![]() ![]() ![]() The inward-looking, closed areas are linked together through their stories to a complex body floating between the fire walls. ![]() The first three levels house the office space of INNOCAD and 13&9 Design with five apartments on the upper floors. By filling this void, the architecture and building achieve “permeability” allowing a glimpse of the spatial depth and to some extent providing a glance through it while also allowing light to shine through. The new building brings to light the gap of what is missing in the Graz cityscape. What happens when INNOCAD offers a powerful architecture symbol kitty-corner to a key throughfare in a town center? Using design as a context to make a statement and accommodate structural (high fire walls of 19th Century housing blocks) and philosophical issues (contemporary architecture in a conservative, historic cityscape), INNOCAD sought to fill what was a gaping hole in the street scene for many years. ![]()
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