"The new town hall of Scharrachbergheim, a small alsatian village, seeks horizontality and transparency to integrate into this magnificent wooded site."
"The external regular framework of the wooden structure affirms the public dimension of the building, while ensuring a timeless aesthetic."
"The dark and velvety tint of the protective pine tar and the refined and elegant sizing of the wooden columns echo both the village's colombages and the site's trees. The corten steel expanded mesh cladding gives an almost woven appearance to the facade while reminding the tones of local stone (Vosges sandstone) very present in the historic village. The ensemble is contemporary but rooted, rigorous but gentle. As if it had always been there."
The new town hall of Scharrachbergheim seeks horizontality and transparency to integrate into the magnificent wooded site. The external regular framework of the wooden structure affirms the building's public dimension while ensuring a timeless aesthetic. A dark, velvety protective pine-tar finish and refined, elegant proportions of the wooden columns echo the village's colombages and the site's trees. Corten steel expanded-mesh cladding gives an almost woven appearance to the facade and recalls the tones of local Vosges sandstone prominent in the historic village. The ensemble reads contemporary yet rooted, rigorous yet gentle, appearing as though it has always been part of the landscape.
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