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The Historical Museum Saar is part of the Saarbrücken castle complex, which was renovated by the prominent architect Gottfried Böhm in the 1980s, and is housed in a new building to the side of the castle, which was built in postmodern style. Thanks to the Böhm entrance building, the museum has a sp …

A defining urban planning element of the Freudenberg Museum of Technology is the relocated former sawmill hall. It is the largest and tallest structure in the ensemble. A possible expansion must take this into account. We are not interested in a new beginning, but in a sensitive and appropriate …

Exhibition architecture Stone Age Museum Landau Completion 10.19

A temporary exhibition pavilion was created for the future Museum and Culture Forum Arnsberg, which was intended to provide information about the project using analogue and digital media. All structural elements can be assembled with Velcro fasteners within a very short time. The exhibition …

Historical rooms are spaces of memory and remembrance. In them not only the architectural time is condensed in different forms and constructions, but also the demands and ideas of the societies and institutions of the respective epoch. The art historian Martin Warnke describes this background very …

The Kastenhof in Landau an der Isar, which was renovated and converted as part of a museum conversion in the 1990s, was to receive a new permanent exhibition. The exceptional architectural quality of the building required careful handling of the existing building. The exhibition architecture should …

Architecture Kalhöfer-Korschildgen was founded in 1995 in Paris and Aachen and has been working in Cologne since 2000. We plan and build cultural projects for public clients: archives, libraries, museums, cinemas, buildings for tourism, or office and service landscapes. We have many years of …

The mobile information and culture pavilion is now owned by the architect and will be available to interested cultural institutions for events from 2021 after a moderate renovation. The analogue and media appearance of the mobile pavilion will then be adaptable to the individual needs of the users. …

Cities are addicted to identity. Making what is special can be read helps in the competition for investors and only enables the commonality of the citizens. Identity and social space only work together. The building needs the superstructure. Ultimately, the Regionale 2006 is an event that helps to …

We have worked on many projects since the Kalhöfer-Korschildgen office was founded. We plan and implement cultural projects for public clients: archives, libraries, museums, cinemas, buildings for tourism, or office and service landscapes. We have many years of experience in building in existing …

Tiere in der Kinderliteratur und in der Natur. Die besondere Stimmung, die Freude beim Lesen von Kinderbüchern entsteht durch ein Zusammenspiel von Text und llustration. Daneben ist das sinnlichen Erleben, das Hören und Fühlen von Papier beim Umblättern jeder Seite ein magischer Moment und beg …

A sounding discovery trail should create an eventful and attractive connection between the two musical institutions of the Rock’n’Pop Museum and the State Music Academy. Such a continuous path must use existing connections and, where these are insufficient, create new ones. This sound …

Media libraries are libraries enhanced by digital offerings. They are characterized by state-of-the-art application-oriented technologies. The architecture and appearance of the media library of the Hochsauerlandkreis must be a mirror of the new possibilities. Based on the order structure O and 1 …

The town gate Zülpicher Tor is one of the most remarkable ancient buildings in Nideggen, a tourist city in the Eifel Range, south of Cologne. The expansion of the gate provides an access keeping up with the times, and therefore makes its touristic use possible. The architecture of the expansion …

A simple, isolated farmhouse was converted into a holiday home. The quarry stone house was in ruinous state, without sanitary facilities. The main objectives of the design were the reconstruction of the torso and the installation of a kitchen and a bathroom. Obviously, a purely functional …

The “Blue House” project consists of two parts: the renovation of a half-timbered house from 1730 and a contemporary expansion with your multifunctional room. The client is a regional museum that houses its media library and administration there. The old building was freed from spatial …

The extension is separated from the old building and fills an area in the backyard of the old building. It is set directly against the surrounding historical buildings and their walls. The hall was constructed in steel as a folded structure and clad with a zinc roof. The resulting building appears …

Moving Icon is a mobile information pavilion, that is implied in a series of historic places. The image of the popular housing icon made of four walls and a two-slope-roof has provided the basis for this convertible room, in which information about historic cities and their architecture is …