ATP architects engineers
ATRIO, Villach, Austria
Shopping Center
“Best Shopping Center of the Year” (ICSC 2009)
“Best Sustainability Project of 2008” (ICSC, 16.1.2009)
Client: SES Spar European Shopping Centers GmbH
Total Built Area: 97,710 m2
Lettable Space: 38,700 m2
Total Built Volume: 400,000 m3
Construction Period: 2004-2007
Concept
The program for the first comprehensively thematic shopping center in Austria adopted the motto of the cross-border Olympics bid by Austria, Italy and Slovenia. The architecture readdresses and reinterprets the notion of “borders and crossing borders”. The traditional Roman term “Atrium”, overlaid with reflections on the three country theme, is rediscovered in the name of the center and the concept of the plaza. The mall and the INTERSPAR hypermarket are arranged around a glass-covered central plaza (50 x 60 m) which provides Villach with a new urban square. The over-scaled red origami form of the portal marks the entrance and creates an air of ornamentation while incorporating a covered forecourt with open-air stage.
The architecture employs renewable materials while the building services design incorporates an energy concept which uses “energy piles” to recover the energy stored in the ground. This results in an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 500 tons.
Awards:
2009 ICSC Best-of-the-Best Award/Sustainability
2008 International Design and Development Award, ICSC, Phoenix
2008 TRIGOS Prize for Sustainability and CSR/Ecology, 1st Prize,
2008 ReSOURCE, Supporting Sustainable Development, ECSC
2008 Commendation, ECSC European Shopping Center Award
2007 Energy Globe Award, 2nd Prize. /Carinthia
Photos: Thomas Jantscher, Elke Visciotti
“Best Shopping Center of the Year” (ICSC 2009)
“Best Sustainability Project of 2008” (ICSC, 16.1.2009)
Client: SES Spar European Shopping Centers GmbH
Total Built Area: 97,710 m2
Lettable Space: 38,700 m2
Total Built Volume: 400,000 m3
Construction Period: 2004-2007
Concept
The program for the first comprehensively thematic shopping center in Austria adopted the motto of the cross-border Olympics bid by Austria, Italy and Slovenia. The architecture readdresses and reinterprets the notion of “borders and crossing borders”. The traditional Roman term “Atrium”, overlaid with reflections on the three country theme, is rediscovered in the name of the center and the concept of the plaza. The mall and the INTERSPAR hypermarket are arranged around a glass-covered central plaza (50 x 60 m) which provides Villach with a new urban square. The over-scaled red origami form of the portal marks the entrance and creates an air of ornamentation while incorporating a covered forecourt with open-air stage.
The architecture employs renewable materials while the building services design incorporates an energy concept which uses “energy piles” to recover the energy stored in the ground. This results in an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 500 tons.
Awards:
2009 ICSC Best-of-the-Best Award/Sustainability
2008 International Design and Development Award, ICSC, Phoenix
2008 TRIGOS Prize for Sustainability and CSR/Ecology, 1st Prize,
2008 ReSOURCE, Supporting Sustainable Development, ECSC
2008 Commendation, ECSC European Shopping Center Award
2007 Energy Globe Award, 2nd Prize. /Carinthia
Photos: Thomas Jantscher, Elke Visciotti
