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1 barcelona Projects 48 Created 18-Aug-12 By feiyu wei, vienna, Stranden - Aker Brygge Oslo, Norway Kari Nissen Brodtkorb apartment, housing Oslo City Hall Astrup fearnley museum Holmenkollen Ski Jump Aker Brygge Oslo School of ure Tjuvholmen allé 19 Bislett Stadium Nydalen Metro Station 8 Barcelona Pavilion Collserola Tower 15 Fish 16 Communications Tower 17 Forum Building 18 Barcelona, Spain Herzog and De Meuron auditorium, culture, exposition space, square 9 MACBA 19 Barcelona, Spain Richard Meier museum 10 Torre Agbar 20 Barcelona, Spain Jean Nouvel landmark, office 11 Celosia 21 Madrid, Spain MVRDV housing 12 Oslo, Norway Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter subway station Barcelona, Spain Santiago Calatrava landmark Oslo, Norway C F Møller s football stadium, sport 7 Oslo, Norway MIR Arkitektur commercial space, housing 14 Barcelona, Spain Gehry Partners landmark, sculpture Oslo, Norway Jarmund Vigsnæs s university 6 Oslo, Norway Lendager Arkitekter + Arcgency restaurant Suites Avenue Apartments Barcelona, Spain Foster & Partners control centre, landmark, watch-tower Oslo, Norway JDS architects information centre, landmark, sport 5 Oslo, Norway Renzo Piano museum Barcelona, Spain Toyo Ito commercial space, hotel Oslo, Norway Arnstein Arneberg government 4 Microsoft HQ Vienna 22 INNOCAD office 13 Barcelona, Spain Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pavilion Schullin Jewelry Shop 23 Hans Hollein shop 1

2 Red Room Soehne & Partner Architekten bar, club Branch Bank Building T-Center St Marx Schlachthausgasse Pallet House Spittelau District Heating Plant Haus mit Veranden BIZ ZWEI Pasettistraße WirtschaftsBlatt Busgarage Wiener Linien 35 Looshaus 36 Majolikahaus 37 DO & CO hotel 38 Hans Hollein hotel 29 ma caramel architekten garage, office 30 Uniqa Tower 40 Neumann + Partner art, installation, office 31 Czerwenka Apartment 41 Susanne Zottl apartment 32 Martin Kohlbauer Architekt office Otto Wagner housing Martin Kohlbauer Architekt office 27 Rüdiger Lainer + Partner housing 34 Adolf Loos commercial space, housing Friedensreich Hundertwasser factory 26 Gregor Pils private house Neu 31 fasch & fuchs garage, office Coop Himmelb(l)au housing, youth house 25 Günther Domenig congress centre, office SUPERBLOCK apartment, office Günther Domenig housing, office 24 Gasometer City 42 Coop Himmelb(l)au apartment, office, renovation, shopping centre 33 IDFL design office Vertically Landscaped Housing 43 Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten housing 2

3 Housing at Kaiserstrasse gernerºgerner plus housing Students Guest House at the Viennese University Secession Building 45 Paltramplatz Residential Building 48 LEE Residential Housing 49 Querkraft s housing 46 Joseph Maria Olbrich exposition space Wiener Postsparkasse Delugan Meissl Associated s housing baumschlager & eberle student housing 44 Hundertwasserhaus 50 Friedensreich Hundertwasser apartment, landmark, office 47 Otto Wagner government, office Spittelau Viaducts 51 Zaha Hadid s housing 3

4 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Stranden - Aker Brygge Bryggetorget Oslo Norway Aker Brygge is an area in Oslo, Norway It is a popular meeting place for shopping, dining, and entertainment As many as 12 million visitors a year make Aker Brygge Norway's biggest destinationthe area contained shipyards and engineering industry - Aker Mekaniske Verksted AS - until 1982The construction of Aker Brygge was carried out in four steps by the realtors Aker Eiendom AS A few old industrial buildings were demolished, while several of the major workshop halls were rebuilt as shopping areas photo: Nazar Leskiw 1990 Kari Nissen Brodtkorb Nazar 4

5 photo: FotosFraOslo photo: Linda Garrison Oslo City Hall Fridtjof Nansens plass Oslo Norway Oslo City Hall houses the city council, city administration, and art studios and galleries The construction started in 1931, but was paused by the outbreak of World War II, before the official inauguration in 1950 Its characteristic architecture, artworks and the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, held on 10 December, makes it one of Oslo's most famous buildings It was designed by Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson The roof of the eastern tower has a 49-bell carillon which plays every hour It is situated in Pipervika in central downtown Oslo The area was completely renovated and rebuilt to make room for the new city hall, back in the late 1920s In June 2005 it was named Oslo's "Structure of the Century", with 304% of the votes 1950 Main designer, Arnstein Arneberg Magnus Poulsson Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 5

