65 subsidised flats, 1 communal space and communal kitchen
On the site of the former Leopoldau gas works, the residential quarter Neu Leopoldau is being built along the theme of “Young Living”. At the entrance to the area, the monolithic building with its facade of prefabricated elements of fair-faced concrete sets an urbanistic accent. The design was based on the idea of creating an open and lively building. The so-called “plus spaces” — the zone between the glazed entrance doors and the apartments — play a special role. These transitional areas, with their openness to the staircase, promote communication within the building, which the residents themselves define — from a studio to a hairdressing salon to a home office. A common room as well as the summer kitchen, which is available to the entire quarter, create further meeting places for residents in the house.
Award: Callwey – Housing of the Year 2021, in the Innovative Facade category
Landscape Partner: KSLA – Katja Simma Landschaftsarchitektur
Cooperation Partner: Project development: raum & kommunikation / Sociology: Prof. Dr. Jens S. Dangschat
Category
2-phase competition, 1st prize
Location
Vienna, AT
Completion
2019
Client
SCHWARZATAL
GFA
5.400 m²
Pictures, Visualization
Hertha Hurnaus, RIVIERA | MORETTI
Art intervention
PERKUP, SKIRL, RUIN
65 subsidised flats, 1 communal space and communal kitchen
On the site of the former Leopoldau gas works, the residential quarter Neu Leopoldau is being built along the theme of “Young Living”. At the entrance to the area, the monolithic building with its facade of prefabricated elements of fair-faced concrete sets an urbanistic accent. The design was based on the idea of creating an open and lively building. The so-called “plus spaces” — the zone between the glazed entrance doors and the apartments — play a special role. These transitional areas, with their openness to the staircase, promote communication within the building, which the residents themselves define — from a studio to a hairdressing salon to a home office. A common room as well as the summer kitchen, which is available to the entire quarter, create further meeting places for residents in the house.
Award: Callwey – Housing of the Year 2021, in the Innovative Facade category
Landscape Partner: KSLA – Katja Simma Landschaftsarchitektur
Cooperation Partner: Project development: raum & kommunikation / Sociology: Prof. Dr. Jens S. Dangschat
Category
2-phase competition, 1st prize
Location
Vienna, AT
Completion
2019
Client
SCHWARZATAL
GFA
5.400 m²
Pictures, Visualization
Hertha Hurnaus, RIVIERA | MORETTI
Art intervention
PERKUP, SKIRL, RUIN
72 subsidized apartments, building group with 39 apartments, commercial units, kindergarten and SOS Children’s Village
The integration of a building group into a subsidized housing complex opens new potentials and synergies. The building group in the north and the subsidized housing in the east and west are clearly defined and at the same time connected on all floors. The use of the first floor with kindergarten, SOS Children’s Village, gastronomy and co-working radiates further into the neighborhood and creates an open urban center. Different apartment types, together with JUNO – center for single parents, meet the housing needs of all generations as well as life situations and promote a social mix. In addition to the vertical greening of the pergolas and roof, the east-west fresh air corridors and south-facing pergolas have a positive effect on the microclimate and reduce overheating.
Cooperation Partner: einszueins architektur
Landscape Partner: Carla Lo
Category
Competition, 1st Prize
Location
Vienna, AT
Planning Start
2020
Client
Schwarzatal
GFA
17.475 m²
Visualisation
Patricia Bagienski
72 subsidized apartments, building group with 39 apartments, commercial units, kindergarten and SOS Children’s Village
The integration of a building group into a subsidized housing complex opens new potentials and synergies. The building group in the north and the subsidized housing in the east and west are clearly defined and at the same time connected on all floors. The use of the first floor with kindergarten, SOS Children’s Village, gastronomy and co-working radiates further into the neighborhood and creates an open urban center. Different apartment types, together with JUNO – center for single parents, meet the housing needs of all generations as well as life situations and promote a social mix. In addition to the vertical greening of the pergolas and roof, the east-west fresh air corridors and south-facing pergolas have a positive effect on the microclimate and reduce overheating.
Cooperation Partner: einszueins architektur
Landscape Partner: Carla Lo
Category
Competition, 1st Prize
Location
Vienna, AT
Planning Start
2020
Client
Schwarzatal
GFA
17.475 m²
Visualisation
Patricia Bagienski
Event house with 60 apartments
Together with trans_city, we planned 5 buildings – an urban ensemble with high density and generous permeability at the Schanze. Our “Urban Hybrid” – sets a significant prelude to the new quarter with its robust building structure. The city block focuses on cooperative living and working and offers flexibly adaptable spaces for this purpose. The active ground floor zone is understood as a space for exchange within the block. A wide range of apartment types (58 in total), from micro-apartments to studio apartments, is speaking to an urban audience outside traditional family structures and to self-employed people working in cooperative networks – such as microbusinesses. The building structure of “the Event House” and the 2.8m ceiling height allows a high degree of flexibility of use and resilience.
