Addition to and refurbishment of Rohrbach Provincial Hospital

Factors impacting the design.

The design process was above all influenced by three factors: the location at some distance and isolated from the town of Rohrbach, resulting in a certain rootlessness of the building; the wide vistas and quality typical of the landscape of north-western Austria; and the staff quarters situated to the north.

Special traits of the building.

Together with the attached F-shaped volume, the sloped, green expanse with a rectangular cutout now constitutes the new front of the building and signals affinity and close ties with the location. As the second element of identification, the lobby represents the new access vis-à-vis the word outside and acts as an integrator on the inside. Formally, the project as a whole reflects both the overall building design and the landscape.