Die Villa Tauchnitz wurde 1872 – 1873 im Auftrag der Freiherren von Tauchnitz nach Vorbild eines französischen Chateaus geplant und errichtet. Die repräsentative, schlossähnliche Villa bildet das Herzstück des Landschaftensembles innerhalb einer Parkanlage mit Kutscher-Remisengebäude und Gärtnerhaus im Südwesten Leipzigs. Bereits in den Jahren 1896 bis 1897 erfolgte eine Erweiterung der Villa im ursprünglich gewählten Baustil in Richtung Osten (Parkseite).
Zu Beginn der Rekonstruktions- und Sanierungsarbeiten zeigte sich das Gebäude massiv verändert. So ist dokumentiert, dass in den Jahren 1936/37 die Zinnen abgebrochen und durch Walmdächer ersetzt, in den 1960er- und 1970er-Jahren ein Schornstein errichtet, Terrassen überbaut, Decken erneuert, Teilbereiche aufgestockt und ein neues Treppenhaus eingebaut wurden.
Als Baudenkmal soll die Villa Tauchnitz in Zukunft die Merkmale der Erbauungszeit widerspiegeln und sich so in der Parkanlage harmonisch in das Gesamtensemble zu den Nebengebäuden einfügen. Es bestand die denkmalpflegerische Zielstellung, dass der Bauzustand von 1872 bis 1897 wieder hergestellt – rekonstruiert – werden soll.
The Tauchnitz Villa was planned and erected from 1872 - 1873 on behalf of the Barons of Tauchnitz after a French chateau. The representative and castle-like villa is the core of the landscape ensemble within park grounds with a coach house and gardener's house in the south-west of Leipzig. An extension of the villa after the originally selected architectural style was extended in the eastern direction (park side) from 1896 to1897. At the beginning of the reconstruction and rehabilitation work, the building showed a massively changed appearance. Documents show that in 1936/37 the battlements were demolished and replaced by hip roofs, and a chimney was erected in the 1960ies and 1970ies, terraces were built over, ceilings were renewed, storeys were added to partial areas and a new staircase was installed. As a listed building, the Tauchnitz Villa should reflect the features of its construction time in the future and should therefore harmoniously blend in the park ground with the overall ensemble of the annexes. The aim with respect to the preservation of monuments was to restore - reconstruct - the constructional condition from 1872 to 1897. It was requested to find an optimally matched plaster system to achieve a perfect balance between economy, longevity, technical properties and visual design possibilities. The condition of the brickwall and/or the entire building fabric should be brought in harmony with the energetic minimum requirements, the use as well as the design of the façade surface. Rusticated faces of sandstone were restored true to the original. Natural stone and sandstone elements in combination with Baumit EdelFilzputz. Several layers of lime-cement light plaster with the corresponding intermediate curing times were applied to the cleaned and load-carrying brickwork above the natural stone masonry. A separately applied layer of reinforcement plaster minimises the risk of cracking due to the different substrates and structural changes on the building. A fine plaster was used to give the surface a uniformly felted structure. Thus, the surfaces of the smoother stucco elements and stuccowork are emphasised best. The existing sandstone masonry was newly grouted, and the sandstone elements were supplemented by appropriate stone replacement materials.
Fuchshuber Architekten GmbH
KSW GmbH
Stuck-Lowe GmbH
Leipzig
Historische Sanierung
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