architek[tour] tirol – guide to architecture in tyrol

On a very cramped site directly on the Isel River, space was to be created for the expansion of four schools. The architects designed a narrow, floating structure directly above the river front, which connects the existing buildings and provides plenty of new space. Amply visible classrooms, structured by the steel framework, are arranged along an open corridor.

The Dolomitenbad was built in the 1970s by Manfred Machné as a simple, no-frills sports facility in the spirit of that era. Forty years later, his son Hans Peter Machné renovated and expanded the indoor and outdoor pool, resulting in the emergence of a coherent, new whole. The centerpiece of the extension is the sauna area with a curved wooden lamella ceiling, whose shape makes reference to the surrounding Dolomite Mountains.