INNSBRUCK (AT) PROJECT SCALE — L/S – urban + architecture /
PROJECT SITE — 3 ha
architecture + context
SITE PROPOSED BY — City of Innsbruck
LOCATION — Innrain, Innsbruck, Tyrol
OWNER OF THE SITE — IIG – Innsbruck Immobilien Gesellschaft
POPULATION — 133,540 inhab.
POST-COMPETITION PHASE — A commissioning for a strategic
STRATEGIC SITE — 17.5 ha
urban concept of the winning team is intended
Philipp Fromm — Architect, Planning Department, City of Innbsruck 1. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE SITE MUTATION?
The Europan winning projects are an important start for us in the development of an urban design process for this specific area. The different approaches show the diversity of the potential of this location. In any case, the aim is to generate the greatest possible positive added value for the people of Innsbruck and for the diverse users of this quarter. The projects are catalysts for the transformation of the promenade and the building plots from an “inner-city backyard” to a lively riverside promenade with new spatially animated connections to the city. 2. HOW CAN THE SITE BE INTEGRATED IN THE ISSUES OF PRODUCTIVE CITIES? HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE PRODUCTIVITY ISSUE?
Productivity at this location means on the one hand to use the capital of the urban society. This involves creative capital, innovation potential, the production of knowledge and know-how. On the other 188
hand, the productivity of existing potentials, such as the market hall, might be expanded. The programming of the square and the promenade are also part of the production of a special social space. This strengthening of specific site values and public space is intended to enhance the power of urban transformation towards a sustainable urban society. 3. HAVE YOU ALREADY DEFINED A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR THE URBAN AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AFTER EUROPAN COMPETITION?
On the basis of the winning projects, key objectives and framework conditions for the development with the various stakeholders will be identified. The winning teams are involved in this frameworking process. The potentials of the programming, which the projects demonstrate, form an important basis for the creation of a holistic concept. Out of that, an urban planning procedure is then selected and architectural and landscape competitions will be subsequently held. Due to the importance of the area for the identity of the city, it is intended to involve the public.
