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A unique color, the geometric wood texture and an immense stone monolith characterize this project.
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Customer: Bad Schörgau
Total volume: 900 m³
Design and implementation: 2016-2017
Bad Schörgau – Cooking Academy, Pedevilla Architects – Photo: Gustav Willeit
Can you tell us about the construction of the Cooking Academy for the Bad Schörgau Hotel?
The project is part of the event and seminar area of the Hotel Bad Schörgau and it is a platform to gain an insight into the local gourmet cuisine. The central element is the big kitchen block, a monolith of grey-green local porphyry, almost 5 meters long and with a gross weight of 22,000 kg. Only the countertop has been burnished, the other surfaces show the original breakage of the stone. The cooking area connecting a large hall with space for about 100 guests. A spiral staircase leads to the seminar room with a large roof terrace.
Bad Schörgau – Cooking Academy, Pedevilla Architects – Photo: Gustav Willeit
The room’s pattern is based on the element of the circle. The circle is the most stable geometrical shape, it conveys security and protection. The overlaps of the circles result in the special ceiling structure due to their star-shaped three-dimensional formulations. The outer facade is based on the same geometric basis, but without the “stars”. The interiors are completely lined with hand-limed spruce and hemp.
