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Modern barrier-free sanitary system in Bischofshofen retirement home
South of Salzburg, where the Berchtesgaden Alps rise behind the community of Bischofshofen, the retirement home stands at the foot of a gently rising slope. The retirement home, planned and implemented by the Salzburg architectural office Kofler, runs along this elevation in a north-south direction. The planners are using an innovative barrier-free sanitary system from HEWI here.
Compact architecture with homogeneous façade design
The Bischofshofen retirement home sees itself as a place to be at home. Where people want to live in a harmonious community, the homogeneously designed façade of the building takes up the idea visually with its uniform colour scheme and a regularly designed façade pattern.
Arrangements of windows and entrances have a checkerboard effect. Viewed from close up, outstanding bay windows set visual accents. They serve as a bright seating area for the residents and are designed as a weather-protected balcony replacement.
The narrow building block is designed as an elongated, compact structure and leaves generous space at the front for a leisure area, which was designed as a recreational space according to the guidelines of Far Eastern Feng Shui.
Economy and efficiency were naturally the focus of the planning, and with a heating system for pellets, the new building set standards in the region in terms of sustainable energy supply
The extension: expanding the concept to include bright, modern living spaces for today's senior citizens
In 2020, the senior citizens' home expanded its capacity with an extension: 24 nursing rooms for residents and a centre for twelve day guests opened their doors. On the third and fourth floors, 16 rental apartments for assisted living offer a new home.
The barrier-free rooms vary in size from 46 to 64 square meters. Each residential unit offers a modern kitchen and is designed to be barrier-free. In total, the retirement home now offers 1116 square meters of living space. The concept of sustainable energy generation, which was already introduced in the first building, is continued in the new building with a photovoltaic system on the roof.
The new building was completed in a construction period of 18 months. The façade continues the regularity of the homogeneous exterior façade of the old building in lighter tones and blends seamlessly into the overall picture. Clear lines dominate the exterior and interior: this creates visual structure and orientation. The interiors together with the sanitary rooms take up the bright, clear and visible colour and line design of the exterior and continue it in every room.
Modern sanitary solutions in the barrier-free rooms
Hygiene, ease of care and durability are decisive factors in the planning and furnishing of objects in the health sector. In the bathrooms, a modern barrier-free sanitary system from HEWI was selected in the form of System 900 in stainless steel.
Stainless steel has a non-porous and therefore particularly hygienic surface. Minimal maintenance is sufficient to prevent dirt or microorganisms from accumulating.
The sanitary series is complemented by barrier-free washbasins, which have ergonomically shaped grab rails. Due to their flat design, they can be used while standing as well as sitting. The grab rails are also suitable for hanging towels.
Purposeful and diverse project buildings: the architectural team kofler architects
Since 1987 kofler architects from Salzburg have been realizing a multitude of different projects. The range of realizations extends from residential buildings to senior citizens' homes and company kindergartens to event spaces or the Hallein district administration. In the process, the practicality and efficiency of the buildings are combined with the demands made on homeliness - in the case of senior citizens' and residential buildings - or on transparency and openness - in the case of public office buildings. Individual and yet functional, creative and yet cost-covering, the buildings present themselves in their respective surroundings, carefully fitted in by the corresponding façade design. Consideration is given both to historical building styles in the immediate vicinity and to natural conditions such as the Alpine landscape of the region, to which the building design is constantly adapted in terms of appearance and organisation
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