Depot Zollverein in Essen, Germany by Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch (designed using ArchiCAD)

Article source: Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch

Neubau Depot und Verwaltung RUHR MUSEUM in Essen

Depot and Administration RUHR MUSEUM on the world heritage Zollverein, Essen

An extreme restraint for all structural addition within the context of the world heritage – the colliery of Zollverein with all architectural qualities and inestimable historic values – is indicated. The course of the design for the new depot of the Ruhr Museum was based on serenity and mastery. Clear geometry and decreased material selection were ways and methods for the design. On the one hand, the building is positioned into the correct context, on the other hand it abstracts and sublimates this context.

Depot Zollverein

• Architect: Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch
• Name of Project: Depot Zollverein
• Location: Essen, Germany
• Implementation competition: 2008, 1st award
• Completion: 2010
• Photographs: Deimel & Wittmar
• Software used: Graphisoft ArchiCAD

Exterior View

• Gross floor area: 1850 sqm
• Cubature: 6120 cbm
• Construction cost: 2.20 m. euro
• Award: Essener Architekturpreis 2010
• Awarding authority: Development Company Zollverein mbh
• Materials: Exposed concrete and glas surfaces

Exterior View

The new building fits into the orthogonal structure and proportion of Zollverein Xll and adopts the stringent geometry of the existing buildings, but transports the design principles into a clear minimalist form. The clear surface structure of the building, which appears monolithic, indicates the interior function. The large-scale exposed concrete and glas surfaces with their pure product quality advance the puristic and rational appearance of Zollverein.

Exterior View

The depot for grafic and archaeology is situated on the ground floor. The depository for photographs and its laboratory form a spatial entity on the first floor. The administration of the Ruhr Museum is housed on the second and third floor. The library, as the administration’s focus, is accessible by connecting stairs by all office.

Exterior View

Exterior View

Exterior View

Hall

Interior View

Depot Zollverein

Side View

Side View

Plan and Elevaton

Plan

Section

Site Plan

Tags: Essen, Germany

Categories: ArchiCAD, Building

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