Architectural competition for controversial hotel project on Kobenzl!

Architectural competition for controversial hotel project on Kobenzl!

The city of Salzburg plans to initiate a new project that better fits into the landscape and townscape, as from a report by salzburg.orf.at emerges. Because the plans submitted for a hotel project designed by the architects Erich Wagner and Eduard Widmann did not find the approval of the urban design advisory board. Critics complained that the modern-designed project did not fit into the sensitive conditions of the area. These massive objections led to the city now wants to re -evaluate the project through a unrivaled architectural competition in order to allow a total of six participants.

Despite the efforts of the architects to revise the project in accordance with the suggestions of the design advisory board, Widmann expressed vehemently criticism of the city's decision. According to the experts' recommendations, the project was completely restructured and divided into five buildings, but a feedback from the design advisory board was missing, which for him is a "outrageous". The responsible planning councilor Anna Schiester, on the other hand, sees this development a mutually acceptable solution with the owners.

Criticism of procedure

According to Widmann, the project is considered a "project leader" because the city has decided not to leave the project in its hands. The discussion about public competition apparently also sparked interest in other possible building orders. According to the platform dtad.com There are currently many tenders for various construction projects, including architecture services, in Germany and Austria that show that the construction and architectural sector continues to boom and offers space for innovative concepts.