TextilWerk

Bocholt, Germany

Photo © Mac Tanó

Photo © Martin Holtappels

Floor plan

Drawing © ATELIER BRÜCKNER

Section

Drawing © ATELIER BRÜCKNER

Cultural Centers

Architects: ATELIER BRÜCKNER

Location: Bocholt, Germany
Year: 2011
Screening in the foyer: Thauma Motion Design Studio, Stuttgart
Ausstellungsfläche: 6000 qm
Planungsaufgaben: Generalplanung
Bauleitung: Eling Architekten, Wesel
Tragwerksplanung: Ingenieurbüro Pross, Bocholt
Elektroplanung: Ingenieurbüro Kipp & Knuhr, Borken
Haustechnik: K&L Energietechnik, Hamminkeln
Lichtkonzept: LDE Belzner Holmes, Stuttgart
Bespielung Foyer: Thauma Motion Design Studio, Stuttgart

In the "TextilWerk Bocholt" a dialogue between the present use and the retained historical features is developed on all five floors of the building complex with its 6000 square metres of floor space. The former spinning mill has been reinvented for use as an cultural centre with a warehouse for shows, special exhibition areas, event spaces and catering.

"Reanimate and reinvent" were the maxims. The concept thus underlined the original functional interrelationships of the factory by means of careful architectural surgery. The language of form and colour are derived from the old building structure. The new installations are optically offset and add a time layer of equal value to the old still existing features, which can be experienced as historical markers with all the traces of their former use.