The glass facade is entwined by lentiform shapes, welcoming the roughly 1000 students of the high school on Contiweg. The new school in Hirschstetten (periphery district of Vienna) was designed by Atelier Heiss Architects as a two-building construction with a horizontal emphasis. The glass atrium with the clear cut roof creates an architectural identity in an area with very little accentuated architecture. The school library sits above the glass three-storey atrium of the foyer like a treehouse. This light-flooded space grants a view of the surroundings through the lentiform openings. >>>
