Photos by Roland Halbe
The existing Eisenstadt cultural centre that dates from 1981 is to undergo a general overhaul and an extension is to be added to it. The building contains halls for music and theatre performances, the State Gallery, seminar rooms and the administration units for the state’s own cultural facilities. The spatial layout of the building is based on the concept of different levels as a flowing continuity. A perforated envelope of expanded metal spans around the extension and the existing building, a concept that is intended to articulate the external unity, at the same time this metal mesh can also be experienced in the interior and thus follows the mutual relationship between inside and outside. While this design approach articulates the compactness of the building complex, on the other hand clear references are also made to the urban context. Both the extension as well as the adaptation works will be made in reinforced concrete or, in part, using two storey steel trusses. A system of louvers mounted over the large areas of glazing will provide protection from the sun. The impact made by the large events hall relates to the overall appearance of the building, in this way producing a corporate identity.
Project Team: Pichler & Traupmann Architekten ZT GmbH:
Barbara Aull (Project leader)
Neda Afazel
Fábio Miguel Cunha
Christoph Degendorfer
Mario Gasser
Relana Hense
Samuel Kegele
Rasa Navasaityte
Sandy Panek
Isabella Penthor
Jürgen Schneeberger
Andreas Schuchnigg
Milan Suchánek
Wolfgang Windt
Thomas Wolf
Structural Design: DI Harald WEISS
Building Services: DIE HAUSTECHNIKER Technisches Büro GmbH
Lighting Design: Vedder Lichtmanagement, Munich
Cost Calculations: DI Markus WEINER
Building Physics: DI Walter Prause, Wien
Structural Fire Protection: Norbert Rabl Ziviltechniker GmbH, Graz
Surveying: DI Helmut Jobst und DI Markus Jobst Ges.b.R., Eisenstadt
Geotechnics: 3P Geotechnik ZT GmbH, Vienna
Water Engineering: IBW Ingenieurbüro Walcher GmbH, Eisenstadt
Traffic Engineering: Ingenieurbüro DI Christian Grubits, Eisenstadt
Façade Technology: MDE Metal Design Engineering GmbH, Vöcklabruck
Gastronomy: Küchensystem Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Vienna
Bidding: Architekt Mag. Johann Schandl ZT-GesmbH, Eisenstadt
Site Supervision: Woschitz Engineering ZT GmbH, Eisenstadt
Vasko + Partner Ingenieure, Vienna
General Contractor: ALPINE Bau GmbH, Zweigniederlassung Burgenland