OEAMTC Headquarters in Vienna, Austrian Commercial Architecture, Property Images, Architect
OEAMTC Headquarters in Vienna
Commercial Buildings Development in Austria – design by Pichler & Traupmann Architekten
3 Jul 2017
OEAMTC Headquarters
Design: Pichler & Traupmann Architekten
Location: Vienna, Austria
OEAMTC Headquarters in Vienna

The support point

From the service workshops to the heliport all the elements of the programme are laid out along a single vertical axis, i.e. also from the counter to the reception and the event areas to the large atrium of the offices. Logistically compact contents with high degree of efficiency, which is essentially what support points are, are here transformed and applied to the building in a translated form.
Transparency

On approaching the counter you find yourself on an oversized glazed cockpit, in the middle of the workshop one level below, where the mechanics have driven the cars that have just been handed over to them down a ramp. The clients can comfortably view all of this from above ? if their car is raised they see it ?eye to eye?, as it were. From the counter a generously sized void opens upwards, through which a prominent stairs leads to the lobby. You also enter the building on this level if you come by foot from the U3 metro station at Erdberg, a short distance away. The building ? and with it the ÖAMTC ? is open to everyone in all directions.

Communication

All the parts of the building communicate wit...