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BÜRO UND VERWALTUNG • OFFICE BUILDINGS INNERE WERTE • INNER VALUES

Neu und Alt berühren sich nicht. Trotz Büronutzung gelang es, den industriellen Hallencharakter zu erhalten. • New and old don't touch. Despite office use, the industrial hall character could be preserved.

S ince 2009, a new mixed-use residential area has been developed on a 33-hectare could be carried out. For the division into two independent commercial units, the
locomotive shed was given an access corridor with barrier-free office entrances that
industrial site south of Mannheim Central Station. According to the City of Mann-
heim, space for around 1,500 residents and 4,600 jobs is now being created where runs straight through the building.
Deutsche Bahn AG once owned land necessary for operations. The historic heart of
the quarter, named after the local poet Hanns Glückstein, is the listed locomotive Scope for creative work processes
shed and adjacent workshop building dating from 1870. Since 2014, the 52-metre-long
and 20-metre-wide locomotive hall built of red sandstone has been owned by a com- As part of the interior design planning, Jarcke Architects developed a concept for
munity of owners, including architect Matthias Jarcke. In order to breathe new life their own office that preserves the open-plan character of the hall. For this purpose,
into the building ensemble, which had been abandoned for many years, owners and a second level was installed, which does not touch either the outer wall or any of
investors developed a combined utilisation concept with commercial space, catering the wooden supports and creates an impressive atrium in the centre of the shed.
and underground car park. In the following implementation phase, Jarcke Architekten The permeability of the architecture provides a light-flooded spatial structure and
undertook the renovation of the locomotive shed, which currently houses not only the gives both users and visitors the opportunity to perceive the actual dimensions of
office's own studio, but also the office of the grain merchant P. Krück Organic. the building. The centrepiece of the office landscape is a large conference table in
the atrium, which is in line with the central gateway and the new office entrance.
A shed is awakened from its deep slumber This representative line of sight is also accentuated by a wooden inlay in the floor,
reminiscent of the former track bed. Workbench areas are arranged around the
In the course of a two-year construction period, the first step was to uncover the table both on the ground floor and on the upper floor. They are separated from one
window openings and remove a more recent flat roof extension. Under the credo of another by various uses laid out in the central zone, such as conference booths,
"Protecting traces of use instead of removing them", the sandstone masonry and WC, technical, archive and model-making areas, giving the working landscape vi-
wooden beam structures were cleaned and preserved. Thermal comfort is provided sual variety and structure. In the final configuration, Jarcke Architects maintained a
by thermal insulation of the roof with rock wool and perlite insulation fill for the clear and unagitated design, using surfaces in grey and white, thus continually di-
floor slab. In addition, the continuous skylight was replaced. The large-format recting the observer's gaze back to the existing building. Straight lines, functionality
transom windows were retained and could be reinforced on the inside of the buil- and a reduced choice of materials emphatically support the industrial flair of the
ding with additional fixed glazing, which frames the historical windows with its re- shed and leave room for creative work processes, communication and concentra-
strained, simple design and provides thermal as well as acoustic protection directly tion. With the completion of their own office, Jarcke Architects have successfully
next to the railway tracks and the main road. The six entrance gates were also suc- conquered their place in the new quarter. In 2021, the entire area including the
cessfully renovated and fitted with interior window fronts. Another relic from the old workshop building belonging to the ensemble, which is used for restaurants, should
days are the tracks and the pit from where maintenance work on the locomotives finally be brought to completion.

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