Project 01 Detail Vienna, 2025

Technical Analysis

Focus Construction Details Chunks A, B, C
Group 05 Mukai Li, Sofia Smith, Mariam Khalifa, Franki Lefebre, Mac Williams, Sage Arora
Instructor Balliet Co'Lab 3B
Scale 1″ = 3′-0″ / 1″ = 1′-0″ / 1″ = 0′-6″
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Chunk Selection A, B, C in context of full building axonometric

Three Chunks

Construction
in Detail

Three moments are isolated from the building and studied at increasing scales from 1″=3′ down to 1″=½″. Each chunk captures a critical junction where structure, envelope, and program meet: the roof edge and mesh façade at Chunk A, the structural bay and GFRC cladding at Chunk B, and the auditorium seating wall at Chunk C.

Chunk A Roof Edge, Mesh Façade and Glass Canopy
Chunk B Structural Bay, GFRC Façade and Glass Canopy
Chunk C Auditorium Seating and Wall
Chunk A Overview Chunk A Detail 1 Chunk A Detail 2 Chunk A Detail 3 Chunk B Overview Chunk B Detail 1 Chunk B Detail 2 Chunk B Detail 3 Chunk C Overview

Redrawn

The Chunks
in White on Black

The three chunks drawn again from the group's model and section files: the same cuts, material hatches, notes and scales, in white on black.

Chunk A wall section in white on black: the roof edge, mesh facade frame and glass canopy over the wall, with concrete deck, insulation, waterproofing and GFRC layers noted and the roof stack dimensioned
Chunk A · Roof edge, mesh facade and glass canopy, 1 in = 3 ft
Chunk B section in white on black: the structural bay with glass canopy, GFRC facade, concrete deck and concrete foundation, steel in orange
Chunk B · Structural bay, GFRC facade and glass canopy, 1 in = 3 ft
Chunk C in white on black: the auditorium seating section with waterproofing, insulation, ceiling hanger and sound panel noted, and below it the wall section with insulation, GFRC clip and GFRC panel, the steel beam in orange
Chunk C · Seating section 1 in = 2 ft, wall section 1 in = 6 in

Project Context

Yovie
Cultural Center

YOVIE Youth Orchestra of Vienna is a performance and education center that explores how geometric transformation generates performative space. By splitting, intersecting, and rotating two offset volumes, the design creates a dynamic framework in which a series of auditoriums are stacked and shifted, responding to unique acoustic and sectional needs.

A continuous steel roof wraps the structure in a lightweight envelope, contrasting the heavy masonry of the Ringstrasse. Steel trusses cut diagonally through the mass, carving shared platforms and visual corridors that connect audiences across venues. The technical analysis above isolates three of these moments, Chunks A, B, and C, showing how structure, envelope, and program resolve at the detail scale.

Structural Section

Structure
Revealed

The color-coded section shows how the primary steel truss, GFRC cladding, mesh façade, and triple-glazed glass operate together, each material layer tied to a distinct structural and environmental role.

Structural section material callouts across full building section

Sections + Elevations

Spatial
Logic

The longitudinal and cross sections reveal the stacking of auditorium volumes, the depth of the basement rehearsal levels, and the diagonal steel trusses that tie the building's two masses together. The elevations show the mesh façade's layered depth against the glazed lobby below.

Building sections longitudinal and cross section
Elevations A and B mesh façade and glazed lobby

Interior

Material
Atmosphere

European oak acoustic panels, Austrian wool upholstery, wood wool surfaces, and natural acoustic plaster define the performance interior, a palette of locally sourced, acoustically tuned materials that absorb and shape sound across the auditoria.

Interior material sheet lobby render and auditorium seating with material callouts

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