Stoeferlehalle

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Signpost to the entrance of the Stoeferlehalle

The Stoeferlehalle was a building on the grounds of the Technical University of Darmstadt and most recently the location of the student cultural project 603 square meters .

History of the Stoeferlehalle

The hall was built in 1952 for the mechanical engineering department in Alexanderstraße. It was the first new building after the Second World War and was used by mechanical engineering until 1970. During this time Theodor Stöferle (1923–1978) from the mechanical engineering department of the TU Darmstadt was the professor responsible for the hall: after his sudden death the hall was called the Stoeferlehalle .

Since a large part of the mechanical engineering department was relocated to the Lichtwiese in the mid-1970s, only a small area of ​​the hall, called a bunker because of its thick concrete walls , has been used for the purpose of machine acoustics experiments. The Central Material Procurement Office of the TU Darmstadt moved into the empty hall with its material warehouse; the hall was to be used as a cafeteria temporarily.

During security checks, however, it turned out that the roof of the hall was badly damaged, and renewing the roof did not seem worthwhile. As a result, the material procurement office also had to vacate the hall.

The hall had been empty for several years and was supposed to be demolished, but in 1997, University President Johann-Dietrich Wörner , inspired by his head of department for student affairs, Winfried Seidel, had the idea of ​​using the hall as an event center, especially for students. This vision was launched by President Wörner during the November 1997 university strike.

In one of the many negotiations between the university administration and students, he reported on his plan and so on the edge of the strike, some students came together to form the Stoeferlehalle (AK) working group. As a result of the student interest mediated by the AK, President Wörner was able to win sponsors for the renovation of the hall roof in autumn 1998, which was then completely renewed. After the hall was safely accessible again, in spring 1999 there was a big clean-up of the hall by AK members and many other helpers.

What was still missing for use as an event location were emergency exits, sanitary facilities and a new power supply, as the old one was shut down for safety reasons and because the roof had to be renewed. Two workshops by the architecture department in the hall resulted in good possible solutions for the further renovation. After the workshops, architecture students Daniel Dolder and John Lau and an employee from the architecture department (Michael Müller) came together to develop the concept for the renovation and oversee the implementation. In the following years the yellow gates were built in, the toilets were installed in the basement and the electrical supply for the hall was completely renewed.

In the time before the construction work was completed, the AK Stoeferlehalle organized a few smaller events, such as pub evenings, late night plays, parties and the annual open-air festival summer night.

After completion of the renovation work, the student cultural project 603qm , as a project of the AStA of TU Darmstadt, celebrated its opening on June 6, 2003. Since then, a varied cultural program has taken place in the Stoeferlehalle.

Demolition of the Stoeferlehalle, April 2014
Construction site in May 2015

In 2012 it became known that the hall would be demolished and a five-story new building erected at the same location, which should also offer space for the student cultural event. The last cultural event took place in June 2013 in the hall. At the beginning of the 2013/14 winter semester, a temporary facility was opened in an inner courtyard on Magdalenenstrasse to keep the café open. The Stoeferlehalle was demolished in spring 2014. Construction work on the new building began a year later. The shell construction was already completed in December 2015, so that the topping-out ceremony could take place in January 2016. The completion and official inauguration took place on May 4, 2017. The café opened at the beginning of July, the cultural events begin in October 2017.

Architectural concept and design of the interior

The central element of the location as well as the corporate design was the hall's architecture. In order to make this clear, various events were taken into account and further emphasized during the renovation. The architectural concept of the renovation and the design of the interior of the hall were developed and implemented by Daniel Dolder, John Lau and Michel Müller.

With the help of targeted structural interventions, the spatial potential of the hall was expanded into a multi-layered space unit. A kit of adaptable components was developed to reactivate the former machine hall. An industrially prefabricated, six meter wide steel box pushed into the hall provided barrier-free access to the hall. Three 5-leaf folding sliding door modules connected in a row were integrated in the box, in the partition wall and in the north facade and formed the spatial closure of the respective room areas.

Eight rollable container modules served as mobile bar units. They could be combined in different ways and took on functions such as cloakroom, cash register, bar or cocktail bar. They also included technical infrastructures such as electricity, supply and sewage.

54 platform areas at different heights can be configured to create stages, seats, reclining areas, work tables and benches. All components were made of steel and were kept in the "signal yellow" color that is usual for construction site equipment.

Despite the color contrast, the architectural concept integrated all new elements harmoniously into the structure of the existing building. Due to the flexible combination options of the hall parts, the bar modules and the other furnishing elements, the room was open to a wide variety of uses, the architecture remained consciously neutral and emphasized the open character of the hall and the entire project.

Stoeferlehalle working group

The working group Stoeferlehalle (AK) organizes the student cultural project 603qm in the Stoeferlehalle in Darmstadt . Until the replacement building is completed after the hall has been demolished, the café and cultural offerings are limited to the 60.3 square meter café in the vicinity of the former Stoeferlehalle.

The working group was founded in 1997 with the aim of turning the so-called Stoeferlehalle into an event location at the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD) . Initially, the AK consisted of students from different departments of the TU, but now students from the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and non-students also work in the AK. In this - deliberately open - structure of the AK, the interest arose in organizing the most diverse cultural events independently. Since then, the AK has been developing the Stoeferlehalle program and the necessary structures to carry it out.

The AK has statutes in which its goals and working methods are explained. According to the statutes, the Stoeferlehalle should be:

  • Meeting place for the student and non-student population of Darmstadt.
  • Platform for presentation and discourse of artistic creation.
  • Forum for the exchange of intellectual ideas.
  • Day care center for university student activities.
  • Freedom to realize individual, cultural projects.

The work in the AK is voluntary. The working group meets roughly every two weeks. At these meetings, all central topics relating to the hall are discussed and decisions are made. The meetings are open and interested parties are always welcome.

Corporate Design

The Kraenk Visuell agency developed a uniform corporate design for all communication media for the Stoeferlehalle. It continued the architectural concept of the hall by working with dimensions, resuming the signal yellow and always remaining technically constructed. It tried not to lose expression and design options. In addition, a memorable font was developed for the project. The corporate design is also used in the design of the monthly programs and flyers.

literature

  • Technische Universität Darmstadt (Ed.): Ten years of building autonomy at the Technische Universität Darmstadt , Darmstadt 2014, p. 31.
  • Manfred Hampe and Gerhard Pahl (eds.): On the history of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt , Düsseldorf 2008, p. 209f.

Web links

Commons : Stoeferlehalle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Stoeferlehalle. In: 603qm.de , accessed on September 13, 2012
  2. Stoeferlehalle will be demolished - "603qm" will be preserved. In: Darmstädter Echo online , March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012
  3. New appearance for the “603qm” cultural business. Website of the TU Darmstadt , March 20, 2012, accessed on September 13, 2012
  4. Program of the Stoeferlehalle working group in the café on 60.3 square meters. Retrieved July 13, 2014 .
  5. References. ( Memento from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: kraenk.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 27 ″  E