6 photo: Nazar Leskiw Astrup fearnley museum Strandpromenaden Oslo Norway Astrup Fearnley Museum was built as part of Tjuvholmen Icon Complex ( ) and was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Narud-Stokke-Wiig (Oslo) The project is set in a wonderful position at the outermost point where the city stretches into the Fjord; it is a big shelter for art over three buildings integrated in the landscape, the natural destination of the promenade from the City Hall along the harbor quay The Museum starts outside: the park is an organic game of canals, bridges and lawns where sculptures of the Selvaag collection are displayed in the nature and in the Piazza Once inside the visitors experience the temporary exhibition of the Astrup Fearnley Museet in a big double-height space, where natural light is filtered from a glass roof photo: Nazar Leskiw Renzo Piano Nazar 6

7 photo: JDS s photo: Marco Boella Holmenkollen Ski Jump Kongeveien Oslo Norway The Holmenkollen Ski Jump was the main arena for the 1952 winter Olympic Games, and plays an important part in the Norwegian skiing tradition A new slope emphasizes the existing landmark's values The shape of the silhouette is emphasized with a sharp and simply cut The given wind protection profile is utilized and offset in a parallel manner downward, creating a smooth bended rectangle hosting the slope, the main elevators and the top in-run program The top is then sliced horizontally to accommodate a viewing platform The Knoll building is moved further up the hill to serve as an anchor point for the structure, letting it cantilever and avoid visually disruptive structural supports From a distance the structure will appear as a milky-white sharp profile extending further into the sky with a diffused beam of light; a beacon for Oslo photo: Marco Boella 2011 JDS architects Oslo Municipality JDS Tel: , Fax: , skif@skiforeningenno The Ski Museum in Holmenkollen is the world's oldest museum specialising in skis and the history of skiing The museum is situated inside the actual Holmenkollen ski jump, where visitors can experience a magnificent view of Oslo 7

8 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Aker Brygge 0250 Aker brygge 0250 Oslo Norway With Bølgen we were looking for a multifunctional building that will be a meeting place within the urban fabric The vast range of programmatic needs asked for a high degree of flexibility We accommodated the spatial program into a simple shape with a clear identity and let it become a natural element of the local neighborhoodthe flexibility of the space allows for an all- year program mixture First of all, it is a restaurant and cafe for Oslo but it also has the capability to host concerts and conferences etc and the open floor plan can be subdivided according to temporary needs photo: Nazar Leskiw 2009 Main designer, Lendager Arkitekter + Arcgency Alliance Arkitekter Nazar 8

9 photo: Nils Petter Dale photo: Nils Petter Dale Oslo School of ure Maridalsveien Oslo Norway The new Oslo School of ure is based in an existing building from 1938 It's part of a larger effort to revitalise this former industrial area for education-related use The long-term aim is a campus for arts education along the riverbank The project won an open architectural competition in 1998 The exterior of the existing building has a conservation status The architects have kept the block open towards the river, and combined the new programme with the logic of the existing building together with the surroundings in one spatial sequence An access court has been cut out of the existing 1st floor slab, marking the entrance and bringing daylight in to the ground floor foyer A strip has been cut out of the existing slab along the inside of the existing building, bringing daylight to the surrounding functions A simple U-shaped circulation zone is established along the strip A new string of teaching rooms completes the U and forms a bridge across the entrance area photo: Nils Petter Dale 2001 Structural engineer Landscape designer Jarmund Vigsnæs s AS Frederiksen Grindaker as Jarmund_Vigsnaes_s located by the Akerselva River in the eastern part of Oslo 9

10 photo: Nazar Leskiw Tjuvholmen allé 19 Tjuvholmen allé Oslo Norway Tjuvholmen allé 19 is designed by MIR Arkitektur and will be the first to be constructed on the island of Tjuvholmen Buildings throughout the peninsula have been designed by architects with a clear vision of what the new district should provide for people living, working or spending leisure time there 2012 MIR Arkitektur Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 10

11 photo: Torben Eskerod photo: Torben Eskerod Bislett Stadium Bislettgata Oslo Norway Bislett in Oslo is the most famous sports complex in the Nordic countries, located in Oslo city centre in one of the city's very characteristic and distinctive neighbourhoods It has been a sports centre since 1907, and the first stadium opened in 1922 In 1995 C F Møller s won the competition for a new Bislett Stadium The most important challenge of the commission was to adapt the new Bislett Stadium to the city and its surroundings The interaction between the Bislett perimeter wall and the surrounding buildings, which are built in a variety of architectural styles, produces diverse and interesting public places From within the stadium, you have a clear sense of the city around you Bislett Stadium was inaugurated for the international Bislett Games in July m², Landscape architect Contractor C F Møller s C_F_Moller_s NCC Construction A/S Municipality of Oslo photo: Scanpix 11

