Design WS 2023: BETWEENLAND
Oggau, municipality in northern Burgenland
“The connections between modern and vernacular architecture are comparable to those between modern and vernacular music… In both architecture and music, form, rhythm, proportion and mathematics are of fundamental importance, suggesting the possibility of comparable study methods.”
Steven Holl, Pamphlet Architecture No.9, New York, December 1982
This design task is about EXTENSIONS, which represent a house extension to include a work area. The aim is the sensitive and complex location in a generic rural structure.
The residential buildings in Burgenland, in an INTERMEDIATE LAND on the way from Vienna towards the Pannonian Plain, with their typological variations reflect the entire complexity of the influences that converge there. The vernacular architectural tradition shows us a whole treasure trove of cultural, sociological and religious influences that shaped our cultural identity. Over a long period of time, it exerted an influence on both Central European housing models and on living culture in the past centuries. Anonymous examples with their high artistic and architectural quality serve as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the many ecological issues of today. Their massive construction characterizes the familiar framework of a traditional city.
By definition, such building structures include those in which there is no separation between load-bearing and space-enclosing functions. Their construction method translates the structural-constructive aspects of the buildings into a natural aesthetic. However, the material not only creates a tactile and sensual effect on the user, but also takes advantage of the material's energy storage ability in the sense of comfort as well as energy efficiency.
During the semester we pursue three synchronous tasks:
1. Constructive aspects and space: The reference to constructive-spatial aspects requires knowledge of the past and a precise structural and material analysis of rural house typologies. To examine an architectural work means to understand and apply its essence. The synchronous use of the knowledge and topics gained should form the applied methodology through the combination of materials and practices, sometimes with a high proportion of craftsmanship.
2. The design is a radical symbiosis between the new and old parts: The design then includes a complex examination of content, form, material and construction.
The exercise will be dedicated to the emergence of a new material culture of the future - a hard, involved and complex activity.
3. The targeted location in the Burgenland town of Oggau is an invitation to dialogue with the existing building but a symbiosis without narrowness. We want to create living structures that do not function as structures for city expansion, but rather serve to enhance quality coexistence away from urban metropolises.
Credits:
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Kleemaier-Wetl R., Baukulturelles Erbe versus Klimaschutz und Modernität. Am Beispiel des Welterbegebietes Fertö-Neusiedler See, Zürich 2015.
Pàlffy A., Village Textures, Wien 2014.
Rainer R., Anonymes Bauen im Nordburgenland, Wien/Köln/Weimar 1995.
Mayer V., Burgenland. Bau- und Wohnkultur im Wandel, Wien 1993.
Schmidt H., Grundsatzprojekt und Adaptierung traditioneller bäuerlicher Bauten an Hand von Beispielen im
südlichen Burgenland, Ritzing 1985.
Wallner W., Typologische Untersuchung der bäuerlichen Wohnbauten im Burgenland und die Entwicklung
eines regionalen Wohnhaustyps, Wien 1985.
Kräftner J., Naive Architektur in Niederösterreich, St. Pölten/Wien 1981.
Kaitna W./ Reichel R./ Smetana K., Katalog baulicher Merkmale im nördlichen Burgenland, Wien 1978.
Haberlandt A., Volkskunde des Burgenlandes. Hauskultur und Volkskunst, Baden 1935.