Landscape Architecture: Carla Lo Landschaftsarchitektur
Social Sustainability: Martina Jauschneg
Category
Competition, 1st prize (building plot J)
Location
Vienna, AT
Planning start
2019
Client
Familienwohnbau
GFA
7.590,48 m²
Visualisation
expressiv
Event house with 60 apartments
Together with trans_city, we planned 5 buildings – an urban ensemble with high density and generous permeability at the Schanze. Our “Urban Hybrid” – sets a significant prelude to the new quarter with its robust building structure. The city block focuses on cooperative living and working and offers flexibly adaptable spaces for this purpose. The active ground floor zone is understood as a space for exchange within the block. A wide range of apartment types (58 in total), from micro-apartments to studio apartments, is speaking to an urban audience outside traditional family structures and to self-employed people working in cooperative networks – such as microbusinesses. The building structure of “the Event House” and the 2.8m ceiling height allows a high degree of flexibility of use and resilience.
Landscape Architecture: Carla Lo Landschaftsarchitektur
Social Sustainability: Martina Jauschneg
Category
Competition, 1st prize (building plot J)
Location
Vienna, AT
Planning start
2019
Client
Familienwohnbau
GFA
7.590,48 m²
Visualisation
expressiv
Collective Housing – subsidised housing with residential units
In search of the future of the village, Lans has launched an ambitious competition. The town – with currently just over 1.100 inhabitants and at the same time in direct proximity to Innsbruck – combines the advantages and challenges between town and country almost prototypically. We are planing a new neighborhood here – not just a residential area, but a lively quarter in which we will continue to think the vernacular structures that have evolved. As in a village centre, similar houses around a common area form a place to live and to work.
Landscape Partner: Erik Meinharter / PlanSinn
Category
Competition, 1st prize
Location
Lans, AT
Planning start
2019
Client
Gemeinde Lans
GFA
9.520 m²
Visualisation
Janusch
Collective Housing – subsidised housing with residential units
In search of the future of the village, Lans has launched an ambitious competition. The town – with currently just over 1.100 inhabitants and at the same time in direct proximity to Innsbruck – combines the advantages and challenges between town and country almost prototypically. We are planing a new neighborhood here – not just a residential area, but a lively quarter in which we will continue to think the vernacular structures that have evolved. As in a village centre, similar houses around a common area form a place to live and to work.
Landscape Partner: Erik Meinharter / PlanSinn
Category
Competition, 1st prize
Location
Lans, AT
Planning start
2019
Client
Gemeinde Lans
GFA
9.520 m²
Visualisation
Janusch
67 subsidised flats and 1 communal space around a communal courtyard
Eight houses in wood hybrid construction form an ensemble around a green inner courtyard. With the existing listed building the different dimensions and orientations of the buildings allow a variety of views of the surrounding mountainscape and strengthen the character of a grown village. An underground car park keeps the majority of the settlement car-free. The central inner courtyard with its playground as well as the new neighbourhood square are available to the entire neighbourhood as well as the residents. In addition to the varied open spaces a common room promotes living together within the settlement and beyond.
Awards: Bauherrenpreis der HYPO Vorarlberg (Recognition)
Landscape Architecture: GRUBER + HAUMER
Category
Direct commission with prior study
Location
Bludenz, AT
Client
Wohnbauselbsthilfe
Completion
2019
GFA
7.420 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
67 subsidised flats and 1 communal space around a communal courtyard
Eight houses in wood hybrid construction form an ensemble around a green inner courtyard. With the existing listed building the different dimensions and orientations of the buildings allow a variety of views of the surrounding mountainscape and strengthen the character of a grown village. An underground car park keeps the majority of the settlement car-free. The central inner courtyard with its playground as well as the new neighbourhood square are available to the entire neighbourhood as well as the residents. In addition to the varied open spaces a common room promotes living together within the settlement and beyond.
Awards: Bauherrenpreis der HYPO Vorarlberg (Recognition)
Landscape Architecture: GRUBER + HAUMER
Category
Direct commission with prior study
Location
Bludenz, AT
Client
Wohnbauselbsthilfe
Completion
2019
GFA
7.420 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
25 cooperative flats around a play street
The housing estate with eight houses takes up various patterns of older agglomerations in Kaltern and interprets them in a participatory planning process to create a contemporary, new settlement in a rural context. The architecture appears familiar, simple and clear. Nevertheless, in its spatial use and movement it reveals its complexity and surprises. Nature and architecture merge seamlessly at certain points. A residential and play street forms the heart of the complex and becomes the defining element of the social space. Small paths surround the complex and, together with the residential street and natural corridor, form a complex network of paths, which both expose the most diverse (semi) public spaces for communication and interaction, as well as invite people to retreat.
Award: South Tyrol Architecture Award, IT
Landscape Partner: PlanSinn
Category
Invited competition, 1st prize
Location
Kaltern, IT
Completion
2010
Client
Arche KVW Bozen
GFA
5.400 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
25 cooperative flats around a play street
The housing estate with eight houses takes up various patterns of older agglomerations in Kaltern and interprets them in a participatory planning process to create a contemporary, new settlement in a rural context. The architecture appears familiar, simple and clear. Nevertheless, in its spatial use and movement it reveals its complexity and surprises. Nature and architecture merge seamlessly at certain points. A residential and play street forms the heart of the complex and becomes the defining element of the social space. Small paths surround the complex and, together with the residential street and natural corridor, form a complex network of paths, which both expose the most diverse (semi) public spaces for communication and interaction, as well as invite people to retreat.
Award: South Tyrol Architecture Award, IT
Landscape Partner: PlanSinn
Category
Invited competition, 1st prize
Location
Kaltern, IT
Completion
2010
Client
Arche KVW Bozen
GFA
5.400 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
