Der Stadtelefant

A new Gründerzeit - there is more building going on in Vienna than there has been in a long time. From the synergies of three architectural firms acting together as a construction group, a solid eight-story house is created in which to work and live.

One adopts the central themes of the Gründerzeit house from 1900, recognizes those qualities that were left behind in the inner city to become at home in the built reality of the present: high, open-use, spacious rooms and a load-bearing construction. Wall construction: sandwich system from industrial construction with refinished concrete surfaces, soberly joined together with wide, dark silicone joints - like the skin of an elephant. Precise planning against cost pressure, determined choice of materials, clever fundamental decisions, building services with a sense of domesticity (ability to ventilate, radiant heat), the acceptance of a loss of floor space in favor of good room heights, (Jury text Bauherrenpreis 2019 in shortened form).