STUDY AREA
16,8 ha
INTERVENTION AREA
7,1 ha
AREA FOR ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT
1,6 ha
THEME
improved infrastructure x densification = public space
The goal is to restructure and densify the center of Lauterach in order to create a focus in the agglomeration area.
CONURBATION
Lauterach is located in Vorarlberg’s Rhine Valley with the panorama of the Alps in the back.
The specific location, close to Switzerland and Southern Germany, turns the region into unique and economically very prosperous area.
SITE
A large construction and developer-firm intends to move from the center to the periphery, which offers a starting point for a completely new development of the town Lauterach by recreating a “center”.
PROGRAMME
The commune prepares major interventions with drastic changes. Lauterach wants to initiate an attractive development-band that runs parallel to the L190 (N-S) and involves the area of the construction firm.
SENSITIVE
The desire for densification also meets a paradox: along with the development of new built substance in the inner area, a continuous network of unbuilt green areas should be established as well, including bicycle and pedestrian paths.
SUSTAINABILITY >> MORE
the dispersed functions of cemetery, train station, town hall should be linked by a strategic and creative urbanistic concept, taking advantage of the disposal of the new site (area of the construction firm which moves out) right in the middle of this area. A new idea of a quiet towncenter with green areas, yet allowing a densification.