Article source: gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners · Architects

After a construction period of four years, the city of Gelsenkirchen is this weekend celebrating the opening of its new town hall, which was converted to plans by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). In addition to speeches, tours of the premises and other festivities, gmp founding partner Volkwin Marg, town planner Kunibert Wachten and architectural critic Dieter Bartetzko will be talking about this new building on old foundations in a round-table discussion. The briefing for the new Hans-Sachs-Haus specified that the existing town hall in the city centre be demolished and a new town hall with public citizens’ forum be built while retaining the brick facade dating from the 1920s, which is listed as a historic monument.

Image Courtesy © Hans-Georg Esch

• Architects: gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners · Architects
• Project: Conversion of the Hans-Sachs-Haus listed building completed
• Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
• Photography: Hans-Georg Esch
• Design: Volkwin Marg and Hubert Nienhoff with Rüdiger von Helmolt and Carsten Borucki
• Associated Partner: Christian Hoffmann
• Project manager: Jutta Hartmann-Pohl
• Design team: Gesche Arns-Büsker, Stefan Greuel, Michael Haase, Vera Hendrix, Rouja König, Evelyn Martens, Angela Modemann, Franz, ensing, Simone Schröder-Ripp, Tom Siehoff, Philipp Weber
• Landscape design: Rainer Schmidt landscape architects
• Lighting design: Conceptlicht
• Client: City of Gelsenkirchen, Central Property Management
• Gross floor area: 23,170 m²
• Construction period: 2010-2013