The project brief asked for wide variety of programmes such as a cultural centre, retail, gastronomy, housing, offices and parking facilities in the centre of a quaint Austrian city next to the river Inn.

Link of the City

TYPE Mixed-Use, Public space
STATUS Competition
LOCATION Kufstein, Austria
YEAR 2007
CLIENT Undisclosed

DESIGN TEAM Eva Castro, Ulla Hell, Holger Kehne

Plasma Studio proposal stems from the ambition to develop the new volumes as connectors between disparate parts of the city. The building starts as the extension of a new artificial landscape next to the river and forms a bridge over a street that dissects the site. It then turns into a passage through a restructured shopping centre before merging with one of the main city squares.

This results in a morphology that hybridises the various programs and fosters rich relationships between them as well as with the external conditions.

Fusing with the landscaped riverfront, the building extends to form a bridge. Beneath is the access to a theatre, cafe and meeting facilities. The bridge leads to a public passage through a proposed department store, connecting the river with the central area of Kufstein.