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Graz, Austria
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Ronald McDonald Charity house
Graz, Austria
This house' purpose is to accommodate families of sick children who are hospitalized in the LKH Graz. The Ronald Mc Donald Charity house therefore serves no lasting but temporary residential purpose, comparable to an apartment hotel with correspondingly lower guest turnover.
Located within the Lech forest, the above ground floating tree house comprises four storeys, which are accessible via a continuous, closed staircase as well as elevators. Of course, the building meets required universal guidelines and there are also 2 apartments fully equipped for disabled people.
Inspiration for the architectural design was the site within the forest, the idea of a tree house was born. Initial concepts of a large live tree inside the atrium couldn't be executed due to hygienic requirements, however, the idea was pursued. Symbolism and interior design are matched accordingly with reference to nature.
Symmetrical, wide light axes through the building ensure bright corridors and lounges. The central element is the interlaced, continuous atrium, which creates communicative- and visual connections between the storeys.
Areas for retreat are located on each floor, in the common areas and of course in the rooms as well as its spacious loggias.
Administration is kept simple and only involves rooms on 1st floor like meeting rooms, office, waiting area as well as archive and storage.
In order to strengthen communal activities, common areas like cooking, eating, playing and living are provided on 1st floor and on the other upper floors TV, gaming areas and a library can be found in the niches of the atrium and the open common areas.
Of course, this building was constructed in terms of sustainability:
Only the ground floor is executed in concrete due to the static requirements and the difficult soil conditions. All upper floors are built in laminated solid wood panels. The advantage of wood constructions is its fast construction time which allowed the super structure to arise just within 14 days.
The architectural concept envisages to build with ecological materials - which resulted in achieving a super low-energy mark.
Starting with the use of laminated solid wood panels, the eco concept continues inside the building - textiles, haptic materials, natural colours, walls- and ceiling paints in structured clay and wood- aluminium windows in the living areas create an unobtrusive ambience.
Another important part to us was that the design and carefully selected materials can contribute well to the healing process and give the residents a cosy spatial feeling.
In order to achieve a pleasant acoustic atmosphere, special noise absorbing panels and materials were selected to transmit positive emotions to the residents through architecture and design.
© copyright photos: Andreas Tischler
Located within the Lech forest, the above ground floating tree house comprises four storeys, which are accessible via a continuous, closed staircase as well as elevators. Of course, the building meets required universal guidelines and there are also 2 apartments fully equipped for disabled people.
Inspiration for the architectural design was the site within the forest, the idea of a tree house was born. Initial concepts of a large live tree inside the atrium couldn't be executed due to hygienic requirements, however, the idea was pursued. Symbolism and interior design are matched accordingly with reference to nature.
Symmetrical, wide light axes through the building ensure bright corridors and lounges. The central element is the interlaced, continuous atrium, which creates communicative- and visual connections between the storeys.
Areas for retreat are located on each floor, in the common areas and of course in the rooms as well as its spacious loggias.
Administration is kept simple and only involves rooms on 1st floor like meeting rooms, office, waiting area as well as archive and storage.
In order to strengthen communal activities, common areas like cooking, eating, playing and living are provided on 1st floor and on the other upper floors TV, gaming areas and a library can be found in the niches of the atrium and the open common areas.
Of course, this building was constructed in terms of sustainability:
Only the ground floor is executed in concrete due to the static requirements and the difficult soil conditions. All upper floors are built in laminated solid wood panels. The advantage of wood constructions is its fast construction time which allowed the super structure to arise just within 14 days.
The architectural concept envisages to build with ecological materials - which resulted in achieving a super low-energy mark.
Starting with the use of laminated solid wood panels, the eco concept continues inside the building - textiles, haptic materials, natural colours, walls- and ceiling paints in structured clay and wood- aluminium windows in the living areas create an unobtrusive ambience.
Another important part to us was that the design and carefully selected materials can contribute well to the healing process and give the residents a cosy spatial feeling.
In order to achieve a pleasant acoustic atmosphere, special noise absorbing panels and materials were selected to transmit positive emotions to the residents through architecture and design.
© copyright photos: Andreas Tischler
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