HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN ASPERN - WIEN
Wien 3420 AG is developing a new part of the city which will provide homes for over 25,000 people and more than 20,000 workplaces by the 2030s. Together with its partners, the development agency coordinates all urban planning activities and the building of the infrastructure at Seestadt. 
 

Wien is one of the fastestgrowing cities in Europe.

The largest area of urban development is aspern Vienna’s Urban Lakeside, located in the east of the city. In collaboration with the Architekturzentrum Wien, Wien 3420 aspern development AG invited a select group of architects to participate in a competition for a site in the Lakeside Park Quarter in aspern.

Seven architectural offices from across Europe have been chosen to take part. The aim of the competition was to develop alternative approaches to the architecture of the city, with the emphasis on those themes that confront the city daily.

The intention was, through the reinterpretation of Viennese traditions, to allow a wideranging debate about the future and the coherence of the city.

The competition sought ideas for positive change and new forms for functionally neutral buildings. The results are presented and discussed during the Vienna Biennale 2015 at the Architekturzentrum Wien and in aspern Vienna’s Urban Lakeside.

The project by ifdesign and CZA was recommended for further development.

The building complex of our proposal for block J4 in the Seeparkquartier – Vienna Aspern is organized around a number of very simple yet effective principles: the idea of a “porous” urban block, defined by a perimeter reinforcing the public space and a vast green interior hosting neighborhood activities and informal interaction; the transformation of the prescribed setbacks and height limitations into a sequence of clear, well-placed building masses maximizing - with their succession of high and low bodies oriented in a prevalent north-south direction - good solar exposure for all the apartments and the collective open spaces; the carefully chosen building depths and ceiling heights; the simplicity of the structure, the compactness of the vertical distribution, the grouping of sanitary systems along the central core allow for the greatest flexibility of interior partitions, making the complex capable to adapt over time to unforeseen needs.