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Brewery Hall Kirchheim unter Teck
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Place
Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
Studio
Photos
Sebastian Schels
Description
The brewery hall for the
start-up «Braurevolution» was built on the long side of a plot on which there
are already several utility and residential buildings. The elongated structure
closes off the existing courtyard to the north and leaves space for a small
beer garden facing the street. The context of the surrounding industrial area
prescribes an industrial architectural language and invites inspiration from
Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photographic images of old industrial buildings. The
simple volume with a gable roof is given its special character by an attached
light band above the roof ridge, creating an iconic form on the gable walls. By
raising them and changing the material to exposed concrete, these become clearly
legible front and back sides, between which the steel structure clad in
Profilit glazing is spanned. The two openings on the east side, reduced to a
circle and rectangle, mark the entrance, which thus does justice to the
traditional use of a brewery with a bar and warehouse sales. The cold storage
and ancillary rooms are housed in a recessed structure. An open bar is located
in the large main room, where visitors can take a seat between the brewing
kettle and the storage tanks.