architek[tour] tirol – guide to architecture in tyrol

With the construction of a new music pavilion, including a partially underground rehearsal space, Finkenberg gained a new village center. A stone base and a timber superstructure with folded roofs reference regional building traditions and reinterpret them in a contemporary architectural language. A key element is a new circulation route with an open staircase, which connects the village with the parish church.

With the Granatkapelle (Garnate Chapel), Swiss star architect Mario Botta executed his first structure in Austria in Penkenjoch im Zillertal. As a firm counterpoint to nature, he placed an oversized crystal in the shape of a rhombic dodecahedron on a ledge east of the reservoir. Clad with corten steel plates on the outside and laid with slender larch wood slats on the inside and lit solely through an opening in the roof, the sculptural structure stands out on account of its clear and precise geometry.