The architect Elke Kirst-Haas from the office hirner & riehl Architekten answers questions about the new building's facade in the Benedictine Abbey Plankstettten.ย
๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ค๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐?
"The abbey's holistic, ecological approach envisions the use of building materials that can serve as CO2 storage for new construction and renovation. In addition, transport routes are to be kept as short as possible.
The wood used, which comes from the abbey's own forests, meets these requirements both for the entire structure and for the facade cladding.
In addition, the new building is to blend into the background of the historic monastery complex and its appearance is to be based more on existing functional buildings. This is another reason why a wooden faรงade was chosen for the new building - in contrast to the plastered main buildings."
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐?
"The facade surface - executed by the carpentry Holzbau Bogner - is made of sawed spruce wood, which was painted with the wood stain "medium gray" of the company Steinmeyer Naturfarben.
The vertical slats of the guardrail in front of the windows - executed by the monastery carpentry - is made of planed spruce and painted with the window paint system in "mouse gray".
The spruce is a wood species that is available in sufficient quantities from the monastery's own forest and, with a pre-greying treatment, is very suitable as facade formwork."
๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐?
"Not at all, since different faรงade systems can be designed regardless of the insulation material."
๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ข๐ช๐๐.
๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ค: Lorenz Mรคrtl