Scharoun designed three schools in the postwar period, two of which have been built. They demonstrate, perhaps better than his other works, the way in which he attempted to articulate in the planning of a building the social structure that it was intended to contain. In the school at Marl- a primary school- ideas from both earlier projects are mixed. Klassenwohnungen, like those at Luenen, are grouped into school units with communal limit spaces as in the Darmstadt project, At the heart of the complex, forming the centre of an obviously cumulative plan, stands the assembly hall, which takes pride of place because it represents the whole community, Scharoun intended that it should be used as a theatre and cinema for local people in the evenings, the school being seen as a kind of cultural centre. The gymnasium also was intended for use by outsiders and is placed next to the main entrance in consequence. The building has been listed in 2004 and is undergoing a refurbishment.
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | DGIL-0079-0001 |
| Caption: | Assembly hall and theatre. Scharoun's Marl School, Marl, Germany. Architect: Hans Scharoun, 1975. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 4378 x 3832 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 04/10/2012 |
| Restriction: | No Restriction |
| Credit: | Dennis Gilbert/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Scharoun's Marl School |
| Headline: | Scharoun's Marl School, Marl, Germany. Architect: Hans Scharoun, 1975. |
| City: | Marl |
| Country: | Germany |
| Architect: | Hans Scharoun |
| Architect Website: | |
| Category: | Education |
| Building Type: | School |
| Year of Completion: | 1975 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | Scharoun designed three schools in the postwar period, two of which have been built. They demonstrate, perhaps better than his other works, the way in which he attempted to articulate in the planning of a building the social structure that it was intended to contain. In the school at Marl- a primary school- ideas from both earlier projects are mixed. Klassenwohnungen, like those at Luenen, are grouped into school units with communal limit spaces as in the Darmstadt project, At the heart of the complex, forming the centre of an obviously cumulative plan, stands the assembly hall, which takes pride of place because it represents the whole community, Scharoun intended that it should be used as a theatre and cinema for local people in the evenings, the school being seen as a kind of cultural centre. The gymnasium also was intended for use by outsiders and is placed next to the main entrance in consequence. The building has been listed in 2004 and is undergoing a refurbishment. |
| Keywords: | Scharoun's Marl School; architecture; education; school; Europe; Germany; Marl; Westfalenstrasse; 1975; 20th Century; Hans Scharoun; Nobody; room view; day; interior; postwar Germany; postwar architecture; responsive building; building study; organic architecture; assembly hall; theatre; tiered; timber; view from above; angular; irregular |
| Orientation: | H |
| Type: | School |
| B/W or Colour: | Colour |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Full Frame |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | Room view |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Interior or Exterior: | Interior |
| Photographer: | Dennis Gilbert |
| Source File Name: | DGIL-0079-0001.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |