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Architectural concreteKaufhaus Tyrol, Austria
More than a façade
„Kaufhaus Tyrol“ is Austria‘s largest inner city shopping centre
and is intended to become Innsbruck‘s new commercial landmark.
After a 6 year planning and construction period, a total-ly
revitalized and redesigned complex has emerged on the site of the
former „Kaufhaus Tyrol“ department store, containing 50 retail
shops, several restaurants and covering a total area of 30,000 m².
The building, designed by British star architect David
Chipperfield, is striking, pri-marily on account of its
architecturally unusual façade, which is made of white
prefabricated concrete elements and is visible even from afar.
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Kaufhaus Tyrol: Façade made of white prefabricated concrete
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Kaufhaus Tyrol Maria-Theresien-Straße 31 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
www.kaufhaus-tyrol.at
Shopping centre
155 million Euro
30,000m²
March 2008
March 2010
SIGNA Holding GmbH Freyung 3 A-1010 Wien
David Chipperfield Architekten (Berlin)
ICM Baumanagement Ges.m.b.H., Innsbruck
Dieter Mathoi Architekten, Innsbruck
Brunnsteiner Ziviltechnikergesellschaft mbH
2 lower floors, 1 basement, 4 upper floorsFerro-concrete
construction, column and mullion constructionPrefabricated
architectural concrete elements with white cement, grain marble
stone with a largest grain size of up to 35 mm Surface of the
visible surfaces blasted, reveal or side surfaces ground
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Kaufhaus Tyrol, Austria
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Interior of „Kaufhaus Tyrol“
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Precast concrete façade elements
The architecturally sophisticated façade is one of the core
features of the new „Kaufhaus Tyrol“ shopping centre, and posed a
number of special challenges for Hering when it came to its
ma-nufacture, supply and installation. David Chipperfield‘s design
included a post-beam construc-tion for the front side overlooking
Maria-Theresien-Strasse, as well as for the shopping centre area of
the building overlooking Erlerstrasse. The individual components
were to be both po-lished and sandblasted, and have depths of up to
80 cm. While the reverse side of the façade elements has a
supporting function – the grid dimensions between the columns is
around 2 m and the span of the supporting beam structure around 7 m
– the elements on the front of the former shopping centre were
designed as not load-bearing components.
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