Stöckl im Park

The rebuilding of the “Belvedere-Stöckl”, which closed more than twenty years ago, was completed in 2019 as a brewery restaurant on the edge of the Schwarzenberg Gardens in Vienna’s 3rd district and as a counterpart to the well-known Salmbräu, including a new brewing plant. The three-storey restaurant has seating for 270, while the guest garden can accommodate 610 people. www.stoecklimpark.at

New building: dining room/ kitchen/ storage/ anteroom

Hidden behind the garden wall is a four-storey solid construction with a basement for the building services, a garden floor for the kitchen and dining room, a spacious first floor and an attic. The more than 8 m deep excavation pit was secured using bored piles and shotcrete directly next to the busy Prinz-Eugen-Strasse and at the same time secured the listed Stöckl building. The supporting structure was designed as a reinforced concrete Skeleton construction in order to keep the view of Schwarzenberger’s garden clear with a generous glass façade and to integrate the surrounding balconies in front into the dining area in summer. The geometry of the top floor construction follows this principle and consists of wide-span steel frames.

Historic old building as a show brewery

The existing building from the 1920s will be used as a brewery in the future. The listed building was gutted and the basement level was lowered. A new reinforced concrete ceiling to the top floor separates the malting floor from the brewing hall below. The existing foundations were underpinned next to the busy Prinz-Eugen-Strasse. A horizontally bracing steel girder floor slab serves as a manipulation level for the brewing operations.

Building physics

The biggest challenge was to meet the internal and external acoustic requirements. For the operating permit, it was necessary to limit the noise emissions from the systems (ventilation, operation, delivery, disposal, etc.) to a minimum in terms of organization and technology. In addition, all buildings meet the criteria for thermal and sound insulation and freedom from condensation.

Building services

The basement houses all technical areas including the ventilation system separately for the quest room and kitchen, the distribution of the beer lines from the brewery buildings to the taps in the three guest floors as well as all supply and disposal lines including the lifting system.

Fire protection

A comprehensive fire protection concept was drawn up for the safe evacuation of up to 880 guests in order to meet the requirements of the OIB guidelines and achieve the specified protection target. It was also necessary to assess hazardous substances such as malt dust and define specific measures for the operating license. In addition, the fire fighting requirements specifically for the local conditions of Prinz-Eugen-Strasse with rail traffic and the Schwarzenberg Garden were coordinated with the fire department.

The Stöckl im Park combines modern architecture and functionality with the revitalization of a historic site. The project comprises a new building and the renovation of a historic old building, taking into account the latest standards int the areas of building physics, building technology and fire protection, as well as the requirements of the World Heritage Site. This creates a unique location of gastronomy and brewing culture in the heart of Vienna.