The existing state care center is being renovated by the non-profit housing and settlement cooperative Ennstal for “Volkshilfe Steiermark” and extended by an extension for a care home and a new child care facility. Located directly next to the Murtaler state hospital Knittelfeld, the old stock of the nursing home is slightly adapted and connected […]
The new campus is divided into four rows which, due to their position in the urban structure, open up the characteristic view and path relationships to the surrounding (Mur) landscape. These intermediate areas stretch across the site as landscaped alleys and guide visitors and students into the building complex. As an extension of Kaiserfeldgasse, a […]
The site Schönaugürtel 20 is located on the southern edge of the Gründerzeit area in Graz and is to be redeveloped as such. The characteristic features of the Gründerzeit perimeter block development, a leafy, tranquil inner courtyard and a homogeneous, representative appearance serve as central foundations in the design process. Four upper floors on the […]
From the early stages of the competition for this bank building, there was a clear focus on contemporary architecture and sustainable building methods which could be completed in a short period of time, with a crucial aspect on the mixed usage of key spaces. The bank’s objective was to create a customer and employee-friendly, relaxed […]
The Waagner Biro Strasse and the noise protection measure through the Grätzel cell wall define the building field. Density specifications, ideas for use and their mix as further hard facts determine the playing field. But what urban rules are being played by? Which conditions are adopted, which are questioned? How can a livable, urban, contemporary, […]
Two arguments form the background for the decision to build the school as a two-storey building. 1. The surrounding buildings in the area are heterogeneously mixed: rows of single-family houses, multi-storey residential buildings and the parish church of St. Gebhart with its free-standing bell tower form the immediate vicinity of the new building. Out of […]
The building envelope opens up extensively on the square side; the building entrance cannot be missed by visitors due to its clear and concise arrangement. The open ground floor area allows an informal, mixed use of bank and café functions, which are defined by a counter and café area respectively. From the counter, visitors are directed […]
The large complex of buildings nestled on level ground along the new Hausmannstätten bypass road covers three functions: tunnel control centre, central repair shop and road maintenance depot. In order to keep the intrusion to a minimum, the building was interpreted as part of the landscape. It follows the course of the road and the […]
To the north of Hausmannstätten, six buildings with surrounding balconies are arranged in steps on the hill sloping to the southeast, parallel to the line of greatest slope. Their positioning enables a transformation of the small-scale settlement structure of the surroundings as well as the perspectives and views of the neighbourhood and of the expansive […]
The form of the BIO-Impulszentrum translates the classic gable-roofed house into a contemporary, future-oriented type of this archetype of the house par excellence. In all regions of Styria, this form is accepted as a house and thus connects all farms of Organic Harvest Styria. Philosophically, the form with its special abstracted formation can be thought […]
Openness from inside and outside. The property is located in the Waidmannsdorf district directly on the impressive landscape of the Lendkanal. Along the waterway, starting at Loretto Castle, there is a row of public and representative buildings as well as larger private villas. Following the sequence and location parallel to the Lendkanal, a savings bank […]
Based on a continuous Campus concept on the same level, the complex space allocation plan is realised in interconnected modular buildings, which are spread over both parts of the planning area – left and right of the Stiftingbach river – and connected by bridges. Their proportions are based on the existing urban scale, the height […]
The planning comprises an extension to the existing municipal office, a one-storey annexe building positioned parallel to the L65 road. The focus was on a barrier-free access using a flat ramp and the topic of opening the municipality to the outdoors. The floor-to-ceiling glazing facing the street conveys the feeling of a “showcase”. Thus the […]
The free-standing Infineon office building continues the urban structure and the existing access concept on the company’s premises on Siemensstraße in Villach. It is positioned on the northeast corner of the site in a way to create a clear relationship to the town centre. The building consists of a concrete frame with reinforced core and […]
Through the connection between room and content on the one hand and materiality and design on the other hand, the attempt was made to come up to the singularity of the Kastner & Öhler department store in the centre of the old town of Graz. The connecting factors are the history of the building itself, […]
Neither the beginning of the suburb nor the access to the old town is the central theme of the university – in fact it is the densification of the urban area. The interior has a bridge-like, connecting structure. The shape of the building refers to the heterogeneous surroundings. Streets and directions are continued, switched and […]
The site is located in a Wilhelminian style block that is interrupted by open buildings. It is bordered to the north by two twelve-storey apartment blocks and to the south by the beginnings of perimeter block development. The design approach plays with the idea of connecting the two different structures. The “slice” consists of 10 […]