Magda's Hotel. A clerical residence becomes a Social Business Hotel

In Vienna, the former clerical residence Stephanushaus is transformed into the Magdas Hotel Vienna City: the large building at number 38 Ungargasse now offers 85 rooms, a restaurant, and an outdoor dining area

Social Hotel for Work in Austria

Magdas is the first project of a social hotel for work in Austria: it accommodates refugees and displaced people, offering them training and job opportunities in the hospitality sector. In this atmosphere of solidarity, the renovation of the house of the clergy Stephanushaus by BMW Designers & Architects is carried out with criteria of sustainability, reuse and recycling of resources, and support for social interaction. The hotel rooms maintain the aura of simplicity and tranquility inherited from the building's previous function

Solidarity, community, and sustainability: the values of the project

The values of connection between people and community are brought into the project through the preservation of the existing chapel with its notable architectural value, and with the opening of the ground floor of the Magdas Hotel to the city: the large windows of the restaurant allow passersby to almost completely see through the building; the tables on the sidewalk along Ungargasse and the refreshment area in the garden on Krummgasse create new meeting places

Synthesis between retreat and sociality

The Magdas Hotel Vienna City, with its spaces for conviviality and quiet secluded rooms, is a mix of retreat and sociality, just like in its previous version as a clerical residence. Sustainability is an important focus of the project; in the careful restoration of the building and its characteristic elements, interventions for improving efficiency and renovating the envelope and systems have been implemented. The interior design still follows the principle of reuse, as seen in the restored old lamps and the former reception area that has been transformed into a bar

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Photo credits
Top image: BWM Designers & Architects
Content Images: BWM Designers & Architects Severin Wurnig
Gallery images: 1, 2, 10, 12, 13 BMW Walter Luttenberger; 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 BWM Severin Wurnig; 5 BWM

Companies credits
Participants
ÖBA, Ausschreibung
Baukooperative GmbH

Statik: Gschwandtl & Lindlbauer ZT GmbH
Bauphysik: Burian & Kram Bauphysik GmbH
Brandschutzplanung: IFBS Institut zur Förderung von Brandschutz und Sicherheit, e.V.
Vermessung: Korschineck & Partner Vermessung ZT GmbH
Haustechnikplanung: PME Techn. Büro für Klimatechnik GesmbH
Lichtplanung: Pokorny Lichtarchitektur
Landschaftsplanung: Simma Zimmermann Landschaftsarchitektinnen OG
Gestaltung OG 6: Daniel Büchel
Ausführungsplanung: Baukooperative
Teppichdesign: Gabriele Bruner
Geothermie: IBF DI Faustmann KG (Geomatrix)
Baumanagement: Porr Bau GmbH
Elektrotechnik: Fa. Rauhofer
Wärme-Wasser-Klima-Lüftungsanlage: Fa. WWLA
Kunst im Hotel: Atelier 10

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