Dozens of fishermen were still moored with their boats in the Eckernförde harbor towards the end of the 1970s and relied on a temporary solution for the storage and cooling of their catches. The partner of the fish wholesale business Hopp & Rehse, Klaus Jung, commissioned our architectural firm in Eckernförde to plan and construct an ice house in an exclusive location at the Eckernförde harbor.
Total Area: 232 m²
Net Floor Area: 161 m²
The challenge for our Eckernförde architectural office was to design the functional building on the harbour site in such a way that the functional processes are optimized and economic requirements are met. At the same time, it was to become part of the diversity of the small fishing town and have a form in which its use could be read accordingly. The solitary location on the harbor quay and the correspondence to the historic round warehouse building were the boundary conditions for the design process. The most obvious solution here was the all-round sculptural form as a monolith, which stands independently and with five views on the harbor apron, but corresponds with its surroundings through its proportions and materiality – the reddish-brown brick.