After the first phase completed in 2017, the Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau designed by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin is now complete. Located in southern Germany, the complex is conceptually set up as a contemporary forum open to company employees, residents and visitors.
This complex, says David Chipperfield, “fulfills Reinhold Würth’s vision to create a gathering place for the employees of Würth and the wider community beyond,” a role, says the architect, “which the company has nurtured so impressively over the years.”
David Chipperfield completes the Carmen Würth Forum
Conceived as a contemporary forum, the Würth Group’s complex is now finished. From the exhibition halls to the large sculpture park, making reference to the company’s history in Künzelsau.
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- Yulia Ezhova
- 26 June 2020
- Künzelsau, Germany
- David Chipperfield Architects
- 5,500 sqm
- Museum complex
- 2020
The museum and conference centre now complete the complex, which also includes a music hall and an event hall, completed in the first phase. The more than 18,300 pieces from the Reinhold Würth collection are distributed between the museum’s exhibition rooms and the sculpture park.
Opening image: northwest view. Photo Simon Menges
- Music hall and events hall (phase 1, 2017); museum and congress centre (phase 2, 2020)
- Museum complex
- Künzelsau, Germany
- David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
- David Chipperfield, Harald Müller, Martin Reichert, Alexander Schwarz
- Annette Flohrschütz (competition), Marcus Mathias (phase 2)
- Kraft + Kraft Architekten, Schwäbisch Hall
- Mayer-Vorfelder und Dinkelacker Ingenieurgesellschaft für Bauwesen GmbH und Co KG, Sindelfingen
- ZB Zimmermann und Becker GmbH, Heilbronn PBS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Aalen
- Horstmann + Berger, Altensteig
- Halfkann + Kirchner, Stuttgart
- Reba Fassadentechnik AG, Chur
- Arup Deutschland GmbH, Berlin
- 5,500 sqm
- 2020
Art museum, exhibition hall. Photo Simon Menges
Art museum, graphical art gallery. Photo Simon Menges
Conference area. Photo Simon Menges
View from southeast. Photo Simon Menges
Art museum, belvedere. Photo Simon Menges
Site plan, original scale 1:5000. © David Chipperfield Architects
First-floor plan, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
Ground floor plan with section lines, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
Lower ground floor plan, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
Roof plan, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
Section AA, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
Section BB, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
Section CC, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
East elevation, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
North elevation, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
South elevation, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects
West elevation, original scale 1:750. © David Chipperfield Architects