is a row of three gabled houses, as a closed square wall to the town hall market. The starting point is the historic stone town hall building. This is followed by a glass passageway as a central entrance foyer and exhibition hall. The northern end is formed by the building with the large council chamber on the upper floor and various public municipal facilities on the first floor. At the rear of the new row of town halls, the old Rathausgasse will be revived as a narrow stairway with a long transverse building block. Most of the technical departments of the town hall are located here. The building is connected to the hall and the main entrance by a glass passerelle leading across Rathausgasse on the upper floor.

The existing buildings on Stechbahn and Prof. Kümmel Strasse will be renovated accordingly and used for the necessary departments. Together with the necessary parking areas, the new town hall ensemble forms a small, coherent quarter in the city. A redensification (to the detriment of open parking spaces) with narrow, tall townhouses along the 'temple' is conceivable.

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