Residential building with 13 flats, 2 offices, 2 retail spaces

Conciseness and sensitivity. A harmonious ensemble of existing and new buildings. Straußengasse 14 is located in the heart of Vienna’s 5th district. Incorporating the existing “Fachwerkhaus”, which is a striking feature of the street, a harmonious ensemble of old and new is created. The typology of the productive town house with a commercially used base and studios in the courtyard building is implemented here. The design focus is on the light and delicate façade design of the new building with industrial features chosen in reference to the existing building. It conveys lightness and elegance. The façade contains multiple layers. Operable glass panels to the balustrade create adaptive buffer zones which provide unique spatial qualities. Depending on the season, the exterior and interior merge with each other.

72 subsidised flats, Baugruppe with 39 flats, commercial units, kindergarten and SOS Children’s Village

The integration of a “Baugruppe” into a subsidised housing complex opens up new potential and synergies. They stimulate and strengthen each other, opening up a wide range of possibilities. Public facilities such as a kindergarten, the SOS Children’s Village, gastronomy and co-working on the ground floor radiate further into the neighbourhood and create an open urban centre. This dialogue creates identity. Different flat types, together with JUNO – Centre for Separated and Single Parents, meet the housing needs of all generations and living situations and promote a social diversity. In addition to the vertical greening of the arcades and the roof, the east-west fresh air corridors and the south-facing arcades influence the microclimate and reduce overheating. The block is thus green on all levels; at its heart, the green centre invites people to linger and creates a counterpart to the lively ground floor zone.

Cooperation Partner: einszueins architektur
Landscape Partner: Carla Lo

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

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

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