House of elementary education

Flachau-Reitdorf, Austria

Photo © Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel

Architects: LP architektur

Location: Kreuzmoosstraße 4, 5542 Flachau-Reitdorf, Austria
Year: 2022
Client: Gemeinde Flachau

Total usable area: 2,117m² (existing 1,180m², new building 937m²)
Planning start: June 2021
Completion: September 2022
Construction time: 7 months

Nomination, ZV Builder Award 2023
Award, BIG SEE Architecture Award – Grand Prix 2023
Award, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023

Due to the reorganization and merging of the Flachau and Reitdorf kindergartens into one location, the existing elementary school was outsourced and the stock was adapted and restructured for the new use, and expanded with a two-storey wooden building. This zones the property in arrival and in differentiated outdoor areas (paved and unpaved) and is connected to the existing building by a transition. The newly organized group rooms are organized equally to the south and supplemented by additional space (exercise rooms, dining areas, quiet and retreat areas on the top floor). An upstream, covered veranda-terrace construction expands the group rooms to the outside and forms the interface to the garden.
The timber construction, which is visible in all areas, generates an atmosphere of well-being and trust with the appropriate surfaces and furniture and offers support for the social contacts of the smallest of our society. The transparency between the rooms strengthens the visual relationships and conveys a sense of togetherness that goes beyond the formation of groups.