The airspace above the built environment beckons exploration, offering opportunities to discover overlooked spaces that have evaded the constraints of urban planning and the demands of the real estate market, which covet elevated panoramas. The creation of this intermediary realm between rooftops and the sky unveils pockets of an unseen landscape ripe with untapped potential. Le Théâtre de la Nuit explores the possibility of the roof as a space for artistic intervention. The proposed architecture is an urban interpretation of a theatrical stage, drawing patrons together to interact with the space and express their authentic selves. Cities cannot exist without considering their social component and Le Theatre de la Nuit not only embraces this idea but showcases it. The architecture of the redeveloped roofscape is an action and process that brings people together. In daylight, the projection screens are blank. At sundown the scenography awakes. Textiles strung between the façade openings display scenes from within the rooftop; microphones flood the street below with distinct whispers from above. The installation begins with the first act, the Outsider, allowing individuals to perceive the theater from afar, watching and listening from the outside. With their attention drawn, the second act debuts, the Spectator. Once immersed, one enters the third and final act, the Performer.
The airspace above the built environment beckons exploration, offering opportunities to discover overlooked spaces that have evaded the constraints of urban planning and the demands of the real estate market, which covet elevated panoramas. The creation of this intermediary realm between rooftops and the sky unveils pockets of an unseen landscape ripe with untapped potential. Le Théâtre de la Nuit explores the possibility of the roof as a space for artistic intervention. The proposed architecture is an urban interpretation of a theatrical stage, drawing patrons together to interact with the space and express their authentic selves. Cities cannot exist without considering their social component and Le Theatre de la Nuit not only embraces this idea but showcases it. The architecture of the redeveloped roofscape is an action and process that brings people together. In daylight, the projection screens are blank. At sundown the scenography awakes. Textiles strung between the façade openings display scenes from within the rooftop; microphones flood the street below with distinct whispers from above. The installation begins with the first act, the Outsider, allowing individuals to perceive the theater from afar, watching and listening from the outside. With their attention drawn, the second act debuts, the Spectator. Once immersed, one enters the third and final act, the Performer.
Bahnhof Engelhof.
Type: Historical Preservation
Year: 2026
Context: Academic - Individual
Location: Gmunden, Austria
As one of the oldest surviving railway stations in continental Europe, Bahnhof Engelhof in Gmunden, Austria, was originally completed in 1834 and served as a horse-drawn railway from 1836-1855, facilitating salt and freight transport between Austria and Czechia. Today, Bahnhof Engelhof serves as the eastern terminus of the Traunseebahn regional line and is protected under heritage status. Despite its historical and cultural significance, the building has long been closed and suffers from structural deterioration and vandilism due to such neglect. In its current state, the building suffers from spatial fragmentation, poor circulation and a lack of programmatic identity, leaving it disconnected from its urban context and unusable to the public. Through a contemporary redesign of the internal and external space, the restoration breathes new life into the building. The intervention in the courtyard both clarifies movement and improves internal flow, while a new and reassessed program redefines the building, reinventing it as an inviting third place for visitors. The restoration of Bahnhof Engelhof not only preserves a rare piece of early railway history but also, reestablishes its significance as a civic and transit landmark, linking present-day mobility with its storied past.
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