Clemens Josef House (Old People’s Home), Blankenheim, Germany
Competition: 2003 - 1st Prize
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project director/Project manager: Hannes Beinhoff
Project team: Henrike Schlinke, Karsten Liebner, Manuela Perz et al.
Client: Rheinische Vereine für Katholische Arbeiterkolonien e.V.
An L-shaped building replaces the old barn and encloses a courtyard together with the historic building. The natural stones of the barn are reused as façade infilling of the reinforced concrete skeleton. The residents’ rooms have a timber façade as well as timber folding shutters – a reminiscence to the rural neighbourhood.
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