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Stahlwerk Anbau
Stahlwerk Anbau
Am Kanal, Augustfehn, Apen, Germany
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Stahlwerk Anbau
Am Kanal, Augustfehn, Apen, Germany
The brief:
To extend and modernize the entrance and front of the1950s administrative building of a steel business; and re-house a decommissioned listed 1890s steam engine in order for it to be displayed in public.
Our solution:
To annex a new lightweight ferro-vitreous structure to
counteract against the existing solid wall building; whilst suspending a large
scale museum exhibit as a mark of the company and region’s industrial heritage accessible for all to view throughout the year.
Our treatment:
The Stahlwerk Anbau – or simply office extension – was a result of a previous
commission by the client, which is a small steel company in rural Northern
Germany. In 2009 we completed a large new production facility for which a number of derelict buildings had to be
demolished. One of these buildings housed a listed, functioning, steam
engine – the only one working of its kind. At the time the idea was
developed that this engine should form part of an ‘open-air museum’ of
industrial heritage, which the company had created by placing decommissioned
steel forges around the semi-public areas of the company yard. So, in
2011 we received the commission to design an extension to the administration wing which would also house the restored steam engine.
The extension is sited tight along the boundary of the public road for maximum exposure of the steam engine to the visiting and passing public. The materials of the extension - steel, glass, and ceramic tiling – are a reference the ferro-vitreous typology of early industrial machine halls.
The idea in housing the steam engine is that the heavy machine is elevated to an
art object and becomes something more precious. It is suspended over an
open pit and housed in a ‘vitrine’ which sits on a cantilevered fair-faced
concrete plinth. This idea of this delicate glass box housing an artifact is further expressed in the detailing of the envelope and structure. The flush glazing allows maximum visibility with minimal transoms at top and bottom. The exposed structural columns are solid stainless steel. They were turned in the client’s CNC workshop to be concave in shape with an effective minimum diameter of 80mm. This gives them the impression of being stretched rather than compressed in an effort to dematerialize the structure and the weight of the roof.
To extend and modernize the entrance and front of the1950s administrative building of a steel business; and re-house a decommissioned listed 1890s steam engine in order for it to be displayed in public.
Our solution:
To annex a new lightweight ferro-vitreous structure to
counteract against the existing solid wall building; whilst suspending a large
scale museum exhibit as a mark of the company and region’s industrial heritage accessible for all to view throughout the year.
Our treatment:
The Stahlwerk Anbau – or simply office extension – was a result of a previous
commission by the client, which is a small steel company in rural Northern
Germany. In 2009 we completed a large new production facility for which a number of derelict buildings had to be
demolished. One of these buildings housed a listed, functioning, steam
engine – the only one working of its kind. At the time the idea was
developed that this engine should form part of an ‘open-air museum’ of
industrial heritage, which the company had created by placing decommissioned
steel forges around the semi-public areas of the company yard. So, in
2011 we received the commission to design an extension to the administration wing which would also house the restored steam engine.
The extension is sited tight along the boundary of the public road for maximum exposure of the steam engine to the visiting and passing public. The materials of the extension - steel, glass, and ceramic tiling – are a reference the ferro-vitreous typology of early industrial machine halls.
The idea in housing the steam engine is that the heavy machine is elevated to an
art object and becomes something more precious. It is suspended over an
open pit and housed in a ‘vitrine’ which sits on a cantilevered fair-faced
concrete plinth. This idea of this delicate glass box housing an artifact is further expressed in the detailing of the envelope and structure. The flush glazing allows maximum visibility with minimal transoms at top and bottom. The exposed structural columns are solid stainless steel. They were turned in the client’s CNC workshop to be concave in shape with an effective minimum diameter of 80mm. This gives them the impression of being stretched rather than compressed in an effort to dematerialize the structure and the weight of the roof.
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