Compromise with added value Themunicipal offices building and the fire station in Amlach used to stand beside each other. With great sensitivity pedit ￡ partner architekten have filled the gap between these two buildings, in the process transforming them into a new community centre.Around the village lime tree For a village like Amlach with a population of around 500 it is difficult to avoid being "eaten up" by the district capital Lienz, which is just a few kilometres away, and consequently degenerating into a mere "dormitory town". Amlach has not had a school for years and there was a lengthy debate about the continued existence of the kindergarten. Although there were seven inns here decades ago and until a few years ago there were still four, today there is not even one. There is no large hall for celebrations of various kinds, which like a cafe or restaurant is so important for a vibrant village life and the formation of identity, says Franz Idl, the mayor of Amlach for more than 30 years. However, the wish was that this hall or a restaurant should not be built on a greenfield site but at the place that constitutes the atmosphere of Amlach. The centre is the large village green on which a lime tree stands that is more than 100 years old. Even the mayor cannot say exactly which birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I this tree, which is now a protected natural monument, was planted to celebrate. The church stands at the edge of this green, as do the kindergarten, together with the public playground, and the municipal offices building, pedit partner architekten have transformed the municipal building and the fire station, which was built beside it around 20 years ago, into a large community centre. This project was a direct commission to Lienz-born architect Veit Pedit, whose office is in Vienna.
展开▼
