Photos : Brigida González - ( www . brigidagonzalez . de )
TOWN HALL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE Bez + Kock Architekten
The extension of the historic town hall in Holzwickede offered the opportunity to merge the market square in terms of urban development and to give the town hall itself a new wholeness . The listed town hall , built in 1915 , was preserved and recognizable as a solitary structure . At the same time , an angular structure was added to it in such a way that a new urban solitaire was created in which the existing building is a self-evident part of the larger whole .
The new town hall develops around a central hall with square skylights , whose sculpturally modeled walls create a charming daylight situation . The hall forms the foyer of the citizens ’ hall , is the contact point of the citizens ’ service , a central place of communication in the town hall , and , last but not least , a museum hall in which the historic building exhibits itself . Together with the new part of the building , it forms a
72 - www . refurbandrestore . co . uk