Waldorf School Mauer, Vienna (AT)
New building,
Building in existing structures,
Timber construction,
Circular construction
Client: Rudolf Steiner Schulverein
Location: A-1230 Vienna, Endresstraße 113
Architecture: Dietrich Untertrifaller and Andreas Breuss
Competition: 2014, 1. prize
Construction: 2022 – 2024
Area: 3,125 m²
Programme: 4 main classes, gym, exercise room, workrooms, kindergarten, after-school care centre, school restaurant
Photos: Kurt Hoerbst, Dietrich Untertrifaller (construction site)
Team
Franca Bierich, Harald Eder, Tobias Indermühle (Project management), Andreas Laimer, Michael Porath, Gregor Ribarich, Julian Roiser, Mia Schury, Jakob Straub, Fabio Verber
Text: Gerlinde Jüttner
Partners
Statics concrete: Gerhard Gschwandtl ZT, Vienna
Statics timber: KPZT – Kurt Pock Tragwerksplanung, Klagenfurt
Building services, electricis: Immo- Objekttechnik, Vienna
Building physics: Dr Pfeiler ZT, Graz
Fire protection: Hoyer, Vienna
Landscape: Carla Lo, Vienna
General contractor: Handler, Bad Schönau
An identity-forming ensemble of old and new
The school in the "Maurer Schlössl", founded in 1964, is Austria's oldest Waldorf school. The lower school and after-school care centre were housed in a small old building opposite, which could no longer meet the requirements of a modern school: poor building fabric, too few and too small classrooms, no gymnasium.
The new building blends harmoniously with the existing historical building - we have avoided any sharp breaks between old and new. The auditorium, the dining hall with garden orientation, the sunlit, sunken gymnasium, the after-school care centre, the kindergarten and the roof terrace form the main elements of the clearly structured room programme.
The majority of the remodelling and extension work was concentrated on the southern side facing away from the street. On the street side, the character of the old building was retained and visually enhanced. The small extensions at the rear were demolished and replaced with spacious, naturally lit foyers and access areas. The new building with gymnasium and classrooms adjoins the rear garden in an L-shape. Its large, dark roof extends onto the existing building and is therefore also visible from the street.
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