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Prizewinners – The Best House 2011 PRIZEWINNERS // THE BEST HOUSE 2011 BURGENLAND Prizewinner, conversion of a Dreikanthof Building: free-standing Special aspect: unfolded glass canopy roof Footprint (area of site built over): 150 m2 Living space: 153 m2 Architect/planner: cooperation Arch DI Dr Michael Homann & Studio WG3 Photos: Karin Lernbeiß “A typical Dreikanthof was revitalised and given a new function. The playful interpretation of the old forms illustrates the young architects’ self-confidence, but demonstrates even more their sensitivity towards the place. Carefully embedded in the setting, old and new are grouped as if they had grown together naturally around a courtyard of the highest quality. The raw exterior of the building is consistently continued in the interior, where it engages in an exciting dialogue with high quality details – all in all an exemplary experience.” Erich Kugler, juror Architektur RaumBurgenland CARINTHIA Prizewinner, SUS House Building: free-standing Special aspect: strip of glazing in roof to deal with shadow problem Footprint (area of site built over): 351 m2 Living space: 180 m2 Architect/planner: Ogris + Wanek Architekten Photos: Mario Huber “A good example of form following function: initially inexplicable bulges explain themselves as you move around the house: light has to enter here, space must expand there. An unconstrained play of volumes against volumes, creates a strikingly individual figure in the neighbourhood setting. The building is integrated in the site by means of routes, sheds and water basins, the latter somewhat harshly placed on the lawn. Strikingly well-proportioned living areas are made with well-chosen materials. A harmonious overall appearance with appropriate detailing and a balanced dialectic between the architecture and its surroundings.” Roland Winkler, juror Kärntens Haus der Architektur LOWER AUSTRIA Prizewinner, Villa Martinstraße Building: part of continous development in the old town area Special aspect: villa type with atriums Footprint (area of site built over): 298 m2 Living space: 302 m2 Architect/planner: Hertl.Architekten ZT GmbH Photos: Kurt Hörbst “Abstract and at the same time respectful, this villa fits into the tight mesh of the old town core. Towards the street a window and an ‘entrance slit’ indicate the life behind. The form of the terrain and the depth of the site are handled with considerable skill. You enter the house on a half-level – and go down to the service rooms and up to the living rooms, which are interwoven with various large courtyards in a chequerboard pattern and open onto a garden. The result is a flowing, light-flooded system of spaces with exciting relationships to indoors and outdoors.” Martina Barth Sedelmayer, juror Architekturnetzwerk Niederösterreich UPPER AUSTRIA Prizewinner, S House Building type: continuous development pattern Special aspect: “continous living space” from the garden to the old town Footprint (area of site built over): 157 m2 Living space: 211 m2 Architect/planner: Kienesberger Schröckenfuchs Architektur Photos: Andrew Phelps “A house at the edge of the old town of Steyr with an eventful history, dilapidated, partly ruinous, and under a preservation order. Working with these givens the architect Michael Schröckenfuchs succeeded in creating a convincing example of the careful renovation and extension of a house dating from the 16th century, which offers a high level of domestic quality. With his relaxed handling of the existing fabric and the self-assured addition of the new the architect succeeded in achieving a balance between preserving a historic building and creating contemporary architecture.” Peter Schneider, juror Architekturforum Oberösterreich SALZBURG Prizewinner, Kobe House Building: free-standing Special feature: rough-sawn larch facade stained in several layers Footprint (area of site built over): 169 m2 Living space: 209 m2 Architect/planner: LP Architektur ZT GmbH Photos: Volker Wortmeyer “Clearly, a couple needs two houses, one to live in and one to work and to store things in. But these two are small and good, just like the excellent and down-to-earth “Kobe cattle”. Externally the larch boards are stained with black tea, while inside the spruce smells of orange oil and beeswax. “Experimenting while building” was the aim – one seldom encountered. The outcome is a radical and inspiring concept with a concrete kitchen block, visible service runs, 4 cm ceiling planks and a bathtub furniture of galvanised metal … simply poetic!” Udo Heinrich, juror Initiative Architektur Salzburg STYRIA Prizewinner, F House Building: free-standing, on the edge of the town Special aspect: house of visibilities Footprint (area of site built over): 166 m2 Living space: 116 m2 Architect/planner: DI Gerhard Mitterberger Photos: Zita Oberwalder “The materials – outside larch, laminated spruce as the load-bearing structure, exposed concrete, black-painted steel and the elegant, mysterious, dark, fine-grained Japanese cherry wood – enter into an exciting relationship with the natural space outside. During the winter months glass provides the