Pizza Skopje

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Hot summers, heavy rainfall, and continued cold winters will shape Vienna’s future climate - even as early as 2022. Pizza Skopje sees the gradual transformation of the Schlingermarkt in Vienna by 2030 as an opportunity to add a climate component to the market’s existing social and economic infrastructure. Pizza Skopje is a communal climate infrastructure for residents and visitors of the Schlingermarkt, which positively influences the immediate market climate by generating a gentle draught of air and creating space for cooking and lingering together. Reusing a market stall that was about to be demolished, the pavilion shapes and marks the new centre of the market thanks to its solar chimney and the integration of colourful photovoltaic films. By folding up the outside tables, the thermal function of the pavilion changes from solar chimney to winter garden over the course of the seasons, creating year-round comfort.

Equipped with a mobile kitchen, Pizza Skopje creates space for community experience of Vienna’s future climate.

By folding up the tables, the thermal function of the pavilion changes over the course of the seasons from solar chimney to winter garden, creating year-round comfort. This climatic fluctuation is also followed by the use, which oscillates between inside and outside. The solar bands stretched in the roof also provide shade and produce the energy required to illuminate the pavilion at night.

To minimize the use of gray energy, the pavilion is planned as an interim use of an existing market stand that is to be demolished. The roof and interior walls will be removed and replaced with the new roof structure and communal kitchen of Pizza Skopje.

By implementing Thin-Film Solar Cells in the design process not only as a technical component, but also as a design element, Pizza Skopje creates awareness for the local energy production method and the resulting benefits. Based on the duration and intensity of lighting, the effectiveness of renewable energy generation can be read over the course of the year.

The dense arrangement of the market stalls provides a pleasantly shaded microclimate. Due to the planned demolition of the middle row this quality comes under pressure. The pavillion‘s solar chimney and expansive roof reactivate this potential.


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