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Grätzl School Andritz

category
school, open competition
status
open competition
location
Graz, Austria
client
city of Graz

Creating identity.

 

 

The suburban space around the competition area features an inhomogeneous development structure. Rural elements such as the facilities of the local horse-riding club exist next to the industrial usage structures of Andritz AG. A patchwork carpet of single-family houses spreads out in between. It stands to reason that in some areas there will be more compact low-rise buildings in the future. What is the identity of this “Grätzl” (neighborhood) far away from the Andritz town square but in close proximity to the Andritz AG company group headquarters and with its potential for future densification? Our approach is already expressed in the word “Grätzl” itself. Identity must first be created. The new school must be an element of this identity. It can give impetus to a new anchoring of the already existing community of Andritz.

elevation north

elevation south

ground floor

Suburban scale as potential.

 

 

The fragmented nature of suburban development often contrasts with the scale of a school building. Open cluster structures require a larger area, which often prevents a subtle urban embedding among existing building stock. School buildings are increasingly becoming a uniform mash with relating to the place where they are located.

The “neighborhood school”

 

 

Our design approach is defined by the divergent surrounding buildings and the existing social networks in Andritz. A new school can provide an impetus for future building developments, and this school building in particular must thus do justice to the identity of the existing social networks. The result is the “neighborhood school”. The new school acts as an anchor, a center, an impulse for this perceived socio-spatial area that is the “Grätzl”.

second floor

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category
school, open competition
status
open competition
location
Graz, Austria
client
city of Graz

Creating identity.

 

 

The suburban space around the competition area features an inhomogeneous development structure. Rural elements such as the facilities of the local horse-riding club exist next to the industrial usage structures of Andritz AG. A patchwork carpet of single-family houses spreads out in between. It stands to reason that in some areas there will be more compact low-rise buildings in the future. What is the identity of this “Grätzl” (neighborhood) far away from the Andritz town square but in close proximity to the Andritz AG company group headquarters and with its potential for future densification? Our approach is already expressed in the word “Grätzl” itself. Identity must first be created. The new school must be an element of this identity. It can give impetus to a new anchoring of the already existing community of Andritz.

elevation north

elevation south

Suburban scale as potential.

 

 

The fragmented nature of suburban development often contrasts with the scale of a school building. Open cluster structures require a larger area, which often prevents a subtle urban embedding among existing building stock. School buildings are increasingly becoming a uniform mash with relating to the place where they are located.

ground floor

The “neighborhood school”.

 

 

Our design approach is defined by the divergent surrounding buildings and the existing social networks in Andritz. A new school can provide an impetus for future building developments, and this school building in particular must thus do justice to the identity of the existing social networks. The result is the “neighborhood school”. The new school acts as an anchor, a center, an impulse for this perceived socio-spatial area that is the “Grätzl”.

second floor