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Vienna, Austria
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Willi-Resetarits-Hof
Vienna, Austria
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft
New Municipal Building, Willi-Resetarits-Hof Vienna
Urban design/Building site
The site forms part of one of the last large development areas in the inner-city area and through its central location offers an enormous range of qualities. It is just a few minutes on foot from the Main Train Station, the Belvedere or the Schweizergarten. Located in Vienna‘s 10th municipal district the Neues Landgut Quartier measures around 9 hectares in area. The present project occupies what is probably the most prominent corner in the entire site. Together with the Gösserhalle and Inventarhalle opposite the corner of Landgutgasse and Laxenburgerstraße forms a gateway to this new district, which is a direct extension of Columbusplatz.
Architecture
The volume of the building complies with the constraints in the zoning plan. The existing block structure is broken up allowing routes to made through the activated internal courtyard. The two high points are made by means of a central corridor access system which, however, in terms of form differs clearly from the classic design of such circulation routes. Starting from the vertical circulation cores the corridors widen increasingly and through generous glazing at the end of the corridors form a structure that is directed towards the openings.
The two deck access wings can also be reached from the circulation cores. The characteristics of this building are continuous corridors in the building’s internal courtyard. In terms of architectural structure, they are based on the classic Viennese “Pawlatschenhof” (an old building type in which the flats are reached from glazed “decks” running along the sides of the building) but are understood as a reinterpretation of this classic building type.
Ecology and design of open space
The courtyard as the “green heart” of the housing development responds to the demands that the urban climate makes on open space with densely planted green areas and surfaces that allow water to seep through. The basis for the design concept is a spatial division into calmer areas and those crossed by paths. To the west the courtyard opens to the Neues Landgut site, in an easterly direction there is a way through to Laxenburger Straße, so that the courtyard is also accessible to the public and its permeability is ensured. A raised area that results from a change of level will provide a green retreat for users and residents, a communal place for meetings and exchange.
An opening in the underground garage allows three large trees with different forms of growth to be planted. They will introduce a landscape dimension to the courtyard and will offer all in the district a view of greenery with cool, fresh air and bird song. Vertical planting rooted in the ground and the widespread use of planters on the access decks and balconies ensure a contemporary and adequate adaptation to climate change. Two diverse kinds of light-coloured paving separate the courtyard into areas for movement and areas for rest.
The artistic wall design of the municipal building, which commemorates the work and legacy of Willi Resetarits, was created by Johanna Kandl.
About Willi Resetarits
Willi Resetarits became a cult figure in the 1980s with Ostbahn Kurti and his chief part, which was invented by author and composer Günter Brödl. At the end of 2003, he retired his alter ego - with the exception of a few special concerts - and increasingly devoted himself to other music projects such as the Stubnblues or collaborations with representatives of the extended Viennese song spectrum. In addition to music, Resetarits was always committed to socio-political issues - whether as co-founder of Asyl in Not and SOS Mitmensch or as chairman of the association Projekt Integrationshaus. He died in 2022 at the age of 73.
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