Modern gray apartment building with cantilevered balconies, perforated roof canopy, and yellow entry, beside trees on a city street.
Paltramplatz
Austria
  • Residential
  • Built

This residential building leaves an indelible mark on the densely packed landscape of Wilhelminian style buildings. It stands out as a sharply delineated, monolithic, matt black cube whose irregularly arranged, jutting bright loggias charge the entire structure by introducing an element of contrast.

These floor-to-ceiling glazed loggias interact with the elegant mosaic of freely arranged, dark Eternit slabs and act as extensions of the apartments into the green space of the park.

At the same time, the appearance of the façade is determined by these elements. The extremely cantilevered, perforated roof construction provides a counterweight to the severity of this corner building and caps its upper edge with a dynamic gesture.

The rooftop terrace is open to all, its sauna and relaxation zones offer attractive places of rest for all residents.

Photovoltaic cells embedded into the rooftop provide enough energy to fuel the facilities in the common access zones. A clever interplay of different spatial modules reminisces the legendary Rubik’s Cube, a toy popular in the 1980s that challenged the coordination and intelligence of an entire generation.

Address
Paltramplatz 7, 1100 Vienna

Start of planning
1999

Start of construction
2001

Completion
2002

Floor area
1,550 m²

Gross floor area
2,300 m²

Building volume
6,830 m³

Site area
387 m²

Number of Apartments
22

Budget
Total € 1.9 Million

Project Manager
Dietmar Feistel

Project Team
Christine Hax, Norbert Müller

Artwork
Helmut Rainer, Vienna

CONSULTANTS

Structural Engineering
DI Gerhard Hejkrlik, Vienna, Austria

HVAC
Ing. Johannes Ernst, Olbendorf, Austria

Electrical Engineering
Ing. Michael Künzl –Elektroplanung GmbH,
Perchtoldsdorf, Austria

Building Physics
DI Gert Bolek, Vienna, Austria

Client
Neues Leben, Vienna
Gemeinnützige Bau-, Wohn- und
Siedlungsgenossenschaft Ges.mbH
Troststraße 108, 1100 Vienna

Photographer
Margherita Spiluttini,
DMAA

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