‘pastoral care centre’ by x architekten in linz, austria all images courtesy x architekten image © david schreyer
austrian practice x architekten has completed ‘ pastoral care center’, a two-storey secular complex in linz, austria. located on the site of the steel company voestalpine, the design seeks to bridge the gap between the main roads and industrial estates with a new identity and purpose.
exterior view image © david schreyer
using the existing woodlands as the conceptual starting point to the design, the project creates a ‘built landscape’ by cutting into the adjacent hillside towards a wooded slope. the embankment, finished with dark slag-stone, provides a dark graphic contrast to the lush plot while creating a shallow bowl around the building. the resulting effect enables the structure to be read as if it was emerging out of the land, revealing its presence in dramatic landscaping. the climbable roof serves as a link between the nearby steel car port and gardens.
entrance image © david schreyer
approach image © david schreyer
car port image © david schreyer
facade image © david schreyer
view of embankment image © david schreyer
image © david schreyer
main entrance image © david schreyer
resembling a crystal in its geometry, the interior features an array of facets and angles that obscures its proportion and shape. the stark white finish of the walls, ceiling and floor creates a light and illuminated atmosphere within the chapel. sliding partitions enable the chapel to be either open or closed from the adjacent event room and bar.
interior view of chapel image © david schreyer
faceted roof and ceiling image © david schreyer
closed sliding partitions image © david schreyer
view towards meeting space image © david schreyer
image © david schreyer
entrance image © david schreyer
bar image © rupert asanger
catwalk connecting offices on second level image © david schreyer
meeting room image © david schreyer
office room image © rupert asanger
courtyard image © rupert asanger
night view image © david schreyer
image © david schreyer
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project info:
client: diocese linz site: 4,843 m2 built-up area: 840 m2
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Gustavo Adolfo Albornoz Velásquez
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Desde Sudamerica Chile
\”La naturaleza del cambio\” Cuesta aceptar los cambio…! , creo que arquitectonicamente hablando en un lugar Limpio expresado en el \”Minimalismo\” de la forma como biense expresa antes \” el Cristo en la cruz es la única cosa caliente en todo el interior. concepto que muestra la intencionalidad del viaje al amor de Dios a travez del crisol que es su hijo Jesucristo… Falta una rosa de los vientos o Brujula que indique la ubicación Norte sur para ver la intencionalidad astral del edificio ¿ A donde apunta la proyección de la Cruz ?
Felicitaciones a los Arquitectos hermoso trabajo para nuestro Señor.
From South America Chile
\”The nature of change\” hard to accept the change …! I think architecturally speaking in a clean expressed in the \”minimalism\” of how Biense expressed before, \”the Christ on the cross is the only hot thing in the whole interior. Concept that shows the intent of the trip to the love of God travez the crucible that is his son Jesus Christ … is missing a wind rose or compass north-south indicating the location to see the intent of the building astral where do the projection points of the Cross?
Congratulations to the Architects beautiful work for our Lord
that exposed aggregate exterior is rather nasty
In a weird way, I kind of appreciate the disorienting nature of the interior. Its somehow fitting.
brrr…what an COLD interior!!! A sensation of emptiness…some kind of laboratory on eugenics. The Crucifix is the only thing that remember us that we are humans and we got souls. As the fact, the Christ on the cross is the only warm thing on the whole interior. I guess that was the main concept or something of the xarchitekten…