Graz
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Project • By Viereck Architekten • Offices
Box 09
The new headquarter of Viereck Architects Ltd. was recently realized using the [Box:09]. On a footprint of only 400m² the project demonstrates the opportunity to build on a site that would otherwise not be feasible.As the building is elevated, the ground area can be used for parking. The project utilizes the worlds first three-dimensional copper facade system as well as the maximum possible glass panel size. These design features offer the appearance of innovative architecture. The use of an open plan office provides an ideal working atmosphere in an urban structure.As distinguished from other module systems the single modular cells, which are about 20 square meters, are going to be built with floor, ceiling, all supplying lines in the hall... More
Project • By INNOCAD architecture • Exhibitions
History Museum Graz - Schaudepot
The client, a public institution in the Austrian region, Styria, needed a fresh concept for the History Museum’s permanent exhibitions and its entrance, housed within a significant historic building at Graz’s city center. The task was to present an enormous number of objects acquired since the Middle Ages and multimedia archives of the 20th century in an historic space that required careful treatment.
The adaptation of the museum entrance required a solution that subtly enhance the entrance attraction of a previously very hidden and dark atrium. A custom iron “carpet” was laid over historic stone flooring with an aim to direct and offer a platform for exploration. The lighting installation above is created by Austri... More