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Glanhof

Project description

Construction of a residential complex  

Location

Klagenfurt, AUT       

Client

Kärntner Siedlungswerk

Planning services

Pre-design / design / submission /
ine-detail planning / artistic supervision

Completion

2016

Floor area

10,270 m²

© Photo Credits

Leonhard Hilzensauer

Glanhof is an ambitious residential project in the center of Klagenfurt, along the busy Pischelsdorfer Straße and near the Glan River. One of the guiding principles of the design was to facilitate synergies among the building’s users and to focus on the realization of high-quality communal spaces, where interaction between young and old can take place.

Living together
The government-funded residential complex with 150 apartment units was built in two phases. 16 of the units were purposefully designed for senior citizens, 32 for single mothers or fathers. The communal areas, including a café, event rooms and storage areas for children’s pushchairs and bicycles, are located on the ground floor and were designed as transparently as possible to support communication and interaction between residents.

Solar energy and brine reservoir
To optimize the energy efficiency and to offer shade to the residents, hundreds of rotating photovoltaic panels were attached to the building’s façade. Whenever the panels respond to a gentle breeze, the whole façade appears like a slow rolling wave. On the inside, on the contrary, the buildings are designed to be contemplative and quiet with generous balconies. The Glanhof is an almost energy-autonomous residential building, using a brine reservoir storing excess photovoltaic solar energy during the months of sunshine.


Exterior façade along Pischelsdorfer Straße


On the inside the buildings are designed to be contemplative and quiet like the gentle flowing Glan River.

Axonometric projection


Corner of  Pischelsdorfer Straße


The communal areas were designed as transparently as possible to support communication and interaction between residents.


The built element floats above the light, glazed ground floor

Arcade


Section


Façade

Inner-facing arcade, serene and with generously-sized balconies


The residential complex along the main road creates a wave-like pattern. 


View through the arcade

Practically energy-autonomous thanks to PV panels


PV panels create power through the sunnier months

Street-facing façade


The government-funded residential complex with 150 apartment units was built in two phases.


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