Dornbirn, Austria
Bernardo Bader’s scheme for an elementary school and gymnasium in Au, in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, was the winner of a competition held in 2020. These independent volumes complemented the preexisting buildings in forming an education campus.
The Bregenz-based practice of Bernardo Bader raised a wooden wing for a school in Lustenau, a town of the Dornbirn district, in northern Austria. The exterior surfaces of the window and door frames are painted red, visually connecting with the existi
The building engages in a dialogue with its surroundings through strategically positioned windows and the facade’s irregular rows of pieces of local granite and gneiss. The very profound facade is formed by a loadbearing double inner layer, with its
Designed by Bernardo Bader and located in the picturesque Austrian village of Laterns, 1 kilometer above sea level, the Haus am Stürcherwald adopts the type and material quality of traditional farmhouses and the typical Walserhouse of the region, but