Weyarn Supermarket

This supermarket is designed to be an extension of the Weyarn village common, a cherished space in a historic setting with an outstanding Alpine view. In this location a conventional box store supermarket would have created an unacceptable visual conflict with the surrounding natural landscape and the beloved green space it provides. Instead, the building is integrated into the existing slope and covered the space with a living green roof.

Working with Transsolar Klima-Engineering and Grossmanbau Zimmerman, we constructed a thermally optimized open supermarket at a remarkably low construction cost. By combining heat recovery from refrigerators with an underground geothermal ventilation canal and a community waste-wood furnace, we dramatically reduced energy costs for both heating in winter and cooling in summer.