| City, Country | Graz, Austria | |
| Year | 2000–2003 | |
| Client | Kunsthaus Graz AG | |
| Architect | spacelab UK Peter Cook, Colin Fournier | |
| Services | Structural Engineering | |
| Facts | GFA: 8,300 m² | Gross volume: 65,300 m³ | |
| Awards | Architecture + Technology Award 2006, 1st prize | RIBA European Award 2004, Award | |
The Art Museum in the City of Graz is located neighbouring to the "Eisernes Haus" - the earliest cast iron building in Austria, which also provides access to the new building. In collaboration with the architect a method was developed which transferred the two-sided curved building shell from the architectural model to a digital 3D-model.
The structure mainly consists of two elements, the skin comprising aluminium and steel light-weight construction and the interior solid reinforced concrete and composite construction. The optimizing of the structure of the "skin" was achieved iteratively by a continuous adaptation of the parallel conducted structural analysis and the parameters of the applied materials.
This project has been executed by the architects in collaboration with Bollinger+Grohmann.
