The Rudolf Steiner School in the Maurer Schlössl, founded in 1964, is Austria's oldest Waldorf school.
The new building blends harmoniously with the existing historical building - we have avoided any sharp breaks between old and new. The auditorium, the dining hall with garden orientation, the sunlit, sunken gymnasium, the after-school care centre, the kindergarten and the roof terrace form the main elements of the clearly structured room programme.
The character of the existing building on the street side, which is a listed building, will be retained and visually enhanced.
We have moved the entrance to the school from the courtyard to the west side. The foyer, kindergarten, dining hall and school kitchen are located on the ground floor of the old building, with special classrooms and teachers' rooms above and a eurythmy room on the first floor. The new building houses four classrooms with small group rooms and their own cloakrooms on the first floor, with further classes above with a roof terrace for open-air lessons.
The flexible room concept creates a creative learning environment with a maximum of variable functions and applications: Learning, play, social or workshop zones can be freely designed and adapted to the respective needs.
The high level of transparency of the new building not only incorporates the outside space into everyday school life, but also promotes communication within the building.
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