For the construction of the Future Art Lab on the campus of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, the configuration of the building respects the surrounding context, scale as well as the designated function.

Stacked volumes, slightly offset to each other and partly singed, create the topography of the design.

A deep architrave with a courtyard located directly in front as well as two volumes floating above make the three different institutions residing in the building clearly recognisable. The key instrument department is situated on the 1st floor, the volume slightly shifted towards the other departments. The areas of the department for composition and electroacoustics are situated in the architrave.

The publically accessible areas of the three departments are also situated in the architrave: the concert hall, the sound theatre as well as the art house cinema. Both the halls as well as the institute areas behind are situated in an L-shape around the singed inner courtyard. Thanks to this measure these premises are accessible both from the inside and the outside. The junction is clearly visible also on the ground floor, leads the exterior space into the building and contains at the same time the extensive campus area.

The new Future Art Lab building forms an independent but nevertheless into the overall fabric of the campus integrated structure. It provides the necessary intimacy and its concomitant openness generates a high-quality working and learning environment.