See You Restaurant, Obergurgl

Obergurgl, Austria
01. Terrace panorama
Photo © Alexander Maria Lohmann
02. Bar
Photo © René Marschall
03. Bar in copper and black inox
Photo © René Marschall
04. Bar and lounge
Photo © Alexander Maria Lohmann
06. Restaurant
Photo © Alexander Maria Lohmann
05. Lounge
Photo © Alexander Maria Lohmann
07. Restaurant
Photo © Alexander Maria Lohmann
08. Restaurant
Photo © Alexander Maria Lohmann
09. Restaurant
Photo © Alexander Maria Lohmann
10. Table for big groups
Picture © Christian Flatscher
11. Stube
Picture © Christian Flatscher
12. Stube, detail
Picture © Alexander Maria Lohmann
13. Lounge, detail
Picture © Alexander Maria Lohmann
14. Restaurant, detail
Picture © Alexander Maria Lohmann
Architects
obermoser + partner architekten zt gmbh
Location
Gurglerstraße 108, 6456 Obergurgl, Austria
Year
2021
Client
Lohmann GmbH & CO KG
Team
Johann Obermoser, Christoph Neuner, Andreas Norz, Sandra Seeber, Monica Sferch, Harald Brutscher (Visualisierungen);

Obergurgl is a village of 420 inhabitants located in Ötztal, a valley in the heart of the Austrian Alps within the region Tyrol. With its 1.930 m, is this the highest parish in Austria.
A stable tourism flow throughout the whole year keeps this remote site in touch with the rest of the world, shaping and revitalising the area.
obermoser + partner architekten have been asked from the client to develop residential units for employees of the tourism branch. A restaurant, few shops and private apartments should complete the ensemble.

The location however, a six-storey-steep slope stretching between two streets leading to the town centre, has been a real challenge for the design concept.
We chose to empower the given site-limitations by working on the cross section: we straightened the slope into a wall, we brought all living functions to the west-front and we gave to the interstitial void a distribution and social function.
On the 7.th floor, directly accessible from the upper street, we placed the See You restaurant, with the most spectacular view over the mountains on the opposite westside.

For the See You interiors, we deliberately staged the structural elements distinctive features, arches of exposed reinforced concrete unfolding in different directions, then recollecting in bundles. The bar, a lounge area and a sequel of dining spaces can be used as one open space or be separated in smaller partitions.

The selection of materials for the interiors, deliberately minimalist, recalls the raw, untreated elements used for generations in the alpine region:
- massive oak wood for the floors, wall coverings and furniture
- local granite stone as floor covering of hallway and connecting spaces
- black-inox and copper for the bar cladding
- curtainwalls of loden fabric as space-partitioners
Only colour-accent is the deep blue of the sound absorbing ceilings and background-walls, at both ends of the restaurant.

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