Article source: SPLITTERWERK

The Graz-based design collective SPLITTERWERK was commissioned to design this headquarters building for PRISMA Engineering, a machine and motor technology company also located in Graz. The objective was to design a structure which could house the company’s various research and development programs, and selectively showcase the work to a varied range of often competing clientele. Thus the building design needed to accommodate both high-end testing and presentation without jeopardizing the security and secrecy with which the work is developed.

view from the west, Image Courtesy © Nikolaos Zachariadis

• Architects: SPLITTERWERK
• Project: Frog Queen
• Location: Graz, Steiermark, Austria
• Photography: Nikolaos Zachariadis, Paul Ott
• Software used: autocad
• Project team: Irene Berto, Mark Blaschitz, Erika Brunnermayer, Marius Ellwanger, Hannes Freiszmuth, Johann Grabner, Edith Hemmrich, Ute Himmelberg, Bernhard Kargl, Benjamin Nejedly, Josef Roschitz, Maik Rost, Ingrid Somitsch, Nikolaos Zachariadis
• Client: PRISMA Engineering Maschinen- und Motorentechnik GmbH, Dipl.-Ing. Ernst Gschweitl
• Net internal area: 1060 m²
• Built-up area: BGF. 1400 m²
• Gross volume: 5535,5 m³

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