The well-reduced building was built to the highest quality standards. The large hall is spanned by prefabricated ceiling elements, and all ancillary rooms were accommodated in a room-containing wall that slides into the space. The building‘s elevation on one side with integrated skylight allows light to enter gently. Four-metre-high, inviting glass doors are used for cross-ventilation in summer and allow large trucks to enter. Curtains serve not only to protect against light, but also to insulate against sound. The double-skin wall, which does not require any technical equipment at all, is not only a structural framework: thanks to the balancing effect of its large storage mass, it allows the building to remain completely unheated. The architects also planned the rain gutter, which rarely forms space, in such a way that it characterises the building both inside and out. Drainage does not take place laterally via the façade, as is usually the case, but runs via a gutter located between the skylight structure and the flat roof. The volume of the building is divided to the south by a discreet notch, to the north by a gargoyle, and to the inside by an oversized beam that forms a prelude to the light well. These are all discreet interventions with striking effects. They all make the building rich in moments.
Text: Fabian Rainer , VAI
Text: Fabian Rainer , VAI
