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of the Site’S repreSentative ElfrIEdA gÖpfrIcH-MIllnEr, urban DiStrict planning MD 21, city of vienna pHIlIpp flEIscHMAnn, urban DiStrict planning MD 21, heaD of Section (22nD DiStrict), city of vienna

presentation of the site within the context of the city development and in terms of strategy

a new and previously unknown scale of development began to be introduced in Donaustadt in the 1970s, when, as a result of the development of the road and rail networks, large-scale residential blocks, commercial areas, shops, specialist retail and logistics centres were erected, resulting in a car-oriented and functionally divided city space. the europan area is located between two major transportation routes, the S-bahn suburban railway line (vienna – laa an der thaya) and the a 23/S2 motorway, which while spatially isolating the site, simultaneously provide a link to the regional transport network. a recently opened tangential tram connection has now also improved the public transport link. the area is largely monofunctional, with a retail park consisting essentially of independent shops each with its own separate parking facilities and access, leading to very large spatial requirements. the objective here is to create a structurally concentrated city district with wider potential for use, focusing here both on forecast population development in vienna and on a responsible and sustainable use of resources.

How can the site be integrated in the issue of the adaptable city and how do you consider this issue?

the future of mono-functional, car-oriented specialist retail stores is uncertain. While they were a successful business model in the 20th century, the question today is whether this type of shopping will not be increasingly replaced in future by online shopping. against this background, it is important to think how these specialised locations can adjust in the future, in order to make sensible and appropriate use of the good transport connections and also to allow good-quality urban development, regardless of whether the shopping habits remain the same in the future.

At the time of sustainable development coupled to an economic crisis, have you already defined a specific strategy for the urban development of the site?

the area needs to be developed within temporal and spatial frameworks. the existing structure includes free spaces where the first development steps can be taken and evolve independently. Suggestions for a networked and sustainable city area have been made in the europan 12 framework, in the context of the overall strategic discussions for this city area, which, with the involvement of quality assurance processes, have a medium-term likelihood of implementation.

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Monument in fertile country

team point of view the contemporary city highlights the difficulties of achieving direct connection between areas and establishing a homogeneous image. urban rhythms dictate shared choices; these have to provide flexibility in managing the designed spaces. in our project, adaptability becomes a feature because it does not erase what is already there. the project creates an order in which even the commercial buildings can be relocated within a context of mixed functions. the aim of this process of phased construction for the single elements along with the infrastructural transformations is to achieve a finished shape. Monument in fertile country is not a single entity but a sequence of individual operations, which allows space for identifying new situations.

jury point of view the project proposes detailed research into the surroundings and the existing buildings, from whose typologies a new and complex city is formed. a collage of coherent patterns maps the historical farming plots. elevated pedestrian bridges provide a connection to the surroundings.

reconStituting the ‘MeDieval plot’ Mixity: office ‘blaDeS’; coMMercial ‘rockS’; reSiDential ‘priSMS’

public Space betWeen builDingS

kaleidoscope

team point of view Wien faces new situations in its quest to fulfil its growing needs. kagran is a single-use plot of shopping malls isolated from the rest of the city by a highway and a railway line that is converted into a multi-functional urban morsel without destroying the specific values of the existing situation. typology: the proposed typology takes the existing elements (parking and shopping) and adds small shops and services at ground level, matching the scale of the shopping walls, topped by a delicate arabesque of housing. the vertical combination of these two elements creates a Dna with the capacity to evolve over time and host multiple uses. public space: the existing road is converted into a vibrant public space with living areas and controlled traffic, which colonizes the existing parking areas, while a new typology is introduced to absorb the surrounding parking.

jury point of view Despite its clarity and simplicity, this project embodies a thoroughly intelligent concept. the dimensions of the structures are relatively large and they possess development potential. hybrid high-density blocks create vertically organized micro-environments, absorbing the car-infrastructure into their mixed-used-basement; housing the developed above the basement block.

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En pointe!

team point of view the site is unique in that it is characterized by complete infrastructural separation, forming an island of building types that operate at an urban scale. our proposal begins by adding a civic architectural type – the arcade – to reconcile the two scales of inhabitation – architectural and urban – through a strategy of consolidating domestic programmes into infrastructural bars that utilize the arcades below to produce rhythm and organization. these bars contain nine housing types and touch down on the site lightly to activate the arcaded public realm below. the question of adaptability is addressed through the notion of time. a large coded surface operates as a multi-programmed public realm that is timeshared through a schedule, to allow a more diverse and wider set of public programmes.

jury point of view this project strengthens the surrounding neighbourhoods by integrating them by means of massive bridges and ribbon development. absent any historical analysis of the site, the project can be seen as the tabula-rasa insertion of an urban environment with generic historical references to the idea of urbanity.

grounD Surface plan upper houSing plan ScheDule anD prograMMing of the Surface by year, Week, anD hour

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networked territories

Some sites have expanded urban potential because of their connection with a larger entity. this entity might have a concrete physicality, such as a mobility infrastructure, or might be a virtual network of relationships between a number of urban nodes. although the communities inhabiting or utilising these sites may be small and apparently isolated, the connection with the network opens up possibilities for a richer urban life, for a new mix of different programmes and a more complex urbanity. how can we prepare these territories to endure the different scenarios that might emerge on the other elements of the network or in the network itself? Should they be arranged in a way that makes it possible for them to adopt different roles within the network? how can they adapt to the possibility of major changes to the network, even its disappearance, through the definition of their own urban and architectural characteristics?

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