Volksschule Innere Stadt (Central elementary school)
Angerzellgasse 12, 6020 Innsbruck, A
Architecture: Thomas Schnizer, Gerald Prenner (2003-2005) Builder-owner: BIG Open to the public: The garden between the school, the old university building and the Jesuits’ College.
Architecture: Thomas Schnizer, Gerald Prenner (2003-2005) Builder-owner: BIG Open to the public: The garden between the school, the old university building and the Jesuits’ College.
What formerly had been the university botanic garden is now a park-like public green with old trees right in the centre of town. By situating the transparent structure of the new elementary school along Angerzellgasse, and by building three underground gyms – which are used by the adjacent high school as well – it was possible not to disturb the park as a peaceful "green island” in the hectic inner city.
