Bar Metzgerstüble in Mellau
Situated at the heart of the Bregenzerwald in Austria, Mellau is a village dominated by tourism. In an effort to comply with the tastes of holidaymakers, a broad range of facilities are offered in the bar and diner. An earlier establishment with the same name that once stood on this site was seriously damaged by floods in 2005 and had to be demolished down to the basement. Today, a narrow, elongated timber volume has taken its place, protected by a barrier against flooding. The form of the building was the outcome of squeezing as large an area from the site as possible as well as the incorporation of a transformer station. The entrance, which faces the village, allows a view of the dining space within and also provides a generous protected realm – created by extending the walls and roof outwards. The bar and the diner are contained in a single space. At the back are the toilets, a small kitchen and a store. Here, too, a steep staircase leads down to the old basement.
