Architects:VON M

Area :1377 m²

Year :2018

Photographs :Zooey Braun

Engineering :Ingenieurbüro für Bauwesen Seiler

Clients : Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Kehl

Design Team : Márcia Nunes, Timm Radt, Marcin Wasag

City : Kehl

Country : Germany

The oldest church in Kehl should be established as the central location of the parish by expanding the administration into a multi-functional parish center through the construction of a new parish hall and the refurbishment of the Christus-Kirche built in 1822 by Hans Voss, a Weinbrenner “disciple”. The spatial concept of the community center is similar to that of a cloister, the central element of which, however, is not an inner courtyard but the community event hall. This central, column-free community hall can be read from the outside due to its greater room height and a side skylight that serves for lighting and ventilation.