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Old building Pfälzerhaus à Strasbourg dans le Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Old building Pfälzerhaus

    6 Rue Pierre Bucher
    67000 Strasbourg
Immeuble dit ancienne Pfälzerhaus
Immeuble dit ancienne Pfälzerhaus
Immeuble dit ancienne Pfälzerhaus
Immeuble dit ancienne Pfälzerhaus
Immeuble dit ancienne Pfälzerhaus
Crédit photo : Ji-Elle - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1899-1902
Construction of building
21 février 2008
Registration for historical monuments
1er quart XXe siècle
Construction period
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The whole building, including its carpentry and ironwork elements, both inside and outside, as well as the exterior fences and the support wall on the wharf (Box 26 29): inscription by order of 21 February 2008

Key figures

Richard Kuder - Architect Co-designer of the Pfälzerhaus with Müller.
Joseph Müller - Architect Co-author of the project alongside Kuder.
Société étudiante de la noblesse Palatine - Sponsor Initial client for student residence.

Origin and history

The old building Pfälzerhaus, located at 6 rue Pierre-Bucher in Strasbourg, is an emblematic building of the early twentieth century. Commanded at the turn of the 1900s by the student society of the Palatine nobility, it was to serve as a residence for some thirty students. Architects Richard Kuder and Joseph Müller, chosen for this project, led the project between 1899 and 1902. The building is distinguished by a double facade, one overlooking the street, the other on the water, reflecting a historicist architectural language typical of the Strasbourg bourgeois orders of the time.

The partial incompletion of the work, particularly for the second work, suggests a lack of financial resources. Although the building has been part of historic monuments since 2008 for its totality (carpentry, ironworks, fences and retaining wall), it incorporates marginal details inspired by Jugendstil, visible in bays and models. These elements reflect the influence of the European vanguard, while remaining anchored in the local architectural codes of the turn of the century.

Ranked for its heritage value, the Pfälzerhaus illustrates the mix of styles and social functions in Strasbourg, between bourgeois tradition and student modernity. His official inscription in 2008 preserved a rare testimony of this pivotal period, when Alsace, then under German influence, saw various artistic currents coexist. The location on the dockside, combined with its history linked to the student elite, makes it a monument both urban and symbolic.

External links

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