{"id":82134,"date":"2025-02-17T16:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T15:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v74\/?page_id=82134"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:41:04","slug":"innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/expertise\/innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pushing the boundaries of the imaginable.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Our applied research is focused on the practice of building. We see it as our contribution to a future-oriented society in the field of architecture and to the sustainable design of living spaces. Therefore, we do not rest on our extensive experience, but instead we see it as a solid foundation for our commitment to step away from conventional approaches and enthusiastically pursue pioneering developments with a spirit of discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In modern architecture, construction practice and scientific research are deeply intertwined. Building puts new knowledge into practice while continuously expanding the collective understanding. Our practice, particularly in timber construction, has always had an empirical, research-driven component. For example, in the evolution of carpentry \u2013 from element and panel construction to today\u2019s hybrid systems or in the development of sustainable building ranging from passive solar energy use to passive houses and life cycle analysis.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201eWe embrace new challenges. Rather than simply replicating what already exists, we question it \u2014 and push it further. With every task, we ask ourselves: How can we do it better? That\u2019s why we\u2019re willing to take thoughtful risks and experiment with intent.\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Multi Family House \/ Real Estate<\/span> | 1997<\/span><\/div>

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Community Centre, Ludesch<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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LCT ONE – LifeCycle Tower, Dornbirn<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Education<\/span> | 2015<\/span><\/div>

Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A future proof learning environment that generates more energy than its operation requires. The Schmuttertal secondary school in Diedorf is a model school. It achieves the goals of sustainability and the optimum teaching environment, by utilising architecture. It has multifunctional areas offering space for independent learning, the clear structure of the timber skeleton allows for adaptation and agility to move with the changes in teaching and learning required in the future. As a plus-energy building, Diedorf secondary school generates more energy than its operation requires. \u00bbTimber construction has its perceived limitations. But, how do we push it further? With this project we have introduced new potential.  Timber construction does not need to be reserved for platonic geometry.  It has excitement, life and sentiment.\u00ab DI Florian Nagler \u00bbSchools are important buildings in the development of a human being. Here, a young person learns how spaces, materials, and architecturally created moods influence on a person’s health. As an architect one bears responsibility for the fact that the school building contributes to the well-being of its users and thus indirectly to learning success.\u00ab Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann Learning landscapes are the basic framework in which young people learn to study by themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":82126,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92048,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82134\/revisions\/92048"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkarchitekten.at\/v80\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}