Detail of polygonal refurbished classroom. Scharoun's Marl School, Marl, Germany. Architect: Hans Scharoun, 1975.
Scharoun designed three schools in the postwar period, two of which have been built. They demonstrate, perhaps better than his other works, the way in which he attempted to articulate in the planning of a building the social structure that it was intended to contain. In the school at Marl- a primary school- ideas from both earlier projects are mixed. Klassenwohnungen, like those at Luenen, are grouped into school units with communal limit spaces as in the Darmstadt project, At the heart of the complex, forming the centre of an obviously cumulative plan, stands the assembly hall, which takes pride of place because it represents the whole community, Scharoun intended that it should be used as a theatre and cinema for local people in the evenings, the school being seen as a kind of cultural centre. The gymnasium also was intended for use by outsiders and is placed next to the main entrance in consequence. The building has been listed in 2004 and is undergoing a refurbishment.
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