Austria is a land of picturesque landscapes. The hilly terrain of western Vienna lends itself to all kinds of quintessentially Alpine pleasures: rock climbing, skiing, and unparalleled vantage points over the city. But of course, the downside to these dramatic drops are complications in building. Vienna-based architect Klaus Heissbauer’s own home, a complete renovation of a property hailing from the 1960s, sits on one of the steepest slopes in Vienna. “The hillside situation of the project was very complex,” said Heissbauer, who founded Livingpool Architecture and Design in Vienna in 2001. Despite the dramatic drop to the land, a difference of 60 feet from its highest point to its lowest, he took on his very own “Project Home” undeterred; as in the rest of Livingpool’s body of work, the terrain actually shaped the design process rather than work against it. What's more, the team somehow managed to actually complete it in record time. Klaus Heissbauer "Project Home" The process began by taking the complicated site’s measurements using Vectorworks® Architect with Renderworks® software. “Due to the complexity of the building geometry, the 3D visualization tools in Vectorworks were a ...
Austria is a land of picturesque landscapes. The hilly terrain of western Vienna lends itself to all kinds of quintessentially Alpine pleasures: rock climbing, skiing, and unparalleled vantage points over the city. But of course, the downside to these dramatic drops are complications in building. Vienna-based architect Klaus Heissbauer’s own home, a complete renovation of a property hailing from the 1960s, sits on one of the steepest slopes in Vienna. “The hillside situation of the project was very complex,” said Heissbauer, who founded Livingpool Architecture and Design in Vienna in 2001. Despite the dramatic drop to the land, a difference of 60 feet from its highest point to its lowest, he took on his very own “Project Home” undeterred; as in the rest of Livingpool’s body of work, the terrain actually shaped the design process rather than work against it. What's more, the team somehow managed to actually complete it in record time. Klaus Heissbauer "Project Home" The process began by taking the complicated site’s measurements using Vectorworks® Architect with Renderworks® software. “Due to the complexity of the building geometry, the 3D visualization tools in Vectorworks were a ...