Feels Like Heaven | formann ² puschmann I architekten zt-gmbh

Extension of the Church of the Holy Trinity  Wotruba Church. The church is an icon of brutalism and was built in the years 1974 to 1976 by the important Austrian artist Fritz Wotruba in collaboration with the architect Fritz Gerhard Mayr.

Global Design & Architecture Design Awards 2019
Second Award | Category: Cultural (Built)

Studio: formann ² puschmann I architekten zt-gmbh
Architect: Stefan Puschmann
Country: Austria

The task was to create a barrier-free access as well as a new light-flooded community room.

The basic design idea was to integrate the desired uses in the best possible way in the existing hill, which forms the basis of the church.

The connection to the church is not in the formal language but rather in the materiality: concrete, stainless steel, glass, and larch wood.

Special attention was paid to the fine detailing of the extension and the lift in the form of a glass-only construction.