Meeting house for youth and administration of the Episcopal youth welfare office
Type of building project: New construction
Construction method: Wood frame
Special features: Untreated silver fir wood on the interior, untreated larch wood on the facade, exposed floor coating, decorative concrete, transparent roofing design
Construction site: Mainz
Project completion: 2010
Floor space: 1,321 m²
GRV (Gross room volume): 7,107 m³
Architecture/Interior architecture: Angela Fritsch Architects BDA, Seeheim-Jugenheim
Builder: Episcopal Chair of the Mainz Diocese
Photographer: Rüdiger Mosler
Description
Ochs GmbH received the following awards for this project:
German Timber Construction Award 2011 + Rhineland-Palatinate Timber Construction Award 2011
For jury appraisal:
The newly constructed Episcopal youth welfare office with its untreated larch and fir wood facade forms the centre point of the youth-related work in the Diocese of Mainz. Ceiling-high windows structured with vertically traversing wood lesenes articulate the natural wood facade. The qualities of the wood material are greatly accentuated within the building interior. The horizontal wall boarding of silver fir wood and the wooden ceiling rods of covered affixed stripping create a pleasant and natural interior room quality. The spatial conception reveals a futuristic architecture with a proven application of wood, whose material quality conveys a feeling of warmth and security to the user.
