urban planning
the expansion of the SCA corresponds in its height development to the surrounding buildings. the building is set back from the street, forming along alpenstraße a passage elevated from street level, thus protected and spatially defined, with small-scale plazas. the newly reorganized ginskeyplatz will be framed by the shopping center’s building mass to the south and west, and activated by restaurants and terraces. at the western property boundary, the building respectfully steps back from the adjacent residential development.
architecture
speed and movement characterize the distinctly horizontal articulation of the building. the base floor cuts into the terrain with striking light inlets and opens the supermarket to pedestrians and passing traffic. the transparent, two-storey band of the shopping center runs parallel to alpenstraße and seamlessly continues into kreuzweggasse, placing the south façade directly at ginskeyplatz.
a slightly elevated suburban-style passage leads along the shopfronts, over alpenstraße and kreuzhofweg, sheltered by the cantilevered parking deck. through sculptural openings, light is guided down to the lowest level via reflective walls and lamella structures.
the expansion of the SCA corresponds in its height development to the surrounding buildings. the building is set back from the street, forming along alpenstraße a passage elevated from street level, thus protected and spatially defined, with small-scale plazas. the newly reorganized ginskeyplatz will be framed by the shopping center’s building mass to the south and west, and activated by restaurants and terraces. at the western property boundary, the building respectfully steps back from the adjacent residential development.
architecture
speed and movement characterize the distinctly horizontal articulation of the building. the base floor cuts into the terrain with striking light inlets and opens the supermarket to pedestrians and passing traffic. the transparent, two-storey band of the shopping center runs parallel to alpenstraße and seamlessly continues into kreuzweggasse, placing the south façade directly at ginskeyplatz.
a slightly elevated suburban-style passage leads along the shopfronts, over alpenstraße and kreuzhofweg, sheltered by the cantilevered parking deck. through sculptural openings, light is guided down to the lowest level via reflective walls and lamella structures.
spatial volume, freshness through light, plants, and water columns shape the shopping mall. visual connections inward and outward are optimized via the restaurant areas along alpenstraße and kreuzhofweg. the parking deck connects the existing structure and the extension without altering the character of the existing building. this creates a protected and clearly defined entrance area to the existing structure. light- and air-permeable lamellae reduce the visibility of vehicles in the parking levels.
traffic
customer traffic is routed via kreuzhofweg to the parking decks. directly assigned parking spaces for the supermarket are located in the ventilated basement level; general parking spaces for the shopping center are located in the two upper, open parking levels. a second underground parking level is deliberately avoided for psychological and cost reasons (construction in groundwater, mechanical ventilation). the height of the 2.3 m high open parking deck does not permit later conversion and therefore, according to rog, does not count towards the floor space index (gfz). delivery traffic is routed via otto-holzbauerstraße.
- location:
- salzburg, austria
- architecture:
- fasch&fuchs.architekt:innen
- team architecture:
- günter bösch, florian bylow, jürgen hierl, iris karminski-pielsticker, eberhard klein, ute lammers, till noske, heike weichselbaumer
- structural engineering:
- werkraum ingenieure zt gmbh
- building services engineering:
- team gmi d.i. michael berger
- rendering:
- di werner skvara
- competition:
- 2004