Documentation Centre in Hinzert

 

Architects: Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch, Saarbrucken

• All-in-one supporting structure, roof and facade, forms a single whole
• The expressive outer skin in oxidized steel is both load-bearing structure and facade
• Skin consists of 1,160 triangular steel plates of 12-millimetre cor-ten steel
• Cut by means of computer numerical control (CNC) to different sizes.
• The angles between the individual plates were calculated in such a way that the elements provide the necessary structural height, and the folded structure has adequate stiffness
• From these, 12 large elements were prefabricated in the workshop to be subsequently welded together on site.
• After welding, the steel surfaces were sandblasted and evenly oxidized
• The inner skin consists of triangular birch plywood panels, to which photographs and texts have been applied using an ink jet process- like a contemporary form of fresco.  
•  The supporting construction is thermally separated from the steel structure

 

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