Vienna Airport Control Tower, Schwechat, Lower Austria, Austria ~ netra

February 1, 2014

Vienna Airport Control Tower, Schwechat, Lower Austria, Austria

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The construction of the new air traffic control tower was necessary to see the overview of the happenings of the extended apron - to ensure - due to the terminal development "Skylink". The optimal position of a piece of land was fixed in direct access to the airport area. This prominent location of the new tower offered the opportunity to create an urban character with signal character in the entrance to the airport area. Combining the functions of air traffic control technology in the base and the actual control rooms in the head of the building emphasizes the tower character and the desired symbolism. In association with the transport aircraft (speed, power) of the tower developed a vertical dynamics. The base of the building is based on the Baufluchtlinien, the head of the tower after the main viewing direction of the pulpit. The approximately 45 ° - rotation of the two segments to one another presents itself in the transition zone of the two directions and outer contours in the form of a membrane. This measure results in a building that is more like a skyscraper than a "classic" corresponds in its character Tower.

In addition to the articulation of the building as a coherent overall form is made visible through the membrane zone, the rotational movement between the different parts of the building. goal of this design was above all, the tower its own identity, to give a distinctive appearance. Vienna International Airport is to receive with construction of the new tower a building that equal a lighthouse emits signals to its environment. Depending on light conditions, the membrane skin looks opaque. At night, the center piece is corporeal by lighting or projections and developed a life of its own. Possible Bespielungsszenarien are artistic interventions, useful information such as weather reports, or lucrative Billboard. Due to the special building height of 109 meters, it is visible from a great distance, and serves as the orientation of the incoming travelers and the people inside the airport.