Upper Hessian house
| Upper Hessian house | |
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 Upper Hessian House (2005) |
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| place | Darmstadt |
| architect | Joseph Maria Olbrich and Jakob Krug |
| Construction year | 1908/1910 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 ′ 35.5 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 8" E |
The Upper Hessian House is a building in Darmstadt .
History and description
Upper Hessian house
The Upper Hessian House is a two-story single-family house that was built for the Hessian State Exhibition in 1908. The building stands with its calm, monumental forms in stark contrast to the cheerful playful artists' houses by 1901. The objective, clearly structured facade with its restrained material effect consists of white plaster and dark basalt . The Upper Hessian House has been changed several times in the past.
Garden shed
Below the Upper Hessian House - on the south-eastern slope of the Mathildenhöhe - the so-called Fuchs Garden was created as part of the Hessian State Exhibition of 1908 . Following the state exhibition, the stove manufacturer Roeder acquired the area. The architect Jacob Krug designed a small solid in 1910, after two pages to open pavilion with canvas roof for the garden. What is unusual for a garden house is the intricate architectural design inside with paneling , rich stucco work and spherical vaults . The window sills in the outdoor area, designed as plant boxes, are also remarkable .
Monument protection
The Upper Hessian House is a document of the manorial villa architecture of the last creative period of Joseph Maria Olbrich. The garden house is a good example of the oeuvre of the architect Jakob Krug. For architectural and city history reasons, the ensemble is a cultural monument .
The Upper Hessian House today
Today the Upper Hessian House houses the “Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt”, the “Institute for New Music and Music Education” and apartments.
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 344.