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Entwurf • Design Glück + Partner, Stuttgart
Bauherr • Client Gemeinde Altbach
Standort • Location Esslinger Straße 65, Altbach
Nutzfläche • Floor space 1.548 m 2
Fotos • Photos Roland Halbe, Stuttgart
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 162

TOWN HALL

IN ALTBACH

Gone are the days when political decisions were made
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5 behind closed doors. Unwelcoming administrative buil-
4 8 dings have given way to modern service centres, which
3 consider themselves contact points for the citizens of
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their city. Architectural practice Glück und Partner built
such a town hall in Altbach in Swabia, Germany, and
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gave the community a new centre.
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W council seized the opportunity to upgrade the town centre of
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan Lageplan • Site plan hen taking the decision to construct a new building, the local
Altbach. An appropriate counterpart to the old town hall and the Church
of St. Ulrich was implemented in the form of the striking new town hall
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on the opposite side of the busy road Esslinger Straße. The three-storey,
slender building marks a spacious square that serves as a starting point
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towards the newly designed town centre. The aim was to create a place
7 that would represent the community and, at the same time, be a contact
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7 and meeting point for the citizens of Altbach. Stuttgart-based architectu-
ral practice Glück + Partner arranged all public areas on the ground
Grundriss 1. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +1 floor, which is well visible and addresses the square with generous gla-
zing across the entire width of the building. A visually continuous floor
covering leads the visitors from the urban space into the light-flooded
foyer, which merges into the open front office zone of the citizens advice
0 Eingang • Entrance
7 1 Foyer • Foyer bureau. Light-coloured, natural materials, such as lime sandstone on the
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2 Bürgerbüro • Citizens Advice Bureau outer façade, cream-coloured porcelain stoneware tiles, and wooden
7 3 Sitzungssaal • Conference room
4 Mehrzweckraum • Multipurpose room surfaces made of oak veneer in the interior, are inviting and help allay
7 5 Küche • Kitchen possible reservations. To communicate proximity to the citizens was a
6 Garderobe • Cloakroom particular concern for both architects and local councillors, which is
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Büro • Office
8 Diskretionsbüro • Confidential office why the conference hall is glazed on both sides and is deliberately and
9 Personalaufenthaltsraum • Staff lounge openly presented at square level as the centre of political community
Grundriss 2. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +2 life. To ensure that the building can be brought to life as intended, the
meeting room adjoins a separable multifunctional room, which is avai-
lable for events with large numbers of visitors and also as a wedding
room. The non-public back-office areas are separated from public circu-
lation zones and are connected to the administration rooms on the two
upper floors via a spacious, bright staircase with a clear fair-faced con-
crete look. On these floors, offices flank a wide corridor zone that
widens into naturally lit waiting areas. Floor-to-ceiling glass panels pro-
vide an insight into the work of the town hall staff. Glück + Partner have
succeeded in creating an inviting, transparent building that as a central
Längsschnitt • Longitudinal section location of the community symbolises openness.

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