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Tamsweg, Austria
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Mountain Residence Tower
Tamsweg, Austria
Project Featured on Sep 10, 2013
Built on the highest point of the Katschberg Alpline Pass, 1600 meters high, the two monolithic apartment-towers edel:weiss demonstrate an almost symbolic portal between the two provinces Salzburg and Kärnten and have been appointed to act as the new town’s landmark for today.
Balancing a respect for Nature and Tradition, as well as the interests of the tourism industry means balancing the essential requirements. Building in the Alps requires a constant search for stabilisation, a constant search for new solutions to build ecologically justifiable buildings.
For Katschberg, a traditional Austrian ski resort between Salzburg and Carinthia, Matteo Thun consciously created two vertical buildings - in order to avoid the ongoing urban sprawl of this traditional winter sports area. By preserving the surrounding green soil and by reducing the floor space to the minimum size a solution was found that is in line with the ambient environment.
This architectural concept avoided the complex facilities of infrastructures for electricity and water supplies, and no supplementary roads were needed to connect the two apartment towers to the nearby Hotel Cristallo, providing all necessary services to the residences.
By following the motto ‘kilometre 0’, wood, the main building material, once again stands up to the test. The two cylindrical structures are wrapped by a round bodied diamond rhombus structure made from local larch wood that symbolizes the direct association to the environment, fusing the inside and the exterior.
The two circular residential towers with different heights balance the given ground and measuring 20 meters in diameter, house 64 apartments varying from 45 to 180 square meters. Identical layouts with different scales allow all apartments spectacular panoramic views to the natural and unaltered landscape. By using mainly natural materials, the interiors of the different residences are designed with generous layouts; lines and forms are clear and light. Two different styles of décor provide the choose of a basic configuration: a modern, urban flavour or a more classic, traditional alpine option. The entire complex is heated by the nearby power station, delivering biomass energy.
PROJECT NAME* Panorama Residence
CLIENT* Michaeler & Partner
CLIENT CONTACT* Otmar Michaeler
LOCATION Katschberg
COUNTRY Austria
INTERVENTION TYPE*
Architecture, interior design, light design, landscaping.
PROJECT MANAGER* (MTP) architecture: Bruno Franchi, interior design: Michael Catoir
TEAM* (MTP)
architects: Oliver Hofmeister, Jens Seemueller
interior designers: Sabrina Pinkes, Maren Weitz
light design: Simone Fumagalli
ARCHITECT Matteo Thun & Partners
OWNER Michaeler & Partner www.michaeler-partner.com
INVESTOR Michaeler & Partner
OPERATOR Michaeler & Partner
START DATE YEAR* 2005
START DATE MONTH
END DATE YEAR 2009
TOTAL BUILDING AREA 4 000 m2
DETAILED BUILDING AREA residential units 6 700 m2, housed by two towers, 1 of 10 floors, the other 14.
BUILDING USE
Residence of 66 units.
Balancing a respect for Nature and Tradition, as well as the interests of the tourism industry means balancing the essential requirements. Building in the Alps requires a constant search for stabilisation, a constant search for new solutions to build ecologically justifiable buildings.
For Katschberg, a traditional Austrian ski resort between Salzburg and Carinthia, Matteo Thun consciously created two vertical buildings - in order to avoid the ongoing urban sprawl of this traditional winter sports area. By preserving the surrounding green soil and by reducing the floor space to the minimum size a solution was found that is in line with the ambient environment.
This architectural concept avoided the complex facilities of infrastructures for electricity and water supplies, and no supplementary roads were needed to connect the two apartment towers to the nearby Hotel Cristallo, providing all necessary services to the residences.
By following the motto ‘kilometre 0’, wood, the main building material, once again stands up to the test. The two cylindrical structures are wrapped by a round bodied diamond rhombus structure made from local larch wood that symbolizes the direct association to the environment, fusing the inside and the exterior.
The two circular residential towers with different heights balance the given ground and measuring 20 meters in diameter, house 64 apartments varying from 45 to 180 square meters. Identical layouts with different scales allow all apartments spectacular panoramic views to the natural and unaltered landscape. By using mainly natural materials, the interiors of the different residences are designed with generous layouts; lines and forms are clear and light. Two different styles of décor provide the choose of a basic configuration: a modern, urban flavour or a more classic, traditional alpine option. The entire complex is heated by the nearby power station, delivering biomass energy.
PROJECT NAME* Panorama Residence
CLIENT* Michaeler & Partner
CLIENT CONTACT* Otmar Michaeler
LOCATION Katschberg
COUNTRY Austria
INTERVENTION TYPE*
Architecture, interior design, light design, landscaping.
PROJECT MANAGER* (MTP) architecture: Bruno Franchi, interior design: Michael Catoir
TEAM* (MTP)
architects: Oliver Hofmeister, Jens Seemueller
interior designers: Sabrina Pinkes, Maren Weitz
light design: Simone Fumagalli
ARCHITECT Matteo Thun & Partners
OWNER Michaeler & Partner www.michaeler-partner.com
INVESTOR Michaeler & Partner
OPERATOR Michaeler & Partner
START DATE YEAR* 2005
START DATE MONTH
END DATE YEAR 2009
TOTAL BUILDING AREA 4 000 m2
DETAILED BUILDING AREA residential units 6 700 m2, housed by two towers, 1 of 10 floors, the other 14.
BUILDING USE
Residence of 66 units.
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