ISBN 9-782914-296298
2014, english / german, 95 pages

PUBLISHER
Europan Europe

EDITORS
Didier Rebois
Europan Europe general secretary

EUROPEAN CO-ORDINATION
Françoise Bonnat / Europan Europe

NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION
Bernd Vlay / Pia Spiesberger
Europan Österreich

TRANSLATION
Roderick O'Donovan

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Maud Benardeau

TEXTS
Kaye Geipel / Wienholding / GESIBA
Buwog / ÖSW / studio uek
 
PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHY
Wolfgang Thaler / rajek barosch
landschaftsarchitektur / Julian Mullan
 
EDITING
Lisa Urbanek / Pippa Buchanan

PRINTING
Keseo

EUROPAN 9: TOGETHER

AN URBAN STRATEGY FOR A HOUSING PROJECT IN WIEN NEU STADLAU

How to revitalize a former industrial site taking in account all the several scales? How to link the different development projects to create a dynamic district? How public space can act as mechanism of integration?

The architects from studio uek, winner of Europan 9 in Vienna (AT), proposed a re-interpretation of the urban district so that existing qualities are enhanced and re-valuated. Their housing project reacts to the insularity of the periphery: it forms a new island which clearly separates the outside to define an inside. The so generated courtyard is equipped, considering the residents, with specific programmes. On the inhabited roof level common areas and pathways are offering a tour over the roofs.

Almost immediately after the competition, the team started an implementation process for housing on the competition site in partnership with GESIBA, using the guidelines of the Europan project as a brief.
Studio uek defined the urban plan for the whole site, then designed the architectural project and built 171 housing units from the 319 planned. Two other architectural teams designed and built the other 148 on the base of the global plan designed by studio uek.

A specific work is made on the building porosity to create a link from inside to outside as well as public spaces providing various forms, adapted to the needs of the several user groups.