St Antony Hütte in Oberhausen | Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch
Industrial archaeological Park of Rhineland Industrial Museum - Heinze ArchitektenAWARD 2011 Oberhausen / Germany / 2011
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By the end of 2007, the regional authority and the city Oberhausen
announced a bounded competition.
The archaeological excavations of St Antony have been realized to make
the region accessible to the first blast furnace of the Ruhr.
The competition challenge implied to protect these archaeological
excavations by a weather barrier and, furthermore, make them tangible
by a footbridge.
Febuary 2008, the jury advised to arrange the architects awarded by the
first prize, Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch in cooperation with the
engineering office Schülke & Wiesmann with further planning.
Innovation past and present
In the 18th and 19th centuries St. Antony’s ironwork manufactured cast
iron products of outstanding quality.
This spirit of dealing with metal was the basic concept for the choise of
material for the new roof structure.
The roof-shell covers the excavation and essential parts of the
archaeological finds.
Communicating Industrial archaeology
The eastern or western end enables the visitors to enter the site.
Two platforms also collect larger groups and brief on the place’s history.
The footbridge made of steel with glass parapets is arranged 80
centimeters above the excavation.
Alternately, the bridge is supported by many pillars, which hold essential
informations about the place of discovery as well as the illumination.
Shelter and Focus
The roofing proceeds by a rib-like shell-structure made of galvanized
sheet steel.
Its evident geometrical shape and minimal structure focus on the most
central theme.
The large-scale structure of the roof is a visual character for a special
place – the cradle of the Ruhr merge.
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By the end of 2007, the regional authority and the city Oberhausen announced a bounded competition. The archaeological excavations of St Antony have been realized to make the region accessible to the first blast furnace of the Ruhr. The competition challenge implied to protect these archaeological excavations by a weather barrier and, furthermore, make them tangible by a footbridge. Febuary 2008, the jury advised to arrange the architects awarded by the first prize, Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt...
- Year 2011
- Main structure Steel
- Client LVR Landschaftsverband Rheinland
- Cost 1060000
- Status Completed works
- Type Archaeological Areas / Pavilions / Exhibition Design
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