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