Bründl Kaprun Flagship Store
An alpine flagship retail store precedent demonstrating how folded timber slats and diagonal glass fissures can break down a large commercial massing.
- What we like about this project
- A continuous diagonal glass canyon cuts directly through the heavy timber massing, exposing multi-story interior stairs.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-facade
- faceted-roofline
- diagonal-glass-fissure
- alpine-commercial
Style tags
- contemporary
- expressionist
- timber-architecture
Visual tags
- timber-clad
- retail-flagship
- angular-geometry
- dusk-illumination
- alpine-context
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-peaked massing with angular folded rooflines and faceted timber-clad facades divided by diagonal glazed fissures.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber louver / slat rainscreen over glazed and solid envelope surfaces, interrupted by structural glass curtain walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete core and floor slabs supporting faceted roof trusses.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial flagship building spanning multiple stories, contrasting with standard town street scale.
- Lighting
- Dusk sky with dramatic clouds; warm interior light glows through the vertical timber slats and large diagonal glass incisions.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and dynamic evening warmth glowing from within a rugged, mountain-inspired timber shell.
- Environmental context
- Alpine town street setting with a traditional church steeple visible in the background distance under an overcast evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street, the massive folded wooden skin opens up through dramatic angled glass slits, revealing illuminated multi-level interior circulation.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical timber slats punctuated by sharply angled incisions and vertical window strips.
- Style reading
- Contemporary alpine expressionism
- Program
- Commercial flagship store and retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-facade, faceted-roofline, diagonal-glass-fissure, alpine-commercial
- Style tags
- contemporary, expressionist, timber-architecture
- Visual tags
- timber-clad, retail-flagship, angular-geometry, dusk-illumination, alpine-context
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-peaked massing with angular folded rooflines and faceted timber-clad facades divided by diagonal glazed fissures.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber louver / slat rainscreen over glazed and solid envelope surfaces, interrupted by structural glass curtain walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete core and floor slabs supporting faceted roof trusses.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial flagship building spanning multiple stories, contrasting with standard town street scale.
- Lighting
- Dusk sky with dramatic clouds; warm interior light glows through the vertical timber slats and large diagonal glass incisions.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and dynamic evening warmth glowing from within a rugged, mountain-inspired timber shell.
- Environmental context
- Alpine town street setting with a traditional church steeple visible in the background distance under an overcast evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street, the massive folded wooden skin opens up through dramatic angled glass slits, revealing illuminated multi-level interior circulation.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical timber slats punctuated by sharply angled incisions and vertical window strips.
- Style reading
- Contemporary alpine expressionism
- Program
- Commercial flagship store and retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture