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Fri-el hAngAr AT The AirporT, bolzAno Theiner’s gArTen bio viTAlhoTel, gArgAzon
» Architecture: Lukas Burgauner, Bolzano
» Client: Fri-El Green Power AG
» Construction Period: 2009 – 2010
höller kg, lAives
» Architecture: Architekten Wimmer-Armellini – Peter Wimmer,
Ute Wimmer-Armellini, Bregenz (Competition)
» Client: Firma Höller KG
» Construction Period: 2007-2012
The hangar is the basis of a jet service company. Three to four business jets are accommodated
in a structure covering 1,600 sq. meters. In addition to the hangar there
is a three-floor administration building. It holds service rooms, offices, a multi-function
room, and a pilot’s lounge. Accommodations for pilots and staff are planned. Completion
is scheduled for October 2010.
In 1975 the company moved to the new hall (1,250 m²) in Laives. In 985 the increase
in orders made it necessary to add on 750 m² and build a silo. After another extension
and construction of the second silo in 1991, the company reached its present size of
3,600 m². In 2007 an adjacent property was purchased to expand the production hall. An
architecture competition to build the new administration was held which was won by the
Wimmer-Armellini architects from Bregenz.
From the jury report:
“A building will be constructed that is characterized by impressive openness. A broad
empty expanse forms the middle whose lightness attracts visitors and welcomes them in
a friendly way. The central spatial sequence – an atrium combined with a two-story exhibition
hall – has great potential for demonstrating the competence of Höller KG “... consummate
space”. The concept responds masterfully to the absence of attractive outside and
inside space, a feature of peripheral commercial zones.
The structure of the building is spacious, clear, and makes orientation easy. The development
is not only compelling, but varied as well. It never conveys the impression of
constriction. This is not only a plus for customers, but contributes to a pleasant working
atmosphere as well. The integration of the existing building was also successful.
The principle of openness is apparent everywhere. The wide projecting roof creates a
transition between inside and outside, which is a somewhat unexpected enhancement
in this commercial district marked by hermetic façades. This inviting gesture reflects the
company’s open spirit. The showroom is lighted from behind through the atrium, making
the high windows seem transparent in real life as well and there is an optimal view through
to the atrium. Well planned views also enhance the impression of openness and establish
a feeling of space that is created, for example, from the specific view into the workshop
and a strategically positioned opening to the north along the structure that borders the
back of the atrium.”
» Architecture: baukraft Architektur, Dominik Rieder and Georg
Rubner, Brixen
» Client: Walter Theiner
» Construction Period: 2008 – 2009
» Volume: ca. 22.000 m³
DisTricT vocATionAl school, bolzAn0
» Architecture: Höller & Klotzner Architekten, Merano
» Client: Autonomous Province of Bolzano, South Tyrol
» Competition: 2001
» Construction Period: 2001 – 2007
» Built-over area: 7.200 m²
» Volume: 137.000 m³
The Bio Vitalhotel “Theiner‘s Garten” is the first hotel in Europe that has completed the
entire certification process for sustainable hotels. The hotel consumes only 1 /15 of the
CO 2 of a conventional hotel of the same category.
Climate policy is implemented here, not just discussed. The corresponding proof of
quality was developed by the KlimaHaus agency of South Tyrol on the basis of many
years of experience in building certification. It is intended to be an easily understood
instrument for planning and assessing.
The concept is based on the conviction and attitudes of the owner and his family for
living an organic, ecologically sustainable life. The guest can enjoy healthy living and
the amenities of a 4 star luxury hotel as well. The hotel would like to do away with the
prejudice that healthy living must automatically be associated with doing without. The
hotel was built using ecological construction techniques, using wood without glue or
nails.
Town planning considerations determine the external appearance of the new school.
Three parallel blocks of various lengths and heights form the basis of the school complex.
Between the first and second block, there is an entrance hall with the gymnasium
located underneath and two access towers. Blocks two and three are connected by
steel bridges with glazed façades designed by the Viennese artist Heimo Zobernig.
A two-story open portico leads from the road to the main entrance into the four-story
entrance hall, flooded with light and with a view of the surrounding pathways, two open
stairwells, and two glassed-in elevators. A simple orientation system enables the 120
teachers and approx. 1,000 students to find their way easily in the seven-story school
building. The middle block has a roof terrace on the fourth floor and is used as a break
area.
The most important materials for the façades are fair face concrete, steel, and glass.
Gypsum board was used in the interior area, making it very comfortable with optimal
acoustics in the classrooms.
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