Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, Wecker (LUX)

project conversion of a station building into an office building client CFL-Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (LUX) project management CFL CFL Immo SA planning services WW+ complete architecture services partner: civil engineering GK Engineering, Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) technical engineering Felgen & Associés, Luxemburg (LUX) gfa 431 m² ufa 305 m² gv 1.900 m³ start of the planning 01/2011 realisation 08/2011 - 08/2012

The renovation project involving the old Wecker railway station, which was given a new lease of life as an office building, reveals a sustainable and sensitive approach to the existing structure in the choice of materials and the architectonic configuration of the interior. The façades with their distinctive projections and recesses were cleaned and restored. These architectonic elements as well as the rest of the surface were foreseen with a glazing to protect the outer skin of the building. Doors and windows were replaced, with the emphasis on them being identical to the historical models while also guaranteeing a thermally and acoustically efficient glazing. The entrance area with its contemporary design enters into a dialogue with the historical shell of the building and thus mediates between the old and the newly built interior. The interior load-bearing walls and the timber construction of the attic floor were retained and given a new room layout suitable for office use, featuring a lightweight design