Karte traditioneller alpiner Baukünste, Techniken und Materialien

27.10.2025

Entdecke die Schätze alpiner Baukunst! Unser „Genius Loci“-Archiv , das im Rahmen des EU-Interreg-Projektes Bauhalps entstanden ist, sammelt traditionelles Wissen über Bauweisen, Techniken und Materialien aus der Alpenregion. Darüber hinaus macht es Akteure und regionenspezifische Beziehungsgeflechte sichtbar. 

REGION 1: TRENTINO (ITALY)

Relationships

•    Actors: Architects, engineers, employees, community members.
•    Actants: CLT wood, shou sugi ban-treated timber, concrete skeleton, panoramic landscape, acoustic panels.

Knowledge

•    Tacit: Craftsmanship in timber construction, acoustic design, spatial comfort.
•    Explicit: CLT paneling, Kielsteg roofing, modular office layouts, circular design prin-ciples.
•    Absent Present: First-time use of shou sugi ban by Alpenos; symbolic telescope-like building shape.

Resources

•    Cultural Heritage: Adaptive reuse of a failed shopping center.
•    Locally Sourced Materials: Timber, rock wool insulation.
•    Life Histories: Innovation Room as a community hub; rooftop used for employee and public events.

REGION 2: SALZBURG (AUSTRIA)

Relationships

•    Actors: Planners, builders, local authorities, residents.
•    Actants: Historic timber buildings, stone masonry, digital planning tools, flood-prone landscapes.
 

Knowledge

•    Tacit: Block construction with dovetail joints, moss insulation, rammed earth floors.
•    Explicit: Hybrid wood-concrete systems, BIM planning, modular façade systems.
•    Absent Present: Traditional plaster textures, historical salt trade influencing mate-rial scarcity.

Resources

•    Cultural Heritage: Rauchhaus Mühlgrub, OH456 office, BH-Salzburg administrative building.
•    Locally Sourced Materials: Spruce, Untersberger marble, larch wood.
•    Life Histories: Adaptive reuse of sawmill site; critique of marble law books as sealed, lifeless surfaces.
 

REGION 3: ALLGÄU (GERMANY)

Relationships

•    Actors: Master carpenters, surveyors, volunteers, youth groups.
•    Actants: Renaissance wooden ceilings, sandstone crypts, reused barn structures.

Knowledge

•    Tacit: Reed roofing, vaulted ceilings, acoustic optimization through solid wood.
•    Explicit: Structural reinforcement of barns, historical surveying techniques.
•    Absent Present: Lost Madonna altar; oral histories in attic collection.

Resources

•    Cultural Heritage: Church miracle-of-light, aristocratic crypt, granary museum.
•    Locally Sourced Materials: Recycled wood, sandstone, lime plaster.
•    Life Histories: Eventstadl as a community venue; attic as informal learning space.

REGION 4: UPPER BAVARIA (GERMANY)

Relationships

•    Actors: Construction firms, students, planners, researchers.
•    Actants: Hybrid timber-concrete systems, prefabricated modules, solar installa-tions.

Knowledge

•    Tacit: Modular timber production, acoustic insulation, community integration.
•    Explicit: BIM planning, DGNB certification, KfW standards.
•    Absent Present: Challenges in concrete separability; research on hybrid joinery.

Resources

•    Cultural Heritage: CampusRO as a model for student housing.
•    Locally Sourced Materials: Wood wool insulation, prefabricated timber.
•    Life Histories: Regenauer’s production site as a circularity showcase.
 

REGION 5: BOHINJ REGION (SLOVENIA)

Relationships

•    Actors: Architects, local artisans, educators, hospitality staff.
•    Actants: Timber exoskeletons, edible landscapes, seismic joinery, alpine symbolism.

Knowledge

•    Tacit: Hayrack-inspired design, passive solar orientation, folk-craft integration.
•    Explicit: Triple-glazed windows, geothermal systems, GLT roof structures.
•    Absent Present: Reconstructed Vila Muhr from ruins; underground passage linking heritage sites.

Resources

•    Cultural Heritage: Hotel Bohinj, Vila Muhr, Hiša v Alpah, Vrtec Bohinj.
•    Locally Sourced Materials: Larch, Bohinj stone, untreated timber.
•    Life Histories: Kindergarten as civic anchor; hotel referencing Triglav ascent.

REGION 6 PROVINCE OF PADUA / VENETO REGION (ITALY)

Relationships

•    Actors: bioarchitects, reed specialists, radioaesthetists.
•    Actants: Marsh reeds, cork insulation, electromagnetic fields, radon mitigation systems.

Knowledge

•    Tacit: Reed vault construction, lime plastering, bioclimatic design.
•    Explicit: Ventilated crawl spaces, natural glues, electromagnetic shielding.
•    Absent Present: Mudhif reed techniques from Mesopotamia; forgotten reed ceiling traditions.

Resources

•    Cultural Heritage: Casone rural house, ethnographic park.
•    Locally Sourced Materials: Marl bricks, cork, marsh reeds.
•    Life Histories: House as a living lab for bioarchitecture.

REGION 7 PROVINCE OF VICENZA / VENETO REGION (ITALY)

Relationships 

•    Human Actors: Museum curators and guides, craftspeople and artisans, local com-munities, associations. 
•    Actants: Materials, landscape features, built heritage. 

Knowledge 

•    Tacit: Craftsmanship, embodied practices, dialectal terminology.
•    Explicit: Historical regulations, museum documentation, educational transmission. 
•    Absent Present: heritage revival, forgotten techniques. 
  

Resources 

•    Material resources: Clay, wood, stone and minerals, Kaolin. 
•    Symbolic Resources: Architectural identity, cultural continuity, emotional resonance.