Tattersall Scheibenholz Leipzig

In the Scheibenholz Leipzig project, the aim was to develop a building that ripens from a landscape context. The goal was to find an appropriate form for a riding sport building.

Diagonal battens close the building to the outside, but allow light and air to enter the hall. Due to the massive base, the hall separates itself from its surroundings, gets a constructive wood protection and increases the seating position of the grandstand. The horses have stables in the yard of the building and from there they can ride directly into the hall. The hall represents the central room. The hipped roof allows the building to be aligned on the outside as well as on the inside. The view into the hall is a symbol of the movements of riding. The curved wooden beams carry on this movement. The supports of the curved beams return the forces to the upper beams and so dilute the structure. By assembling the beams from several parts and simultaneously stretching it around half an axis, the construction appears holistic and makes the roof a unit of primary and secondary structure. In addition to the exposure through the side walls, light is incident through a skylight. On the skylight are ventilation flaps, which are modeled on buildings from an agricultural context.