A unique piece in the Sausal – the Unibox

Pit stop in a syreta success story

Ever since the presentation of the first Unibox, which was conceived entirely by Syreta, it has enjoyed great popularity. syreta has now been able to secure local supply in the municipality of Kitzeck for 1,214 residents and also set up a Unibox there.

syreta’s assembly and construction team truly outdid itself. In just three days, the floor, furnishings, lighting, glazing, electrics, equipment, and technology were completed. In order not to disturb the appearance of Austria’s highest wine-growing village, the new Unibox also comes with a special feature—it was “built into” a separately constructed building with a timber-look finish.

The newly opened Unibox also marked the first time syreta’s new Retail Hub was used. It integrates all of the store’s hardware and software components. This enables retailers to carry out overall sales and building control, logistics processes, and monitoring easily via an app. That’s what we call out-of-the-box thinking.

What makes the Unibox in Kitzeck special is not only the technology—but the social significance behind it. Kitzeck im Sausal, the highest wine-growing village in Austria, no longer had a local supplier. The Unibox closes this gap: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, fully autonomous.

The fact that the building was deliberately constructed in a timber-look finish so as not to disrupt the village streetscape shows that syreta thought not only technically, but also in terms of design. And the fact that the new Retail Hub is being used for the first time—an app through which retailers can centrally control the store, logistics, and monitoring—makes Kitzeck a pilot project for the next generation of autonomous local supply.