WEIZ (AT) PROJECT SCALE — XL/S – territory / architecture + context
SITE PROPOSED BY — Municipality of Weiz
LOCATION — Gleisdorferstraße, Weiz, Styria
& Federal province of Styria
POPULATION — 11,700 inhab.
OWNER OF THE SITE — Municipality of Weiz
STRATEGIC SITE — 100 ha
& Province of Styria
PROJECT SITE — 4.8 ha & 19 ha
POST-COMPETITION PHASE — Framework plan and design
guide for urban space
Oswin Donnerer — Cultural Councillor 1. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE SITE MUTATION?
Our main goal regarding Europan is to open new vistas in urban planning. Although we have been planning in the destination area for a long time now, we are still trapped in conventional patterns. New ideas and conceptions which so far have not been thought of yet are expected to expand conventional and traditional patterns in architecture and urban planning. Young and unorthodox Europan architects who are non-locals can achieve this goal by using an innovative approach. 2. HOW CAN THE SITE BE INTEGRATED IN THE ISSUES OF PRODUCTIVE CITIES? HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE PRODUCTIVITY ISSUE?
The planning area is characterized by a big variety of different land use —settlement area, traffic area, economic and trading area, brown fields. The main aim is to keep the variety of the existing uses and at the same time to increase the quality of production, 62
living and trading: creating more green areas, improving the site development of the river Weizbach and trendsetting ideas. Europan is to provide important inputs in this process. 3. HAVE YOU ALREADY DEFINED A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR THE URBAN AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AFTER EUROPAN COMPETITION?
Since we know the time schedule for the reconstruction of the Gleisdorferstraße and we are aware of the fact that the actual situation and the changing of the traffic situation will not necessarily lead to a positive development, we would like to have a clear vision about feasible developments regarding urban planning and designing ideas as soon as possible. Moreover, the lot owners on the industrial area will push the development of the brown field. It is of utmost importance to support them with innovative ideas and suggestions regarding a forward-looking development of the brown field that will also be part of a strategy of a further development in urban planning.
