Housing Laimburggasse

Housing Laimburggasse
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HOUSING LAIMBURGGASSE

Gangoly & Kristiner Architekten

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Kerstin Wissounig

PHOTOGRAPHS
Paul Ott

LOCATION
Laimburggasse 40, 8010 Graz, Austria

Construction Physics / Acoustics
Dr. Pfeiler GmbH, Graz (AUT)

CATEGORY
Housing

AREA
5159.0 sqm

YEAR
2013

ELECTRICAL CONCEPT
Tb Ing. Bernhard Hammer Gmbh, Seiersberg

ACOUSTICS
Dr. Pfeiler Gmbh

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
Thomas Lorenz Zt Gmbh

CONSTRUCTION PHYSICS

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

COLLABORATORS
Julia Werlberger, Robert Günther, Alexa Sölkner, Marion Winkler

FIRE PROTECTION CONSULTANT
Norbert Rabl Zt Gmbh

MECHANICAL
Tb Ing. Bernhard Hammer Gmbh, Seiersberg

COLLABORATORS COMPETITION
Stephan Brugger, Robert Günther

The housing project’s surrounding is marked by the city of Graz’s urban development concept as a „high dense inner city residential area“.

Housing Laimburggasse
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Housing Laimburggasse
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As regards urban development this area is located within a transitional zone between the block perimeter development of the Gründerzeit and an urban sprawl development with scarce density. 

Our project of three 8-floor solids is implemented between two existing high rise buildings restructuring the urban fabric.

Housing Laimburggasse
© Paul Ott
Housing Laimburggasse
© Paul Ott
Housing Laimburggasse
© Paul Ott

The chosen position of the buildings meets the required distance to the surrounding neighborhood buildings but creates at the same time the necessary urban density that – different to housing projects on the periphery – convinces with differing panoramic views and visual connections.

The spacious entrance to each building is defined as an extended public space towards the Laimburggasse.

Housing Laimburggasse
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Housing Laimburggasse
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The rest of the site is divided by a public pedestrian track and characterized by the transition from the sealed public space next to the street towards a green private zone adjacent to the neighboring schools sports field.

All 65 apartments are assembled by a variety of differing types of dwellings meeting the needs of differing urbanites, which generates a certain social mix.

In spite of the differing qualities of each apartment the overall concept of design seeks to create a mutual urban living environment.

Housing Laimburggasse
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Housing Laimburggasse
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Reduction of materials and a strict realization of the design concept enables a corresponding address and its related identity.

“What has been created is like a kind of model that shows how densification can be intelligently implemented in both design and ecological terms.” Ulrich Tragatschnig in ArchitekturAktuell, Density – December 2013

Housing Laimburggasse
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Housing Laimburggasse
© Paul Ott
Housing Laimburggasse
© Paul Ott
Housing Laimburggasse
© Paul Ott


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Seventh Floor Plan
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Third Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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Site Plan