Hydro Power Plant Jacobi in Sarmingstein

Energy generation is a much discussed topic, but not easily to comprehend, for the most part. Through the architecture of the hydroelectric power plant Jacobi and its integration into the landscape, energy is to be perceived and experienced.

Interrelations become visible by visual relations within the building and from the power station to other surrounding buildings and into the fluvial landscape of the Danube.

This power plant is not only to serve in terms of energy engineering and ecology. The visitors are invited to merge the building and its direct surroundings into their daily radius of action. The open and easily accessible architecture of the power plant turns Jacobi into a stage with multiple recreational uses: a show power station with a view.

HARD FACTS

• year of construction : 2008
• client : Dipl.Ing. Friedrich Zucker und Nachfolger Ges.m.b.H
• architects : Julia Taubinger (JULAND BarcelonaVienna)
• collaborators : Andrés Fredes, Stefan Lechner (JULAND BarcelonaVienna)
• output power : 760 kW
• annual performance : 3,200.000 kWh
• supplied households : 800 - 1,000
• penstock : 100 m
• turbine type : Pelton turbine, standing, 4 injectors

Hydro Power Plant Jacobi: front view

Hydro Power Plant Jacobi: inside view with the red turbine

Hydro Power Plant Jacobi: view from inside to the window of the info point

Hydro Power Plant Jacobi: stairs to the roof terrace

Hydro Power Plant Jacobi: view from the roof terrace to the Danube river

Hydro Power Plant Jacobi: panoramic view on the village and the Danube river

Hydro Power Plant Jacobi: integration of the building in the village structure

Tags: architecture | power plant