Grafenegg Pavilion

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‘A starship crash lands on an alien world called Eden…‘ (excerpt from a plot of ‘Eden’, a novel by Stanisław Lem).
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©Lukas Schaller

Basic data:

Architect: the next ENTERprise – e.j.fuchs | mth.harnoncourt
Landscaping: Land in Sicht, Thomas Proksch
Address: Grafenegg, Austria
Client: Grafenegg Kultur Betriebsges.m.b.H., St. Pölten, A
Competition: Feburary 2005
Completed in: June 2007
Team: Paul Vabitsch; Claudia Cavallar, Daniel Harrer, Waltraud Hoheneder, Marianna Milioni, Egon Niedertscheider, Hannes Oswald, Maja Ozvaldic
Structural engineering: Ingenieurteam GmbH Bergmeister, Josef Taferner, Jochen Ehmann
Acoustics: Müller-BBM GmbH, Prof. Karlheinz Müller
Lighting concept: Christian Ploderer, Ploderer & Partner, Wien, A

Excerpt from designer’s description:

The castle grounds of Grafenegg are almost 250 years old. Every period has left its traces, and this stylistic variety is one of the reasons for the park’s appeal. The area, with the castle and moat at its centre, has a size of approx. 31 ha. The park and its dendrological collection are open year round and are accessible from two main entrances on the West and East side. The open-air pavilion to be erected in the park is used as a stage during festival season in summer, and as an attraction for excursionists and flaneurs — similar to the gazebos in historical landscape gardens, which were designed as a destination or a stop-over on extended walks. Read More on thenextenterprise.at

Sources: MiesArch / Grafenegg.at / the next ENTERprise

©Lukas Schaller

©Lukas Schaller

©Lukas Schaller

©the next ENTERprise

©the next ENTERprise

©Philipp Horak

©Andreas Hofer

©Philipp Horak

©Philipp Horak

If you are in the mood for Rachmaninoff, please watch the following video of a concert at the site. There are some spectacular camera slides over the scene every now and then.

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