Town hall, Salem, Germany Architecture + Interior: estudio arquitectos primitivo gonzález / mmp architects. Photos: Anja Koehler, andereart.de
The Spanish architecture studio won the European-wide architecture competition to design the town hall in the new center of the town of Salem. The design featured a simply cube clinkered with red brick. The new town hall, office of records, town council and library are accommodated behind the subtly structured and well-propor- tioned facades.
Outstanding features are the council hall, which juts out over the cube and the enormous clock, a reference to a longstanding tradition of European town halls telling citizens what the time is.
Access to the inside of the building is via an open staircase, which is surrounded by galleries and walkways with stylish banisters, both of which define and give the stairwell structure.
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