Low-tech Parlor in Pine
Jugendgästehaus Gerlosplatte
Krimml, Salzburg 

 
The 450-bed hostel, geared towards school ski and sports week outings, is perfectly tailored to its young clientele. Unpretentious and raw in its execution, it focuses on the essential: diverse spatial opportunities for social gathering. The heart of the 75-meter-high timber frame building is a central hanging ramp, an interior promenade that creates an airy space with exciting visual connections. The large volumes of the indoor sport facilities fit together with the convoluted room wings like a 3D puzzle, forming  a compact whole that, despite its size, does not feel like a barracks and is cleverly embedded in the landscape. 

Architecture Architekturbüro Lechner & Lechner / lechner lechner lechner ZT GmbH, Christine Lechner, Horst Lechner, Paul Lechner, www.lechner-lechner.at Assistance Lukas Ployer Client Jugendgästehaus Gerlosplatte GmbH Structural engineering Forsthuber ZT GmbH Project control and interiror design  Stephan Keil Duration of design and construction  2016 - 2021 Floor area 7.560m2 Address Hockrimml 244, 5743 Krimml, Salzburg

Architizer A+ Award 2022

Published by Architekturzentrum Wien 
Authorship: Nicola Weber nw