Rethink Timber
With its 24 floors, HoHo Wien is at the moment the tallest timber-tower under construction in the world. More important, however, is its future urban usage. The tower forms an integrative element in the new district of Aspern in the Northwest of Vienna. From 2018 there will be offices, serviced apartments, a hotel and wellness areas on 19.000 square meters usable area. The prerequisite for this round-the-clock usage mix is an innovative construction system: all interior walls are interchangeable, so that a high degree of variability and flexibility is achieved. Moreover, these walls provide a special spatial atmosphere because the material of wood remains visible and tangible. With this flexibility, HoHo Wien shows the advantages of hybrid construction compared to pure timber construction. The cores and accessions are made of concrete, 74% of the house consists of the natural material. Developed by RLP Rüdiger Lainer + Partner an innovative system which contributes significantly to the combination of economy and ecology, architecture and utility value.