ROGGENDORF RASTSTATION

October 2021
Location: Roggendorf, Austria
Principal use: Rest Stop
Site area: 5,000 m2
Total floor area: 800 m2
Number of stories: 2
Competition: Honorable Mention

The competition brief called for proposals to rethink the future rest stops along the Austrian highway system, using the existing Roggendorf stop as a prototypical case. We devised a modular set of reconfigurable volumes based on simple geometric tiles that distribute the specified programmatic and environmental parameters in a variety of configurations.

Design team:
Chieh-shu Tzou
Gregorio S. Lubroth
Ondřej Mráz
Katia Simas
Christina Haslauer

Structural Engineering: Werkraum Ingenieure
Climate & Environmental Engineering: JIRA ZT & SV GmbH

The competition brief called for proposals to rethink the future rest stops along the Austrian highway system, using the existing Roggendorf stop as a prototypical case. We devised a modular set of reconfigurable volumes based on simple geometric tiles that distribute the specified programmatic and environmental parameters in a variety of configurations. Besides integrating new functions such as drive-through gastronomy, automated services, photovoltaic surfaces, and an increase in parking areas, we thought it necessary to re-think the experience of pausing along the highway in more general terms. The design choreographs a radical transition in experience from the confines of a moving vehicle to the expansiveness of an elevated landscape that affords views of the rural Austrian countryside as well as the stream of fast-moving traffic along the highway. Between these two extremes are more insular experiences such as dining and play.

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