Erlebnis-Hus seaside visitor centre wrapped in timber grid to "play in, on, under or beside"
A gridded timber frame creates a flexible armature for play equipment and social spaces at the Erlebnis-Hus visitor centre in Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany, which was designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen.
Located alongside a dyke on a coastal promenade in Sankt Peter-Ording, the centre contains event spaces, a shop and restaurant and lookout points, housed in a series of "cubes" that slot into the structure's gridded framework.
Spaces in Erlebnis-Hus slot into a gridded timber frame
The project forms part of a wider "experience promenade" developed by landscape architect Uniola, with which Holzer Kobler Architecture won a competition to replace an aging games house in the nearby village.
Holzer Kobler Architekturen was informed by the traditional pile structures found on the nearby beach that are elevated to cope with high tides for Erlebnis-Hus's form, as well as the adaptable architecture of the 1980s Metabolism movement in Japan. The timber grid structure was raised on concrete pile foundations
"Since the coastal area often experiences wet and windy weather, there was a need for an inclusive structure that provides an indoor program for visitors, [and] the community desired to create a new attraction as a landmark," said Holzer Kobler Architekturen director Andrea Zickhardt.
"The timber matrix seamlessly integrates into the surroundings and intertwines with them ? simultaneously, and according to our metabolic approach, it could contin...
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