Architects:Arenas Basabe Palacios, Buschina & Partner

Area :102257 ft²

Year :2022

Photographs :Kurt Hoerbst

Manufacturers :  WienerbergerWienerberger

Lead Architects :Enrique Arenas, Luis Basabe, Luis Palacios

Landscaping : Land in Sicht

Engineering : Buschina & Partner GmbH

Mep Consultant : Lakata GmbH

Program : Vivienda

City : Vienna

Country : Austria

After approving the master plan ‘Wildgarten’ as evolution of our winner project of Europan 10, the urbanization works in the new 10.7-hectare district in Emil-Behring-Weg (Meidling, Vienna) started. The landowner (ARE, Austrian Real Estate) commissioned multiple architecture teams as well as different sponsors to develop an edification design. In partnership with the Viennese enterprise for social housing and different cooperatives, a collaborative democratic and plural urbanism process was created.

Arenas Basabe Palacios was commissioned with the design and execution of 11 housing blocks in different scales, including 82 housing units with a total of 9500 m2 constructed surface containing community spaces, shared parking facilities for bicycles and commercial spaces in the ground floor zone. In the foreseen urban tissue, the series of buildings joins different urban elements: a rehabilitated historic building transformed into a cultural centre, a grouping of cooperative housing units, an urban square with local suppliers and services, etc.