S.E.A.
SHIBUKAWA EDER ARCHITECTS

The listed school building is brought back to life through subtle but precise interventions. The outside courtyard is transformed into a multi-storey communicative atrium space with a glass roof. Several balconies are added into the void space as new recreation areas. The once-gloomy ground floor has been turned into a light-flooded entrance hall, forming the new beating heart of the building.

The essential measures of this process of conversion and construction consist of: a reawakening of the spirit of the original building; attic conversion of the auditorium wing; the development of a subterranean sports hall; a new two-storey extension building; and the creation of an attractive outside space.

Programme: Renovation and extension of a high school, cafeteria, gym

Floor area
11.000m²

Location: Zirkusgasse, 1020 Vienna

Client
BIG Bundesimmobilliengesellschaft m.b.H

Assignement
General planner, Architecture

Consortium
SHIBUKAWA EDER ARCHITECTS ZT GmbH
F+P ARCHITEKTEN ZT GMBH

Structural engineering
RWT plus ZT GmbH

Technical Engineering
Allplan GmbH

S.E.A. Team
Caroline Heidlauf, Matthias Kraßnitzer,
Elena Armbruster, Chisato Sasada