Riepl Kaufmann Bammer Architektur

Client: Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
Status: competition 2021, completion 2024

Through deliberate interventions the space is widened, functionally unbundled and reorganised. The historic ground floor area is opened up to the sides and upwards. The newly created foyer and the public terrace facing the Naschmarkt form the centre of the building and a serve as a meeting spot for all ranks. The visibility as a public house is strengthened, barriers are broken down and a visual and communicative exchange with the surrounding area is created. The auditorium and stage house are being refurbished to meet today's requirements and standards.

Client: Schwarzatal
Status: competition 2024 - 1st prize

The linearity of the perimeter block development is broken up by small-scale buildings. Attractive, green squares intertwine the new buildings with their surroundings. The central element is a pergola connecting all areas, serving as an open communication space. This not only provides attractive circulation and permeability between the buildings, but also allows a certain movability to implement the clear and gridded volume of the serial timber construction.

Client: Zurich Versicherung
Status: competition 2022 - 1st prize

The magnificent Ringstrassenpalais impresses with its timeless qualities and stately appearance. The façades are being renovated and restored in accordance with its heritage status. Inside, the building will be perceptibly opened up in order to create an appealing space for employees and customers alike. More communicative liberty and a broad spectrum of possibilities will be created through deliberate interventions. Retreat areas are embedded in the flexible working landscape, as are versatile meeting zones.

Client: Caritas
Status: competition 2020, in construction

The new St. Klemens nursing home captures the idea of a village-like residential structure, where smaller basic units are spatially structured around corresponding open spaces and atriums. In this, autonomy and a sense of safety and comfort lie at the forefront. Wood as a building element remains deliberately visible both inside and outside. Hereby the complete ensemble responds to the small-scale, heterogeneous urban planning situation with a structured building that benefits from its extensive surrounding green space.

Client: private
Status: in progress

Three buildings are staggered in the landscape and complement the identity-forming, historic Villa Johanna. The point block buildings, offset to one another, mediate between the public and private spheres while ensuring a continuous green open space. The timber constructions are enhanced by all-round filigree balconies with textile curtains.

Client: Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H.
Status: competition 2018, completion 2022

The perception of the site/location is changed through concise, targeted interventions. The area is studiously opened in all directions, previously loose parts are being joined together to form a whole. The academy becomes a walkable district. The newly designed garden forms the green centre of the campus and significantly shapes its ambiance. The opening of the historic arcade on the ground floor breaks up the hermetic nature of the complex. The entrance on Bäckerstrasse is redesigned and given the necessary presence in the public space. All buildings are refurbished according to their preservation order.

Client: Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, ORF
Status: competition 2014, completion 2022

The tension between overall coherence and emphasized autonomy of certain components are a central topic of Roland Rainer’s work. Accordingly the new building joins the ensemble without denying its own identity. Transparency is the predominant topic. The newsroom forms the heart of the new building. The forecourt in combination with the ample spatial sequencing generates a connection between inside and outside that is conveyed to the different workspaces.

Client: ÖVW GmbH
Status: completion 2019

The building structure subtly reacts to the street. The slightly buckled façade creates flowing room transitions. Spacious balconies shape the visual appearance. The ground-floor faintly rises above the surrounding level. Green spaces enclose the building. The foyers present themselves spaciously towards the street. The façades face all sides, an attic was deliberately left out.

Client: BIG Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft
Status: competition 2014, completion 2018

The hermetic inner structure of the former customs building is opened up so that it can be fully experienced. Superfluous elements are removed and new inner situations are created. Corresponding to its use, through this process, vast inner spaces are created with attractive spatial qualities.

Client: BIG Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft
Status: competition 2014, completion 2018

The Wörle-Schwanzer-Wing is freed of belated additions and rehabilitated. The characteristic reinforced concrete ribbed ceilings are displayed again. Based on need, a structured building system facilitates a flexible configuration of the lofty floors.

Client: ARE Development
Status: completion 2017

The plot is placed in the context of a very historic, high-end district that houses many palais and was mainly constructed during the building of the Ring Street. The centrally located site and quiet location within a garden do not contradict each other, but rather create a unique quality that is analog to the historical concept of the garden palais. The existing house on Argentinierstrasse is carefully refurbished. The courtyard contains three free standing buildings which are inserted into the context skillfully. Even though the individual buildings poses a formal identity, they are still recognized as one unit.

Client: Neues Leben
Status: completion 2016

The urban structure of this area consists of aligned blocks. The four buildings take up on this topic and extend it further. Ground floor apartments own adjacent front yards that separate the semipublic and private spaces. This layered transition between the communal space and privacy of the individual apartment is made possible on the ground floor. Wood is visibly used in the interior and exterior, not only for economical and ecological benefits, but also for creating a comfortable living atmosphere.

Client: win4wien Bauträger GmbH
Status: competition 2009, completion 2014
Awards: ZV-Bauherrenpreis 2015

Flanked by two defining open spaces, the park in the east and the “shared living room” in the west, the building develops a suitable structure: wraparound verandas that extend every single room to a specific amount of outside space. Glass doors that take the place of windows and connect the interior with the exterior thereby creating a deliberately permeable facade. The serially arranged generously proportioned rooms along the facade enable flexible use – analog to the neutrality of “Gründerzeit” layouts.

Client: Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund
Status: competition 2006, completion 2012
Awards: ZV-Bauherrenpreis 2013

The structure of the new geriatric center addresses the overlap of urban and green spaces. A new combination emerges which combines the predominant aspects of each space. Instead of being a hermetically sealed unit, the center is openly structured to create many differed connections between the interior and the exterior. The large courtyard with its glass gangways is connected to the park in a vibrant way. The Park is no longer on the “outside”, as it has become an integral part of the facility.

Client: BFW Gebäudeerrichtungs- und Vermietungs GmbH & CoKG
Status: competition 2009, completion 2011
Awards: Holzbaupreis Vorarlberg 2013, Holzbaupreis Wien 2015

A fixed frame defines the distinguished ensemble and offers a soothing horizon from the exterior. Significant buildings of the cemetery are finished in pristine light stucco. Subordinate elements, such as the boundary wall made of clinker, seem muted in color and blend into the surrounding. Accordingly, the exterior appearance of the service buildings have been integrated into the natural environment. The nuancing of color hues in the concrete walls allow for restrained liveliness and offer a dignified backdrop for the gravestones in the foreground.