Ecology centre in Remerschen, L
description

A project for a special location. O nce there were fields here, later, towards the end of the 1950s, the industrialisation of the site started and sand was excavated here. A s a consequence – in the 1970s – large areas of water developed that were gradually surrounded by vegetation. T oday this is a nature conservation area. In terms of content the project is addressed to young people, school classes, to all who are interested in ecological questions. I t is a mix of museum and education facility that deals with questions of ecology and nature conservation, using the concrete example of the region. Visitors who enter the building are first of all given some theoretical background information about the area, then they cross a wooden footbridge to observe the flora and fauna directly. The building is made of wood. A kind of ship’s hull that looks upwards, turned upside down, as it were. A lmost organic architecture, certainly without any sharp edges. Y ou enter at the lowest part, and then the space opens up – with a foyer and presentation space below and a suspended gallery above. Part of the building stands on piles in the water; at one stage in the design an underwater building was proposed from which visitors could have observed the fish. The oldest settlements in the Moselle Valley are found in this region. T hey were built by the C elts. T hey built long houses. F rançois Valentiny’s ecology centre is also a long house, although – if only slightly – adapted. It will also be accessed by a new bridge across the Moselle - with a viewing tower.
DATA

Client: Administration des Bâtiments public
Usable floor area: 1.300 m2 (inside)
Enclosed volume: 11.400 m3
Outdoor area: 5.005 m2