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Irene Ott-Reinisch

  • Site : www.ottreinisch.at
  • Adresse : Hollgasse 1/44 1050 Vienna
Study of Architecture at the Technical University of Innsbruck/Austria (diploma 1991). Diploma thesis: Architectural project design in context with historical buildings/surroundings. During the study: internship at Coop Himmelblau Vienna (roof top Falkestrasse/Vienna). After moving to Vienna 1991 post-graduate studies in environmental technology / TU Vienna (with focus environmental protection / sustainability); diploma 1995; Post graduate timber architecture Kunst Universität Linz 2008; Own office since 2000. Project collaborations with Steven Holl, Franz Sam, Urs Bette et al. I am focusing on implementation of high quality architectural projects with sustainable goals sometimes in historical or cultural specific locations mostly with international collaborations. My office is frequently working as partner architects to international architects, in this function not only participating in the designprocess but also assigned to project and quality management as well as supervision on site. Several competition wins for 3 sports halls in the Lower Austrian Regional Sports School with Franz Sam, Krems/Vienna (2002 – 2012). Loisium Hotel Langenlois and Wine World/project collaboration with Steven Holl Architects /NY since 2002; private client – direct assignment; Hotel extension completed 5.2021; 2004 Contract World Award/2006 European Hotel Design Award/2006 Austrian Client Award. Competition win 1999 school center in Waidhofen/Ybbs – Autria; extended with an assignment for the renovation/refurbishment of the city´s concert hall and music school as project collaboration with Franz Sam; completed 2008; 2008 Regional Architectural Award for exemplary buildings Regional Government Lower Austria. From 2005 to 2017 Royal Institute of Tourism and Hospitality (RITH) Bhutan / Thimphu Refurbishment project tourism school (in a former hotel) and design of a new built training hotel in passive house technology in Bhutan´s capital Thimphu; direct assignment Austrian Development Agency/Royal Government of Bhutan; 2019 Austrian Green Planet Building Award for RITH. Thalia competition win 2009 in Graz´s historical center, roof top extension of a complex with cultural institutions and theatres in order to gain a complex as project collaboration with Franz Sam/Urs Bette, Adelaide; completed 2013; 2015 Austrian Steel Building Award. Since 2016 teaching assignments at the Technical University of Vienna and Innsbruck. Topics: Implementation of sophisticated architectures with regard to technical implementation; Book publication: ANDERS GÜNSTIG. Wohnbau Sozialintegrativ. ISBN: 978-3-99028-711-8 together with Anita Aigner, Paul Rajakovics.

RITH Bhutan 2005-2017

The Royal Government of Bhutan established the Royal Institute of Tourism and Hospitality (RITH) with the technical and financial support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). The RITH is a tourism college (refurbishment of an existing Building complex) in the capital Thimphu with an event hall (new built) the opening of which took place in autumn 2010, and a new built training hotel which was completed in 2017.
The construction activities carried out for the RITH can make a valuable contribution to a sustainable building culture in Bhutan, and also promote a reinterpretation of traditional architecture (where insulation was unknown before).
The training hotel was designed as a lowest-energy building, and is adapted to the special climatic conditions of the Himalaya region. It can be described as the best building in Bhutan in terms of structural engineering and housing technology. The climatic conditions offer almost ideal conditions for the use of the lowest-energy technology. High quality of workmanship required in such demanding projects as well as the procurement and correct use of adequate building materials remain to be a major challenge.
Over the last decade the country has undergone dramatic transformations regarding societal, economic and political aspects. This dynamic climate of change was a necessary precondition for the project´s architectural endeavour, which helped to overcome architectural and technical hurdles. Building details and solutions which adapt to the local framework are especially crucial when it comes to matters of insulating, given the strict local regulations concerning façade aesthetics.
An additional goal of the project – executed and financed from the Austrian Government in the framework of development cooperation partner to Bhutan – is a to establish a code of practice, that can provide local architects as well as public and private clients with the previous knowledge necessary for future projects. In this sense the code of practice resembles the Austrian OIB guidelines, which contain information about insulation, fire-proofing as well as accessibility to users with restricted mobility.

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