climatic envelope. In summer large areas of the facade can be slid open, transforming the house into a kind of bower, in which one can enjoy the unbelievable panorama of the landscape.” Dietger Wissounig, juror Haus der Architektur Graz TYROL Prizewinner, SF1 House Building: free-standing Special aspect: steep slope, living areas become “social spaces” Footprint (area of site built over): 193.96 m2 Living space: 166.94 m2 Architect/planner: Fügenschuh Hrdlovics Architekten Photos: David Schreyer / Günter Richard Wett “The housing development from the inter-war period stands out in the landscape on account of its mature trees. Through its location the house in the 35 degree slope is scarcely noticeable. The houses vanish and can be seen only from the distance. The secret of this unusual house is revealed only when you enter the foyer that opens up an elevated view of a small valley parallel to the Inn Valley. The living room level is a broad niche placed in the landscape. The swimming pool in front is above the level of the terrain, which leads to an unexpected expansiveness. The materials are self-evident, the concrete of the walls that touch the ground was left visible, the glass facades and windows on the valley side are framed in black stained and oiled spruce. All in all a space has been created that in this exposed location emanates a remarkable calm and naturalness. Further spaces were added along the length of the building and convey a hovering impression. The bathroom and bedroom area emerges from the landscape and appears to float.” Daniel Fügenschuh, juror aut. architektur und tirol VORARLBERG Prizewinner, Strauss House Building: free-standing Special aspect: internal courtyard in which a tree grows upwards through the open roof Footprint (area of site built over): 205 m2 Living space: 170 m2 Architect/planner: DI Bernardo Bader Photos: Adolf Bereuter “The Strauss House represents an idealised response to the commission for a single-family house in the landscape of a housing development. Positioned precisely on the edge of the developed area of Ried this courtyard house defines a built ensemble of living space and garden. Exciting indoor and outdoor spaces create intimate and also public areas. With its subtle spatial composition and unpretentious architecture, the house suggests a sense of built protection while also creating open outdoor spaces that need neither a garden fence nor a hedge to protect their privacy. The freely accessible site and the clearly defined building are wedded to create a special place in the Rheintal.” Geli Salzmann, juror Vorarlberger Architektur Institut VIENNA Prizewinner, Mexico House Building: free-standing Special aspect: optimised low-budget solution Footprint (area of site built over): 62 m2 Living space: 92 m2 Architect/ planner: pichler.architekt[en] Photos: pichler.architekt[en] “The client discovered her dream of freedom surfing on the Alte Donau. She has now fulfilled this twice by clothing not just herself but also the house in a wetsuit. Two narrow, elongated sites in an idyllic allotment garden development on the Alte Donau provide the setting for this highly individual and also long and narrow building which, both through its cladding of rubber film as well as the fence of rusted steel panels, stands out in the neighbourhood providing a topic of discussion for many passers-by. If one is talking of the ‘best house’ it is impossible to ignore this project that is exceptional in many aspects. Glazed side walls that can opened completely allow house and garden to blend in a unique way. Ecologically perfectly thought-out, optimised in terms of building technology with bespoke detailing and innovative use of environmentally friendly recyclable materials, this house offers the maximum possible domestic quality within a low building budget.” Marion Kuzmany, juror Architekturzentrum Wien NOMINATIONS // THE BEST HOUSE 2011 BURGENLAND: MX3 House, Gols / ad2 architekten S/P House, Mattersburg / p!² architektur CARINTHIA: H House, Seeboden / Wildrich Hien Architekten Embedded House, Villach / Holodeck Architects ZT GmbH House on a slope, Klagenfurt / DI Reinhold Wetschko LOWER AUSTRIA: Streckhof reloaded, Zellerndorf / franz zt GmbH FLAG extension, Fahndorf / propeller z UPPER AUSTRIA: 32x6 House, Grieskirchen / Wolf Architektur Bathing house S. am Attersee / Luger & Maul ZT-Ges. OG Weishäupl House, Wartberg a.d. Krems / Hertl.Architekten ZT GmbH SALZBURG: Energy-independent living, Salzburg / Lechner Architekten Kramer House, Radstadt / LP architektur ZT GmbH STYRIA: InSideOut House, Pischelsdorf / Arquitectos ZT House Weinberg 12, Fehring / DI Eckehart Loidolt TYROL: Mupf House, Schwaz / DI Thomas Groser, DI Nina Hambrusch p-d House, Mieming / DI Anton Höss House for two friends, Aldrans / Arge M. Mair, H. Flotzinger, C. Bortolotti VORARLBERG: Frühlingsstraße building consortium, Wolfurt / Christoph Kalb Germann House, Feldkirch / marte.marte architekten Raumschicht Sütten, Hittisau / DI Bernardo Bader, Prof. Roland Gnaiger VIENNA: Elise House, Vienna 23 / synn architekten SZ House, Vienna 17 / OP Architekten ZT GmbH |
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