EXPO Austrian Pavilion Dubai
The Austrian pavilion offers space to enter into dialogue with the essential questions for a common and better future. The pavilion poses one of the most important questions about the future and gives a possible answer:
careful and respectful use of our earthly resources.
A calm and sensual space is created through a network of 38 intersecting cones. the dialogue between local building traditions and intelligent Austrian climate engineering is seen as an opportunity.
It enables conventional air conditioning technology to be largely avoided, saving three quarters of the energy needed for a comparable building, and thus making a big contribution to the energy debate.
Through the careful use of local building materials, prefabrication and subsequent reuse of the pavilion, a sustainable attitude towards our throwaway society is demonstrated.
The haptic structure of the clay plaster on the inside conveys natural comfort. the cone shapes easily develop an aesthetic between light and shadow that invites the visitor to linger and explore, contradicting the hectic environment of an expo.
querkraft architekten
Following a poetic pragmatism, our architecture firm founded in 1998 by Jakob Dunkl, Gerd Erhartt, Peter Sapp and Michael Zinner (partner until 2004) is dedicated to projects and processes that always focus on people. our office, which today has around 40 employees, focuses on adaptable structures that should give people space and freedom.
Lateral thinking largely determines the way we work, while empathy and curiosity guide us through the design process. With the highest possible efficiency, we create emotional and simple solutions that create additional added value for the users.
The belief in longevity and long-term changes also plays a central role in our designs. We believe that flexible usage scenarios create sustainable projects. It is particularly important to us that our projects, competitions and buildings of various sizes in a national and international context show authenticity, charisma and a strong identity.
Credits
Client: Austrian federal ministry of digital and economic affairs / Austrian federal economic chamber
Designer: querkraft architekten
Country: Austria
Photographs: © Andreas Keller / © Day Eid / © Kieran Fraser / © Carmen Egger/ © Fabian Kahr
