General
Jebensstraße 3 was built between 1910 and 1911 by the architects Adolf Bürckner and Fritz Herrmann as the headquarters of the then Evangelical Church Council. The building is now owned by the EKD (Evangelical Church in Germany) and is used and managed by the Protestant Military Bishop through the HESB (Protestant Chaplaincy in the German Armed Forces).
The building is a five-storey structure divided into a front building, a middle wing and a transverse building. The three parts of the building enclose a small courtyard together with the neighbouring building adjoining two fire walls.
The majority of the premises in the inventory are used as offices by the Protestant military bishop with his office and the Protestant Church Office of the Bundeswehr. Individual areas are rented to other organisations within the EKD. In addition to office use, the building has an event hall, a canteen and an archive area.
Redesign of WC facilities
The entire toilet block in the front building with a total of six toilet facilities on four floors was completely gutted and then redesigned. In addition to the installation of contemporary equipment, the entire technical building equipment was renewed (heating, ventilation, sanitary, electrical). The facilities are divided into an anteroom with washbasin, separated by a dry wall, and the actual WC room with up to four WC cubicles. There is a barrier-free WC on the 1st floor, which can be reached without thresholds using the elevator.
The walls behind the sanitary facilities are covered with handmade tiles in three different shades, which provide a colorful accent to the otherwise restrained but high-quality interior design. The use of tiles produced using the same technique as at the time of construction is intended to emphasize the historical dignity of the house.
