The new Jägerbau Headquarters combines all nearby regions and defines a coherent component within the local urban setting. The volumetric design of the building shapes appropriate urban spaces that adapt to the complicated setting and facilitate future development along Herrengasse and Zürcherstrasse. The architectural presence of the headquarters speaks to its public significance in the Bludenz townscape. An appealing structure with open, flexible structures that unmistakably communicates the Jäger Group’s identity as a firm and technophile organization.
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Jägerbau Headquarters’s Design Concept
The new, modest plaza on Herrengasse maintains the city of Bludenz’s historically evolving line of minor squares, defining the headquarters’ main entrance. Visitors and guests enter the lobby through the latter, which also functions as an event space directly connected to the building’s inner courtyard. The floor-to-ceiling windows of this well-proportioned space can be opened entirely towards the courtyard, providing excellent flexibility for various celebrations. Over 300 concrete carvings in the lobby ceiling refer to the company’s technical ability. © Adolf Bereuter
On the first and second floors, an open work area with equitable distribution of departments emerges. The building’s vivid and dazzling heart is the dramatic, open inner courtyard with its ellipse-shaped galleries. All semi-public facilities, such as meet...