'Suedpool' Office and Residential Building, Steyr,Upper Austria - Structural Change, Communication,Design

摘要

A model of sensible urban con-version-an outdated furniturernstore in a premium inner city location has been converted into an office and residential building that represents the peak of the currently available opportunities. It derives part of its attractiveness from its signal effect: the gold paint and its height (surprising in this context) make it into a landmark.rnEdges of the old town under threat The district ofrnEnnsdorf is the industrial heart of Steyr, the traditional Upper Austrian Mecca of machine and motor building. Around 1900 a large scale extension to the old Steyr Works (which had their origins on what is known as the "Factory Island" at the far end of the town) was built on a plateau above the River Enns.%Ein Musterbeispiel sinnvollen Stadtumbaus - aus einem ausgedienten Möbelhaus in bester innerstädtischer Lage wird ein Wohn- und Bürohaus auf der Höhe aktueller Möglichkeiten. Einen Teil seiner Attraktivität bezieht es aus der Signalwirkung: Der Goldanstrich und die im Kontext überraschende Höhe machen es zur Landmark.