Sculptor's House Sankt Margarethen
The sculptor's house Sankt Margarethen is located in the Roman quarry of St. Margarethen in the market town of Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district in Burgenland . The building has been a listed building since 2016 ( list entry ).
history
From 1962 to 1968 sculptor accommodation was built according to the plans of the architect Johann Georg Gsteu . The building is the seat of the Symposium of European Sculptors Association .
architecture
The ruins of a canteen for quarry workers were the starting point for the planning and construction. The accommodation building with a common room, a kitchen and eight sleeping cells has a monastic effect. The existing sandstone masonry with a basement below was corrected and supplemented. The ceiling forming precast concrete elements (U-beam), which far outwardly protrude .
Awards
literature
- Accommodation for sculptors, St. Margarethen, Burgenland, 1962–1968. S. 183. In: Architecture in the 20th century. Austria. Deutsches Architekturmuseum , catalog for the 1995/1996 exhibition, edited by Annette Becker, Dietmar Steiner and Wilfried Wang, Prestel Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7913-1613-3 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 11 " N , 16 ° 37 ′ 47.5" E