Stadthalle F, Vienna (AT)
New building,
Building in existing structures,
Listed building
Client: Wiener Stadthalle Betriebs- und Veranstaltungs GmbH
Location: A-1150 Vienna, Vogelweidplatz 14
Architecture: Dietrich Untertrifaller
Competition: 2002, 1. prize
Construction: 2003 – 2006
Area: 13,660 m²
Programme: Event hall with 2,000 seats, entrance hall, backstage area, foyers
Photos: Bruno Klomfar
Team
Ralph Broger, Tobias Dieng, Eva Dorn, Dietmar Geiselmann, Johannes Hugo, Ena Lloret Kristensen, Peter Nußbaumer, Michael Porath (Project management), Jana Sack, Thomas Spiegel, Doris Tahedl, Christian Wolff
Text: Gerlinde Jüttner
Partners
Construction management, building services, building physics: Vasko+Partner, Vienna
Statics concrete: Kollitsch Stanek, Vienna
Statics steel: Zemler Raunicher, Vienna
Electrics: Fleck, Vienna
Stage: Kottke, Bayreuth
Acoustics: Müller BBM, Planegg
Master builder: Arge Voitl-Sedlak, Vienna
A congenial addition
The new, multifunctional Hall F for 2,000 visitors is a congenial addition to Roland Rainer's imposing Wiener Stadthalle. Built in a key urban location, the hall sends a clear signal to the outside world with its cantilevered body. Below the cantilever is the modern foyer, which provides access to the various halls (banqueting hall, rehearsal stage, large hall). The outer shell consists of aluminium panels that extend into the interior of the building.
The crystalline, polygonal building fills the empty space between Hütteldorfer Strasse and the Stadthalle, whose struts are reflected in the glass north façade of the new building. This precise positioning optimises the previously rather unsatisfactory urban situation and defines the adjacent square and street space.
We won the international competition held in 2002 with a project that was convincing in terms of form, function and urban planning.
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