project leoben judicial complex

hohensinn
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project
leoben judicial complex
The location and topography of the site for the judicial centre lead logically to the arrangement of the court building facing
the town, placed behind the judicial institution. An urban planning indication for the expansion of the city centre of Leoben is
created by very clear building bodies whose scale corresponds with their use.
In its execution as a ‘belle façade’ facing the city, the court building comes across as an open and transparent building representing the new self-image of justice. No ‘judicial palace’, but a modern open ‘service facility’ for citizens. The court institutions,
provincial court, public prosecution service and district court are connected by means of the three-storey entrance hall. The
floors above house office and administration rooms for the corresponding courts, which are again highlighted by individual
building bodies. The double façade in the administration wing made possible the timber surfacing of the interior skin.
The concept for the multiply-secured judicial institution follows a basic structure that was developed in advance. This
structure runs behind the entrance, administration and visitor area along a distribution level with intersecting facilities and
staggered detainment units; it is both horizontally and vertically expandable. This system was implemented in a very compact fashion in Leoben, although the most important organisational and design-related criterion was optimisation of the
quality of experience for both employees and inmates as occupants. To this end, living conditions were created that are
similar to everyday life at liberty in terms of home, work and leisure and which will, in the best case, make re-socialisation
measures superfluous. The detainment units are designed like flat-sharing communities, each housing up to fifteen people. Each unit has a small kitchen, sanitary unit, gym and day room as well as a loggia that extends internal freedom of
movement by the dimension of ‘stepping outside’. Work and leisure facilities are conceived in such a way that inmates can
access them independently without being accompanied. This relieves staff of some burden and prevents total restriction.
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Courtyards assigned to one respective department, the promenade garden on the roof and sports facilities act as a filter between inmates and wall, but are designed to make sure that no prohibited contact between inside and outside can be made.
However, in their dimension and size they put people first, completing the microcosm of a modern judicial institution.
awards
ULI - Urban Land Institute for Excellence 2009: Europe, Middle East and Africa
Architecture prize of Styria Province 2004
Geramb-Rose, appreciation award for excellent construction 2006
hohensinn architektur, Grieskai 80, 8020 Graz / Austria, T.+43 316 811188, [email protected], www.hohensinn-architektur.at
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data
leoben judicial complex
adress
Austria - 8700 Leoben, Dr. Hanns-Groß-Straße 7 u. 9
client
Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft mbH, Wien
occupant
Bundesministerium für Justiz, Wien
general planer
Hohensinn Architektur
project leader
Irene Falkner
team
Peter Rous, Helmut Lanz, Armin Pirnat, Wolfgang Fraueneder,
Martin Pallier-Rosenberger, Ulrike Maier, Konrad Promitzer
facility
Christine Demander, Angelika Sprinz, Sonja Frühwirth, Lena Neubauer
start of construction
november 2002
completion
november 2004
drawing space
16962 m2
gross floor space
27346 m2
enclosed space
98151 m2
building costs net
EUR 39.4 Mio
construction costs net
EUR 46.0 Mio
site supervision facility
Raimund Kuschnig
site supervision media technics Ing. Franz Pischler Engineering, Graz
constultants structural consultant ARGE STATIK JZ LEOBEN, ILR Lukas & Rath ZT GmbH, Graz;
Spirk & Partner ZT GmbH, Salzburg
electrical concept
Ing. Franz Pischler Engineering, TB für Elektrotechnik, Graz
heating/ventilation/
air conditioning/plubing concept
TB Ing. Heinrich Pickl, Graz
construction physics
Rosenfelder & Höfler Consulting Engineers GmbH, Graz
cost management
and tendering
DI Werner Lorenz Zivilingenieur Graz
kitchen planning
TCG TECHNOLOGIE CONSULT GMBH, Maria Enzersdorf
photo credits
Paul Ott , Graz
Lachlan Blair ~ LOXPIX, Wien
hohensinn architektur, Grieskai 80, 8020 Graz / Austria, T.+43 316 811188, [email protected], www.hohensinn-architektur.at