The most recently completed Ice-Sports-Center in
Vienna appears as a state-of-the-art Ice-Arena with three skating rinks. It
provides seats for 7000 spectators in the big arena, and up to 3000 in the
smaller one. The strong architectural image of the new stadium complex gives no
hint, that it is an extension and refurbishment of the outdated “Albert Schultz”
ice rink a building from the early nineties that did not provide capability to
accommodate up to date ice hockey.The first impression is inviting and transparent. The
huge structure of the three roofs seems to easily span the three ice rinks. It
creates a generous space for a “promenade architecturale” that permits a
sequence of insights and perspectives into the stadiums and onto the fields
where the action is taking place. The
handling of light, transparency, materiality and construction forms a
continuous architectural guideline, within which different areas with
individual atmospheres have been developed.
Every stadium, as well as the restaurant, the “public area”, the “golden
club” and the “sky lounge” forms a clear statement and has its appropriate
position in the ensemble.The site of the Ice-Sports-Center, with its new
dimension, fits into the future urban development of the area. The architecture
permits a continuous free view from the outside into the stadiums as well as
from the inside of the stadiums into the public areas. Thereby it generates an
interlacing of the surrounding urban space with the action taking place inside.
The relation between inside and outside is increased by the public paths that
lead through the compound. The forecourts and loggias offer attractive public
spaces at the entrance to the future “cherry-blossom-park”. The new ice-sports-center
is not planned as introverted event machinery but as an active and open factor
in its urban context.Facts:Architects:
Berger + Parkkinen Architekten ZT GmbH, Vienna
General Consultants: Vasko + Partner Ingenieure ZT GmbH, ViennaLandscape Architects: AgenceTER, ParisClient: Eissport Errichtungs- Betriebs- und Management GmbHIce Hockey arena with 7.000 PAX and 2 Training-ice-rinks with up to 3.000 PAXUnderground parking for 255 cars as an 8-alley bowling centerTotal surface 40.300 m2, over ground 31.800 m2, underground 8.500 m2