Salzburgs Panzerhalle Loft Revels in Sculptural Audacity

2019-03-14 14:25

Expansive and futuristic, Loft Panzerhalle designed by Vienna-based architectural studio Smartvoll nevertheless manages to embrace its industrial heritage. Built in the 1930s as an army barracks and tank station, the 200-metre-long Panzerhalle in the western district of Maxglan in Salzburg, Austria, was transformed in 2013 from a brick shed into a multi-purpose venue comprising a large market hall, a restaurant, a spa facility, and co-working spaces, as well as a handful of extraordinary lofts such as this one. The 350-square-metre residence, which Smartvoll won an international competition to renovate, unfolds as a single spatial experience of sculptural boldness, minimalist elegance and luxurious comfort, crucially without completely effacing the building’s history. At the centre of the 8-metre-tall loft, a concrete bifurcating staircase has been cast in-situ as a sculptural gesture of futuristic sleekness. Two sweeping sets of steps meet at a central landing, gracefully branching out to reach the upper floor, which miraculously seems to be supported by the slender structure. The smoothed and waxed concrete of the staircase core extends to the loft’s floor and ceiling, bestowing upon the entire space a sense of fluid, sculptural integrity, which is vividly juxtaposed with the building’s exposed brickwork that covers the lateral walls.

以维也纳为基地的建筑工作室Smartvoll设计的Loft Panzerhalle设计了广阔而又未来主义的建筑风格，尽管如此，它还是能够接受其工业遗产。建于20世纪30年代的兵营和坦克站，位于奥地利萨尔茨堡麦克斯格伦西区的200米长的装甲部队，于2013年从一个砖房变成了一个多用途的场所，包括一个大型市场大厅、一家餐厅、一个水疗中心、以及一些特殊的阁楼，比如这个。这座面积350平方米的住宅，赢得了一场国际性的装修比赛，展现出一种雕塑般的大胆、极简典雅和奢华舒适的空间体验，关键是没有完全抹掉这栋建筑的历史。在这座8米高的阁楼中央，一个混凝土分叉楼梯在现场被铸造成一种未来圆滑的雕塑姿态。两个扫地的台阶在中央的楼梯上相遇，优雅地伸展到上层，这似乎奇迹般地由细长的结构支撑着。楼梯核心的光滑和蜡质混凝土延伸到阁楼的地板和天花板，赋予整个空间一种流体的、雕塑的完整性的感觉，它生动地与该建筑覆盖侧壁的裸露砖块并列。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Running at right angles with the elongated staircase, a 7-metre-long multifunctional kitchen counter stretches between two terraces in the middle of the space representing yet another bold design gesture that stands in both volumetric and tonal contrast with the curvaceous concrete structure arching over it. Made from black lava stone and featuring a planting area where herbs can be grown, it serves as a cooking, eating and working area, while also notionally dividing the open plan layout, in conjunction with the staircase, into a living room, dining area and lounge. On the upper floor, a ribbon like gallery allows the glazed perimeter to flood the entire loft in daylight, only widening at the ends to house the private quarters. In order to maximize the amount of natural light and retain the sense of spaciousness, the architects have relied on translucency to ensure privacy for the master bedroom (white curtains), guest room (frosted glass) and reading area (open-ended bookcase). The only truly enclosed space on the mezzanine level is the bathroom, although even here the architects have innovated by designing a protruding glass shower cabin that hovers four metres above the ground.

一个7米长的多功能厨房柜台，与拉长的楼梯成直角，伸展在空间中间的两个梯田之间，代表着另一个大胆的设计姿态，与拱形的曲线混凝土结构形成了鲜明的对比。它由黑色熔岩制成，有一个可以种植草药的种植区，用作烹饪、饮食和工作区，同时名义上还将开放式平面布局与楼梯一起划分为起居室、餐厅和休息室。在上一层，一个像缎带一样的画廊允许玻璃周边在日光下淹没整个阁楼，只是在尽头扩大，以容纳私人住宅。为了最大限度地利用自然光线并保持空间感，建筑师们依靠半透明来确保主卧室(白色窗帘)、客房(磨砂玻璃)和阅读区(开放式书柜)的隐私。阁楼层唯一真正封闭的空间是浴室，尽管即便是在这里，建筑师们还是通过设计一个离地面4米高的突出玻璃淋浴房进行了创新。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

Photo by Tobias Colz.

图片来源于Tobias Colz。

The bathroom’s concrete volume extends to the lower floor where a wellness area is housed. Conceived as a private retreat, it features a large bath, a sauna and a shower encased in a faceted design of quadrilateral and triangular timber-lined surfaces. The spa’s meditative ambience is shared by the loft’s two terraces, one of which has been designed as a “Zen garden” where a jasmine tree grows out of a small earth mound that appears to spilling out of the building fabric, as is fitting with Smartvoll’s visionary design of sculptural audacity.

浴室的混凝土体积延伸到较低的楼层，在那里有一个健康的区域。作为一个私人的静修所，它有一个大浴缸，一个桑拿和一个淋浴包在四边形和三角形木材内衬表面的面设计。这座阁楼的两个露台分享着水疗中心的冥想氛围，其中一个平台被设计成一个“禅宗花园”，其中一棵茉莉花树是从一个小土堆中长出来的，它似乎从建筑织物中溢出出来，这与Smartvoll富有远见的雕塑大胆设计相吻合。