Roman Quarry Redesign

Design: AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH
Project: Redesign of the Roman Quarry disposed Opera Festivals
Location: St. Margarethen /Austria
Client: Fürst Esterházy Familienprivatstiftung
Competition: 2005
Start of construction: 12/2006
Completion: 05/2008
Gross floor area: 5.580m²
Outdoor spaces: 4.430m²
All photographs: Hertha Hurnaus

Concept

It is difficult to realize that this impressive scenery which is characterised by precise schnittkanten, exactly worked surfaces and well-advised subtraction of the ground is only a byproduct of mining resources a long time ago.

Further more it seems that the two Japanese guys from the Sculpture Symposium, who have created the “Japanese Channel” by hurting the compact rock in an nearly impossibly precise way, might have transformed the meadow from Burgenland, which is called the “Austrian Grand Canyon” in the same way.

That’s why it seems logical to take the “Japanese Channel” and its principals as a method and role model for a redesign , which is more likely seen as a continuation of this sculptor art work.

-Precisement: clear and simple language of shapes
-Reduction: reflexion to the essential
-Subtraction: adding via taking out

This entry was written by admin, posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:29 pm, filed under Parks, Post-Industrial and tagged Austria. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

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.

This entry was written by admin, posted on August 3, 2009 at 10:34 pm, filed under Parks and tagged Austria, Grafenegg, Pavilion, Public space. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Park Monte Laa

Landscape Architecture:
Design Concept: Marta Schwarz Inc. /USA
Final Design and construction planning: 3:0 Landschaftsarchitektur
Location: Wien / Austria
Area:  12.200 m2
Construction Period: 2003-2006
Cost: 2,1 mio €
Client: Porr solutions GmbH

Park Monte Laa is nearly everything a modern community could expect from a residential park. It consists of playgrounds for children, various benches, water features, multifunctional platforms and skate park with an area for teenagers. Park is  extremely longitudinal and different elevations divide the park on smaller, more closed areas. For more pictures visit project’s page.

©3:0 Landschaftsarchitektur

©3:0 Landschaftsarchitektur

©3:0 Landschaftsarchitektur

This entry was written by admin, posted on July 24, 2009 at 3:29 am, filed under Parks, Playscapes and tagged Austria, Wien. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

The Drain Pipes Hotel

Das Park Hotel was designed by Austrian architect and designer Andreas Strauss ,  and it is located in Linz / Austria. From inside, ‘rooms’ have been humanized by Austrian artist Thomas Latzel Ochoa, who painted illustrations on walls. Hotel is open from May till October. Hotel website / Photos: Dietmar Tollerian

This entry was written by admin, posted on July 13, 2009 at 9:45 pm, filed under Outdoor furniture, Parks, Post-Industrial and tagged Austria, Linz. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

House Place Jordan / Austria

Landscape Architecture: Heri und Salli

Location: Klagenfurt / Austria

All image credits: © Paul Ott / Graz / Site plan and sketches by Heri und Salli via Archdaily.

This entry was written by admin, posted on July 12, 2009 at 2:39 pm, filed under Gardens and tagged Austria, Klagenfurt, swimming pool. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.