apartment building on Maximilianstraße

construction system SMAQ, unit ARTEC Architekten

St. Pölten / Lower Austria

2017

A hall for living with ceiling heights of 2.80 meters is inserted in a prefabricated primary structure of horizontal floor decks – reinforced concrete columns, and a filigree ceiling system. The circulation system is conceived of as part of a vertical urban landscape that leaves ample room in front of the compact apartments’ doors and thanks to the balcony zones, creates space in front of the facades, as well. The fire-resistant concrete floor decks make possible a ventilated facade in wood-rail construction. In this way the floor plans that were optimized economically, yet are still versatile spatially and functionally.

client:
BWSG

overall project and general planning:
SMAQ GmbH (ARTEC Architekten, wup wimmerundpartner ZT GmbH, raum & kommunikation GmbH)

team ARTEC Architekten:
Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl
project management: Johannes Giselbrecht
Gül Cakar, Stephan Lechner, Lisa Mayr, Gerda Polig, Josef Schröck, Jun Wook Song
Melanie Aichinger, Héctor Farré Cortada, Giulia Drago, Philip Feldbacher, Tobias Indermühle, Alexandar Marinov, Isabell Messner, Antonia Reichart, Carlotta Ridolfi

awards:
Berlin Award 2016 - Heimat in der Fremde
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2019, nomination

photography:
Lukas Schaller
ARTEC Architekten

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landscape planning: Land in Sicht, Vienna
structural engineering: Bollinger Grohmann Schneider ZT GmbH, Vienna
building services: dp – Gebäudetechnik GmbH, Vienna
building physics: Ingenieurbüro Wilhelm Hofbauer, Vienna
fire protection: Alexander Kunz, Maria Enzersdorf

start of planning: 2013
start of construction: 2015
completion: 2017

plot area: 10.611 m²
built-up area: 2.262 m²
gross floor area: 10.090 m²
effective floor area: 8.106 m²
enclosed space: 28.087 m³

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