Polytechnic Intstitute, Salzburg
The school project, result of a competition, is a mix of the revitalisation of an existing structure and a new building unit. The outdoor spaces include a large square which opens towards the town and an inner courtyard. The design reacts to the multifunctional needs of the school site and was developed in close dialog […]
Mirrored Grove
Open space design between containers, office buildings and freight train tracks that serves to establish the identity of an internationally operating company: landscape as a prestige carrier in an industrial compound at the edge of the Vienna metropolitan area. The object consists of a diagonally cut ellipse; its two halves are offset from each other. […]
secondary school Gerichtsgasse
This school ground was formerly used as a brewery site. We made use of the existing old Linden trees for an open classroom, we cut the undergrowth for a vegetable garden and created a large pond for ecological experiments and a large playground for the school children. A pedagogical and a poetic site!
Heustadelgasse
Outdoor spaces for a new secondary school in the periphery of Vienna.
Austrian National bank
The new project for the print shop of the Austrian National Bank offers several patios and roof gardens. They are meant solely for use of the clerks and plant concepts were chosen for a elegant appearance and easy maintenance. The roofs are planted in rows of thyme and sage, the patios show dogwoods in squares […]
Erste Campus
As a component of the Vienna Main Station urban development area, the new headquarters for 4,500 employees of the ERSTE Bank is emerging. The design of the open spaces offers the staff and visitors of the ERSTE Campus generous outdoor grounds that also provide attractive public path and plaza areas. Two plazas connected to each […]
Outdoor spaces – KPMG
The Entrance Court (with a sculpture by Olafur Eliasson) of the KPMG building, the Museum Court (bamboo patio) and the Library Court (cherry garden) shape the thematically differently accented open spaces. Roof spaces on various levels that are greened and equipped with wooden decks offer the employees attractive outdoor spaces for breaks, as well as […]
Justice Center Korneuburg
An elongated urban plaza unfolds between the prison and court building. Overlaid with large in-situ concrete fields and natural stone strips, it forms a calm center which the individual structural components are accessed from and the parking lot is connected to. Raised tree pits with shadbushes in basalt gravel and seating accommodations constitute the economical […]
Joseph Pschorr Haus
In the pedestrian zone in the city center of Munich an attractive new location for retail shops—with exclusive residential uses on the top floors—arose on the square of a former department store. The inner courtyard unfolds as a terraced garden étagère. A front side was designed as a three-story greenhouse that is reflected in the […]
Alfred Wegener Institut
The basic concept assumes that the artificially created spatiality of the courtyards and roof areas will be filled like vials for experiments with biological materials: This is conceived as low-maintenance and for everyday use. The choice of plants is based on a biotope formulated by rainwater and retaining technology. Against this background, bog plants that […]