A hotel is undergoing a transformation – to become a resort. As part of its expansion plans, Hotel Hof Weissbad had its own flower shop built for its in-house florist. The venue can be rented out in the evening for small gatherings with up to 20 attendees. The client Hof Weissbad AG tasked us with providing project consulting, architectural and planning services. We accompanied the project as the general contractor and were also responsible for site management and turning the timber structure and interior design into a reality.
Covering an area of 85 m2, the single-storey flower shop doesn’t take up much space. But the building still stands out thanks to its special architecture. And deliberately so – the architectural concept states that the shop shouldn’t be viewed as a building but as an object. The load-bearing timber structure made of curved timber frames forms a 17 m long tunnel-shaped interior. At the same time, it defines the character of the flower shop ‘object’. The Flickflauder restaurant, which is also part of the Hof Weissbad hotel complex, provided inspiration for the flower shop’s design.
The spruce/fir facade covers both of the building’s long sides and the sloping roof of this unusual structure in a single piece, as it were. Windows are installed at the front and back and on one side of the shop. Along these sides, the facade only covers two thirds of the building’s height, so the bottom window remains uncovered for the entire length of the building.
