Built wandelbarer Raum /// Kalhöfer-Korschildgen

The “Rheinpegel_Raumlabor” project stages references to the Rhine flowing past with haptic, atmospheric and literary means. In the sense of a laboratory, the architectural intervention is about the changeability of an existing room in Bonn’s Villa Ingenohl by the visitor. An …

A few years ago there was a very successful film in French cinema that offered two versions at the same time. Both versions were launched at the same time. Before going to the cinema, you had the choice between the movie Smoking and its second version, No-Smoking. This could lead to moviegoers who …

Kalhöfer - Korschildgen mit Büro für Architektur, Stuttgart Ein typisches Haus im Herault in einer engen Gasse. Das Dorf steht unter Denkmalschutz. Das Haus ist ein Ensemble zweier Häuser, von denen eines nur noch in Teilen existiert und den Freiraum für den intakten Teil abgibt. Absurderweise ist dies …

The debate between those who think architecture from its form and those who think it from its use has been running through the architecture scene since the 1960s. One can describe the attitude of both currents with the simple pattern of Freudian psychoanalysis. On the one hand, there are those who …

Der Bestand verfügt über die üblichen Defizite einer Zellenstruktur. Aus der Betrachtung aktueller Anforderungen, die nicht mehr allein aus konzentrierter Arbeit bestehen, die von anderen Einflüssen klar abgegrenzt werden müssen, sondern in der Teamarbeit und Austausch zentraler Bestandteil des …

Today we live in a constantly changing society, which is characterized by compression and expansion. Time and space are occupied more intensively in “always and everywhere ”1. “Always” stands for the condensation of time through activity, “Everywhere” for the expansion of mobility. This results in an expansio …

„Multispace“ Für die neuen Arbeitswelten der Stadt Monheim steht ein vielfältiges Arbeitsplatzangebot im Focus der Planungen. Ein unterschiedliches Angebot sichert im Gegensatz zu einer Monostruktur langfristig die Nutzung der Bereiche. Mit dem „Multispace“ entsteht keine eindeutige Büroform, sondern ei …

Task. A slate-clad mansion in the center of a small German town has to be renovated in order to meet the owners’ demands. Situation. Prior to the renovation the house was inhabited by the clients and three tenants. The clients used to live in one part of the ground level and the first floor which h …

Today we live in a constantly changing society, which is characterized by compression and expansion. Time and space are occupied more intensively in the “always and everywhere”. “Always” stands for the condensation of time through activity, “Everywhere” stands for the exp …

Am Rand der Altstadt gelegen bietet das typische Bergische Fachwerkhaus aus seinem Dachgeschoß einen phantastischen Blick auf die Kirche und das Zentrum der Altstadt. Das Dach ist nicht ausgebaut und hat im Inneren eine typische Optik von Sparren und rauer Dachverschalung. Aus denkmalpflegerischen …

“Arbeits_spuren” is a route along the traces of work in an industrial region. The existing route leads through a typical section of the tool town of Remscheid and its landscape: from small industry to large-scale industry, from natural space to urban landscape. In addition to the direct experience of …

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 hallmark of our affluent society is the more. XL means more for the money, one could be left out: to be on the safe side, think generously, but don’t think that in the end you will have too little after all. The car industry lives predominantly from this luxury principle - SUVs are the …

From February 11th, 2010 to March 17th, 2010 various projects from our office can be seen in the international travelling exhibition (Shanghai, Oman, Seoul, Berlin) on landscape architecture “naturetecture / naturtektur” in Düsseldorf.

The classic tympanum of the historical portal or gable was always an informative surface for the figurative representation and narrative entry. The design for the temporary exhibition pavilion builds on this tradition and develops the tympanum into an interactive landscape space.

Search for clues The Roman evidence lies hidden in the landscape and is its secret. The design wants to make their traces visible without destroying the poetry of the hidden. Interventions should only enable the visitor to experience the historical images and time levels hidden in the landscape and …

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 …

The works of the internationally renowned artist Gerd Arntz, who was born in Remscheid, are shown in urban space along a linear park. The large picture panels are based on the graphic and statistical work of the artist and refer to the location and its historical context.