Zoning: selection process

ZONING: SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

The cabinet of curiosities of KremsEast is largely the result of the Krems zoning regulations.

Many of the ‘shelves’ of the cabinet of curiosities coincide with the different planological zones. The riverfront is zoned as Grünland – Sportstätte. I presume mainly because of the bike route that runs along the Danube between Vienna and Melk. The housing area consists of a patchwork of different zones. The actual housing falls under Bauland Wohn- oder Mischnutzung, additional services that support a livable neighborhood like sport-fields, schools and shops are ensured through the zones: Bauland – Sondergebiet, Bauland - Handelseinrichtung Grünland – Gärtnerei, Grünland Kleingarten and Grünland – Sportstätte (some of these are too small to be visible in the map on the right). Other ‘shelves’ in the cabinet of curiosities like the harbour, industry zone and commerce and infrastructure zone fall into the same zoning designation; Bauland - Betriebsnutzung.

Each of these ‘shelves’ stems from a different time. The harbour dates from the 1930’s, with many alterations made afterwards. The industry site developed slowly, with the Voestalpine factory being the first development in the 1940’s and the chemical factory from 2003 being the latest addition. Much of the commerce and infrastructure spaces have come into being very rapidly since the turn of the century.

It shows that as a planological tool, the Bauland - Betriebsnutzung zone misses precision. The aesthetic experience and use of the zone is mostly determined by economic market processes shifting over time.

Bauland Wohn - oder Mischnutzung Bauland - Sondergebiet Bauland - Handelseinrichtung Bauland - Betriebsnutzung Grünland - Sportstätte

ZONING