Splitterwerk
Frog Queen
Graz, Austria
The systematic implementation of the pixel theme displays a confident sense of identity and self-awareness.
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
The building known as "Frog Queen" houses several engineering offices and an attached test facility for an engineering firm based in Graz. The basic geometric shape of the structure is a cuboid.
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
As the visitor approaches the building, the black and white outer skin reveals itself as an ornamental motif viewed at an increasingly large resolution. The facades are clad with aluminum boards with silk-screen prints. The various scales of grey are generated through the arrangement of the different sizes of printer dots in form of ornamental motives. From a distance the extended artwork appear as a monumental two-dimensional picture in the landscape.
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
The interior opens up into an atrium brightly lit by natural daylight. Here the architects have played with the dynamic relationship between indoors and outdoors.
The foyer is coated with epoxy resin paint with blowed in silver-chips and final PUR-coating
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
In the office areas large numbers of individual windows, giving onto various aspects, appear to frame the views of the surrounding district. These window views combined with large-format photographs of country scenes on the walls create a kind of ornamental picture installation.
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
Photo © Nikolaos Zachariadis
Offices for the management board are located on the top floor. Administration, engineers and conference rooms are on the 1st and 2nd floor. The hall for test rigs is on the ground floor.
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Site Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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Mezzanine Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Section
Total area: ca. 1,400 square meters
Completed: 2007
Client: Prisma Engineering
Architects: Splitterwerk
Project Team:
Irene Berto
Mark Blaschitz
Erika Brunnermayer
Marius Ellwanger
Hannes Freiszmuth
Johann Grabner
Edith Hemmrich
Ute Himmelberg
Bernhard Kargl
Benjamin Nejedly
Josef Roschitz
Maik Rost
Ingrid Somitsch
Project Management: Ingenos Ziviltechniker GmbH
Rudolf Elsenwenger, Gerhard Smeh
Structural Consultant: werkraum wien
Peter Bauer, David Lemp
Building Services Consultant: Rudolf Sonnek
HVACR Design: Guenter Grabner
Energy Consultant: Dr. Tomberger ZT GesmbH
Hannes Veitsberger
Electrical Design: Erich Watzke & Moskon & Busz GmbH
Rudolf Busz
March 23, 2009