House by the Park, Vienna, Austrian Apartment Building Design, Architecture Images
House by the Park in Vienna
Housing Development in Austria ? design by feld72 Architekten
13 Nov 2018
House by the Park
Design: feld72 Architekten
Location: Sonnwendviertel East, Vienna, Austria
House by the Park
In the immediate vicinity of the new Vienna central station, the Sonnwendviertel East is arising along the Helmut-Zilk-Park.

Based on a cooperative master plan, a district of diverse uses is developing where eleven of the buildings are going to be so-called ?Quartiershäuser? ? characterised by the idea and aim to fuse service and living in a modern urban context. Characteristic of these are a public use of the ground floor which aims to animate the immediate neighbourhood. To ensure this outcome, the future users of the ground floor spaces were involved already during the competition phase.
The Quartiershaus designed by feld72 ? The House by the Park ? illustrates its prominent urban location at Helmut-Zilk-Park via a highpoint on its corner. This staggered height awards the building a significant appearance whilst simultaneously optimising the incidence of light to neighbouring buildings as well as its own atrium. The house actively integrates its environment in that the transitions of public and semi-public spaces on the ground floor are fluid and its boundaries are open.

Along the park, a path leads across the arcade to the adjacent building group, ?Gleis 21?. The open court...