Gas station in the Kobel
The gas station in Kobel is in the market town of Götzis in District Feldkirch in Vorarlberg . The 1958 built gas station has a dominant shed roof on five inclined eleven meter high pillars and is unique in Austria under monument protection ( list entry ).
location
The petrol station is at the intersection between the L 190 (Götzis - Hohenems) and the L 203 (Götzis - Altach) at the north-eastern end of Götzis, about 415 m above sea level. A. The roundabout in front of the gas station today ( in the book ) was not built until decades later.
The petrol station is about 1600 meters as the crow flies from the center of Götzis, about 3 km from the center of Hohenems and about 1100 meters from the center of Altach. At the time of construction, the petrol station stood largely alone, now the development is moving closer to the petrol station. The chapel on Kobel, built in 1797, is about 250 meters southwest of the petrol station . The Islamic cemetery in Vorarlberg, built in 2012, is about 500 meters to the northeast as the crow flies.
architecture
The gas station was planned by the architects German Meusburger and Willi Ramersdorfer in 1958 on behalf of Bertsch-ÖHAG. The plant was originally operated by the Shell company and mainly consisted of a cubic operating building in the middle under the flying roof and the striking flying roof.
The original concept was a motel based on the American model, with parking spaces and reception on the ground floor and rooms above. However, this plan was not implemented.
The technical construction and execution of the flying roof is carried out with relatively modest means and should create the impression of weightlessness. This corresponds to the sense of shape at the time of creation, in which such architectural designs were also used in train stations, airports and similar objects.
The dominant flying roof is supported by five tapered reinforced concrete pillars, each 11 meters high. A boarded wooden structure made of laminated beams and so-called DSB girders is attached to these columns at about half the height. The canopy was bent upwards in the front area so that the construction appears inviting and light. The edge of the roof was also emphasized by neon lighting and pre-blinded panels. The underside was made of trapezoidal sheet metal.
The complex foundation of the flying roof necessary for the statics was completely hidden below the ground level. This increased the lightness and transparency of the facility .
business
Originally there were only two rows of petrol pumps here, each on the outermost pillars. The petrol pumps have been renewed over and over again over the years. Today, after the renovation, each of the five columns can be filled with fuel at a row of pumps and the middle sales shop has been removed.
The Shell company gave up the gas station in the 1980s and the property stood empty for many years and fell into disrepair. It was revitalized again in the 2000s and is now operated by JET as a gas station. The reconstruction was carried out according to the original construction plans and the original operator concept.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Here called Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Strasse .
- ↑ Here called Lustenauerstraße .
- ↑ a b c d e f Götzis, gas station Im Kobel , website Federal Monuments Office from May 2004.
- ↑ Inclined aerial photo , collection of historical oblique aerial photographs, Vorarlberg State Library.
- ↑ Gas Station | Petrol station “Im Kobel”, Goetzis, Austria , website: olex.org.
Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′ 41 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 24 ″ E