Wave

Wave

Geistlweg Architektur as Architects

"Finger”, with terraces in-between.


One of the last beautiful properties at the foot of the Gaisberg overlooks the town and fortress on the Kühbergstrasse in Salzburg Parsch and is currently an overgrown, steep slope.


The concept: After a former project failed to to the presence of the building mass in the hillside, the problem of dissolving the building mass presented itself. 2 measures were taken: 1. Much transparency as possible – meaning glass. Glass makes a building more light, but does not reduce its presence. 2. A wave form to reduce the building length. The waves run differently on each floor to get terraces. Similar to two interlacing hands, the upper fingers form the residential areas while the lower ones form the terraces. One advantage is the limited visibility into the terraces, as they are surrounded only by their own home.


Floors: As many floors as possbile were placed into the slope. Again, the waveform proved advantageous because of the slopes steepness (up to 45°) as well as its being bent. In such a double-curved surface the shape of a wave presents itself as ideal. According to the building authorities, only 2 stories and a recessed 3rd floor were to be visible. To the specifications of the apartments given by the developer, four floors as well as a TG-Floor were planned. Through the skillful cutting of the hillside and recession of the lowest two terraces, only two and a half floors remained visible from street level.

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