Of brewing and building, from yesterday into tomorrow—the history of the so-called Gösserhalle in Favoriten, Vienna’s 10th district, is a checkered one.
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Architecture: AllesWirdGut
Project stages: 1–5
Client: Gösserhalle GmbH
Competition: December 2020 – 1st prize
Completion: October 2023
GFA: 5,170 m²
Team: Alexis Brune, Aline Schmidt, Arwen Weber, Florian Gottler, Johannes Windbichler, Karolina Pettikova, Matteo Martino, Teresa Aćimović, Till Martin
Landscaping: ARGE SimZim Grimm
Electrical planning: Kubik Project Ges.m.b.H.
Building services planning: Ingenieurbüro Schulterer
Structural planning: KS Ingenieure ZT GmbH
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Ever since its construction the industrial building, originally built as a workshop premises by the ÖBB before 1900, then converted into a beer warehouse for the famous Gösser company in the middle of the last century and most recently repurposed as an event venue, has, with its distinctive façade with clinker-clad wide arches, defined the character of its urban quarter. This identity-forming brickwork structure was now taken into the future. Utilizing the existing structure in a very mindful way, the project strikes a balance between urban design stipulations and the needs of future use—and embarks on a radical intervention in the process: While the exterior walls of the old Gösserhalle were preserved, the existing
roof was pulled down to create optimal conditions for a new three-storey building that accommodates office spaces and a restaurant and is enclosed by the historical walling. The differential between the former building depth and the new skin creates a surprising, luxurious tension-loaded three-meter interval, which, through the correlations it facilitates, seeks to evoke magical moments like just right before a kiss. That in-between space is a gift and has been developed with regard to design, ecological, economic and pragmatic aspects. The concept relies on prefabricated modular elements and a mix of materials consisting of wood, clinker and metal.
Herwig Spiegl, Founding Partner
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Fig. 1: 19m, Fig. 2: 16m, Fig. 3: 3m >GIFT<
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Site plan
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Floor plan
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Elevation
Photos: tschinkersten fotografie, Illustrations: AllesWirdGut, Collage: socks-studio.com/ Michael Kirkham (CC BY-SA 3.0) | amended by AllesWirdGut
magdas Hotel
I like that!
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Mühltalhof 6.0
Fired Up
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AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH
Untere Donaustraße 13–15
1020 Vienna, Austria
AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH
Jahnstraße 18
80469 Munich, Germany
AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH
Jahnstraße 18
80469 Munich, Germany
Associated Partners: DI Andreas Marth / DI Christian Waldner (CEO) / DI Friedrich Passler (CEO) / DI Herwig Spiegl
Member of the statutory professional association of architects and consulting engineers, Vienna,
Lower Austria and Burgenland: ZL 91.519/79-I/3/02
Member of the Bavarian chamber of architects
Commercial Court Vienna / Reg.No.: 228065s / Vat No.: ATU 55987702
Erste Bank Vienna / IBAN: AT67 2011 1280 2411 2400 / BIC: GIBAATWWXXX
Public Relations: pr@awg.at / Accounting: buchhaltung@awg.at / Human Resources: hr@awg.at / Applications: job@awg.at
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