VMA was invited to submit a proposal for the Aspern Urban Development Information Center as the catalyst for the largest urban development in the Danube region. The briefing centered around a temporary building which would incoporate offices, exhibition spaces, a multifunctional event space, café lounge, and an observation deck to overview the construction site. VMA responded with a modular 3d stacking of container elements defining the exterior architectural form and sculpting out an interior volume slated for the dynamic event space. The container element and the resultant configurations allowed maximum flexibility in adapting/modifying the building shape due to the content/user needs over the expected 10 year building site and would provide a strong brand image for the Aspern region – a landmark in progress.

Aspern Info Center Night Perspective

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Veech Media Architecture (VMA) has completed a comprehensive redesign of the technical production suites and On-Air studios at Hitradio Ö3 in Vienna.

Oe3 Studio 3d Perspective

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VMA´s competition entry for conversion of the Schönnbrunn Info/Ticket Office located on the main palace grounds centered around inserting a new double curved triangulated steel-glass structure creating a vaulted daylight intensive interior space which sharply contrasts the existing Baroque interior yet builds upon the perspective principles used during this period. The minimalist atrium space responded to the restrictive briefing requirements with a compact, efficient, and elegant design proposal

Schönbrunn Gardetrakt Interior Perspective

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VMA´s proposal for the design of a new passive house Kindergarten building projected a vibrant touch of modernism to the outer 21st district of Vienna. The briefing called for three groups of classrooms and secondary ancillary spaces for learning, playing and group activities. The concept incorporated three tubular forms housing the central classrooms with double height glass atriums used for the group spaces with direct access to outdoor terraces and playground facilities. The multi-colored pixel glass façade augmented the strict geometry of the structure and responded to the children´s world of kaleidiscope fascination.

Kindergarten Schukowitzgasse Perspective

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European Football Championship 2008

The Urban Media Tower for ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) was a central urban feature for the four week activities surrounding the EM_2008 in Vienna, Austria. Strategically located adjacent to the Burgtheater the 17.5 meter multi-purpose temporary building incorporated a 60m² TV Studio, outdoor terrace, offices, technical spaces and three integrated LED video screens for live broadcast. Due to the planned five day construction phase and positioning upon the tram line tracks special consideration and intensive planning was necessary in reference to erecting the main modular structural frame, external aluminium cladding, and lighting/acoustic constraints in broadcast media. The glimmering metallic facade gracefully transformed the area surrounding the historic cultural landmark buildings into a contemporary trans-Europe public zone linked through a media event.

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In 2008 we completed the comprehensive relaunch of the ORF Newsroom “phases 2″. The 360 degree multi-faceted studio space accomodates both ORF1 and ORF2 News and Information programming. Begun in 2007 as part of the new program reform within the Information News Department the first phase comprised of a simultaneous transformation from the existing 2003 award winning VMA design into the new world of video wall information screens encompassing the perimeter of the studio and adding variable flexibility to the future program content and presentation.

ORF Newsroom Studio: ©ORF Fotografie

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VMA was inspired by the three dimensional opaque composite material for the new studio magazine format Wie Bitte for ORF as part of the new program reform of 2007. Parellel to the re-launch of the ORF Newsroom and the re-location of the ORF magazine formats, VMA developed a multifunctional media space to provide various moderation positions with embedded video monitors for supporting graphics and information. The backlit perimeter wall fluctuated in color to accentuate the spatial atmosphere in relation to the program content.

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