MAM Research Center

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The aim is that the MAM Research and DevelopmentCentre should grow gradually and sustainably. The first developmentstage is to be followed by three further ones at seven-yearintervals.

Year

2017

Venue

Siegendorf

State

Competition

Category

Work

Size

7.869 m²

Year

Venue

State

Category

Size

2017

Siegendorf

Competition

Work

7.869 m²

Year

2017

Venue

Siegendorf

State

Competition

Category

Work

Size

7.869 m²

Unusual in several senses

The intention is that the research and developmentwork should take place in creative labs rather than in the atmosphereof a technical laboratory. In a studio-like or residentialatmosphere. The protective, sheltering atmospheres often created forbabies, for whose needs this company develops products, isconsciously used as a source of inspiration.

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We see the lounge as the “centre of life” of the MAM team. Here people can meet, sit, eat, read and chill.

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Constructive articulation

The two floor slabs are planar load-bearingstructures built of reinforced concrete. They are strengthened byupstand or downstand beams, which form a beam grillage allowing theloads to be combined and transferred at points to the few reinforcedconcrete columns. The number of columns is parametrically minimised.They are positioned so that they compromise the flexibility, opennessand fluidity of the space as little as possible. The roof isextensively planted and carries a mix of solar panels andphotovoltaic elements.

Functional articulation

While the parking area follows the natural slopeof the site, you reach the building on foot via a horizontal walkwaythat is led along the western boundary of the site. Having enteredthe building you find the reception desk on the right and on the leftis a small patio with the stairs leading to the roof, intended laterfor the vertical circulation (it is left up to the client to decidewhether the lift should be built during the first constructionphase.) The foyer leads directly to the group of three meeting roomsplaced around the internal courtyard and then to the lounge that isadjoined by a tea kitchen.

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Architecture

Pichler & Traupmann Architects

Project team

Bartosz Lewandowski
Anna Gulinska
Peter Grandits
Joachim Kess
Andreas Schermann

Client

BAMED Babyartikel GmbH, Siegendorf

MEP engineering

GAWAPLAN Ges.m.b.H., Vienna

Cost estimation

FCP - Fritsch, Chiari & Partner ZT GmbH, Vienna

Hard Facts

Start of planning: 2017

Usable floor area: 5.680 m²

Gross floor area: 7.869 m²

Use: Research & Development Center

Scope: Double-stage, invited competition

Renderings

EXPRESSIV GmbH, Vienna

Model

Harald Schmidt, Vienna

Award

2nd prize