Three buildings frame a small urban square, with the church and parish hall facing each other. Both buildings are aligned with the street at eaves level. The significantly lower new building is subordinate to the existing structures, whilst at the same time holding the ensemble together visually. Facing the square, the parish hall appears as a single-storey building, with an asymmetrical, gently sloping gable roof. The building makes clever use of the topography and features a lower garden level that opens out to lawns and play areas to the south. The central square is connected to the market square behind the church. The pathways between the church, the parish hall and the lower-lying vicarage are designed to be barrier-free. A characteristic feature of the new community centre is the use of Grauwacke quarry stone for the façades, a material typical of the region that has been used in construction here for centuries. The natural stone surfaces are structured by precisely positioned openings with deeply cut reveals. The external walls have a double-shell construction: in front of the load-bearing wall with core insulation, the rubble stone masonry has been laid as a facing course of polygonally cut Grauwacke. Steel beams above the openings transfer the load, making large window sizes possible
The choice of greywacke meets not only aesthetic but also ecological criteria: the natural stone is sourced from local quarries, is durable and blends harmoniously in colour with the surrounding half-timbered and rubble-stone buildings. The precise craftsmanship results in a surface that vividly continues the dialogue between the historic fabric and contemporary architecture.