Town Hall and Community Centre, Holzwickede | Germany

Customer: Gemeinde Holzwickede

Architect: Bez + Kock Architekten, Stuttgart

Net costs, building services €: 3,600,000.00

Project period: 2017 until 2023

Services: Planning and site supervision (LP 1-9), sanitary systems, heating systems, air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical engineering, communications engineering, building automation, fire extinguishing systems, media technology, lighting design

 

Awarded the Light Design Prize 2025 in the Indoor Lighting/Public Spaces Category

The listed town hall of Holzwickede has been transformed into a modern council and citizen's house through renovation and extension. The prominent urban location and the high architectural quality of the award-winning design by Bez + Kock required a careful lighting concept that meets strict energy standards.

The three-story entrance hall (Citizen Forum) serves as the contact point for citizen services, the foyer of the citizens' hall, and a central venue for events and communication. Fourteen skylights allow daylight to enter in a controlled manner. Selected sides of the skylights are designed as trapezoidal light ceiling panels. Integrated light lines accompany the handrails and balustrades of the spacious staircase.

This motif is echoed in the new building corridors as a narrow light strip and is referenced again in the hall through wooden reveals.

In the citizens' hall, basic downlights and decorative glass luminaires, controlled via DALI, create a variety of lighting moods suitable for all kinds of events.

During the renovation of the old building, the lighting was carefully and historically sensitively adapted. Gypsum-mounted lights in wall color, proven concepts of diffuse pendant luminaires, and selected accents with spotlights were reintroduced.

For ecological reasons, facade lighting was omitted. The service areas are illuminated energy-efficiently, and where appropriate, sensor-controlled lighting minimizes electricity consumption.

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Lichtdesign-Preis 2025 in der Kategorie "Innenbeleuchtung/Öffentliche Bereiche"

 

siehe auch:

www.lichtdesign-preis.de/nominierungen-2025/