year: 09.2023

there is a trend emerging between the growing ‚desire‘ for rural living and the issue of depopulation in small communities. the bschlabertal region is one of the areas most affected by depopulation in austria. ‘a place where nothing happens, this tranquillity offers potential and problems at the same time. | want to fill the place with life again and provide new impetus with a concept of mixed use that is intended to fill the gap in demand for communal living in rural areas. my idea aims to create an appealing living and working environment on site and combine the communal character with private retreat. the result doesn‘t create conventional floor plans but site-specific spatial concepts that offer the potential for spatial and content-related proximity to work. ‚living and working at the central point‘ is intended to create liveliness and encounters around the new village square. the residential concept is based on the approach of nomadic living, inspired by urban life. the interplay of overlapping points of two systems with clear differentiation in construction and materiality form the character of the building. The concept capturing and framing in an dynamic way every view of the landscape.