From Ice Rink to City Hall!

The conversion of the former ice rink into the “new” City Hall, with an investment of 16 million Euros, is the largest construction project in the history of the city of Kapfenberg. In addition to the renovated ice surface, which is already available again to ice skaters and the Kapfenberg ice hockey club KSV as their new home, the new City Hall will offer more in the future. As an event location with a VIP area, it will now also be able to host major events for several thousand visitors (5,000 visitors for concert events and 3,800 visitors for sports events). Thomas Lorenz ZT GmbH was commissioned by Gänsweider Metalltechnik GmbH with the steel construction planning. More than 90 tons of steel were installed. In addition to a 220 m² steel platform for ventilation units and a new VIP lounge, the existing roof structure was statically reinforced, and a new curtain facade made of “serrated sheets” was erected. The downward-enlarging perforation of the curtain facade, in combination with the interior lighting, creates an impressive sight, especially at night.