The New Gerngross

The New Gerngross by LOVE architecture and urbanism, Vienna, Austria.

Architects: LOVE architecture and urbanism
Location: Vienna, Austria
Project team: DI Andreas Perchinig, DI Sigrid Derler, DI Dr. Uwe Unterberger, DI Sabine Sternbach
Client: DEKA Immobilien Invest GmbH
General planner: Delta Projektconsult GmbH
Electrical Planner: energieeffizienz gmbh
Structural engineering: KS Ingenieure
Lightning design: Bartenbach Lichtlabor
General contractor: Leyrer & Graf
Photographs: LOVE architecture and urbanism

Restructuring the Existing Centre

The layout of the store was not intuitive. Walkways were complex and confusing, and it was difficult to navigate. To improve this, the layout of the indoor levels (G, 1st, 2nd, and 5th) has been entirely re-designed and smaller retail spaces have been added. The key to designing the individual levels was to think “empty” in order to enable the future implementation of an improved orientation system.

The preconditions for this complex undertaking were: – For each rental space, a newer space of equal size but higher quality had to be provided. – Each tenant had to be relocated twice during the construction time. – The ongoing daily shopping activity should be only minimally disturbed.

Create a new Centre!

To this end, the atrium, with its escalator network, took centre stage. The atrium serves as the nucleus and has become the store’s central orientation point.

Source: archdaily.com