Halpern & Prinz

Vienna, Austria

Photo © Patrick Gläßner

Visualization © Schenker Salvi Weber

Photo © Patrick Gläßner

Visualization © Schenker Salvi Weber

Photo © Patrick Gläßner

Office Buildings

Architects: Schenker Salvi Weber Architekten ZT GmbH

Location: Wiedner Gürtel 5, 1100 Vienna, Austria
Year: 2020
Client: Halpern & Prinz Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungs Ges. m.b.H.
Team: Anja Gazivoda, Patrick Gläßner, Martin Maidl, Isabella Merz, Thomas Morgner, Michael Salvi, Andres Schenker, Thomas Weber
Lighting Designer: Designbüro Christian Ploderer
Acoustic Consultant: Österreichisches Institut für Bauen und Ökologie

Project competition 2019, 1st Prize
realisation 2019-2020

“Provenance and tradition, preserving and accentuating.”

A functional core, the communal centre, offers orientation and support. The elegant colour scheme in brown, black and white promotes tranquility and concentration. Timeless substantiality: the functional core of the office is enveloped in a veil of wooden slats, drawn open for rooms, corridors, benches, a wardrobe and shelving.

Furnishing of the homebases, intended for quiet focused work, makes use of the proven concept of our in-house conceived open space furniture. The use of micro-perforated or fabric-coated surfaces ensures outstanding room acoustics. The moulding at the base of the wooden slats alternately morphs into benches for short meetings or plant troughs for an improved office micro-climate. The result is a varied rythm that tones down the long perspective of the corridors.