12 photo: Per Maning Nydalen Metro Station Nydalsveien Oslo Norway Nydalen Metro Station consists of a detached entrance pavilion on street level, while the 110-metre long platform area lies 12 metres underground The pavilion's architecture is expressed through a composition of horizontal and vertical levels and planes, which are dynamically cast off in relation to each other The closely-built wall planes are made of black basalt, contrasting and complementing a cast-off glass box in red, symbolizing the red metro wagons This stands as a signal for the station and allows a glimpse of the escalators ascending from the tunnel Installed around the escalators are 1800 neon lights and 44 loudspeakers This 'Tunnel of Light' is a work of art where light, music, technology and architecture become an integral and unified whole photo: Per Maning m² Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter Oslo Public Transport Systems KristinJarmundArkitekter 12

13 photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Barcelona Pavilion Avinguda del Marquès de Comillas Barcelona Spain A work emblematic of the Modern Movement, it has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects It was designed as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of Spain along with the German authorities After the closure of the Exhibition, the Pavilion was disassembled in 1930 As time went by, it became a key point of reference not only in Mies van der Rohe's own career but also in twentieth-century architecture as a whole Given the significance and reputation of the Pavilion, in 1980 thoughts turned towards its possible reconstruction Work began in 1983 and the new building was opened on its original site in 1986 photo: Kevin Louage 1929 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Germany Naomi every day (including holidays) Metro: L1 and L3 (Espanya), Bus: Placa Espanya, FFCC: Espanya, Bus: lines 13 50, Tourist Bus: Caixa Forum Pavelló Mies van der Rohe 13

14 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Suites Avenue Apartments Passeig de Gracia Barcelona Spain l The project transforms a former office building into a touristic luxury apartments The team formed by the studios of Carles Basso and Toni Olaya, both specialized in hotel projects, carries out the design of almost all the project The client's wishes of reached an exclusivity image for this project, located on an emblematic site, Passeig de Gracia in front of Gaudi's La Pedrera, drive to entrust with Toyo Ito the design of the façade and hall Toyo Ito designs an organic façade directly inspired by Gaudi The façade consist of an 8 mm waving aluminium sheet, on which cuts are made to generate openings The façade performs a double role: in the first one acts like a sculptural mask hiding the real black elevation of the building, in the second allows the interior spaces be completely open to the outside looking to La Pedrera and, at the same time, preserves their privacy Project is not public! Main designer, Toyo Ito Cirici & Basso Factoria UDA Derby Hotels Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín 14

15 photo: liliana sousa Collserola Tower Carretera de Vallvidrera Barcelona Spain The telecommunications tower was built in the Tibidabo Hill, on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Barcelona, 1992 With its 288 meters high, is the tallest building in the city Is the hub of telecommunications in Catalonia, broadcasting 100% of the Television and 95% of radio we hear in Barcelona and its metropolitan area The tower itself consists of three parts: a concrete shaft of only 45 m diameter for a total of 205m height, a tubular steel mast of 38m and culminating the total, a stretch of lattice of 45m The bold structural design has required a very unique construction process, based on the construction of different ceilings on the ground, which had to be hauled by the central axis of concrete, previously built up its site to more than 70 meters above soil The 13th floor is open to the public allowing a panoramic perspective of the city If weather conditions are good your eyes can reach the Pyrenees m² Foster & Partners Torre de Collserola SA li photo: liliana sousa The timetable changes between the different months of the year For more information check the website The best way is to go with the Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), getting off at one of the following stations: Peu del Funicular, Baixador de Vallvidrera or Les Planes 15

16 photo: Merijn Neeleman photo: Dirk Verwoerd Fish Carrer de Ramon Trias Fargas Barcelona Spain One of the first public projects of Gehry is the Barcelona Fish a huge fish sculpture placed on Barcelona s waterfront for the 1992 Olympics The monumental fish sculpture functions as a landmark in the Olympic Village, anchoring a retail complex designed by Gehry Partners within a larger hotel development by Skidmore, Owing & Merill This fish sculpture was also a landmark in the history of Frank O Gehry & Associates, inaugurating the firm's use of computer-aided design and manufacturing The project's financial and scheduling constraints prompted James M Glymph, a partner in the firm, to search for a computer program that would facilitate the design and construction process, leading to the adoption of CATIA (computer aided three-dimensional interactive application) The sculpture was modeled entirely in 3D and delivered directly to the fabricators as a 3D model The fish is a frequently recurring motif in Gehry's work, serving as inspiration and mascot photo: Wojtek Gurak 1992 Gehry Partners City of Barcelona / 1992 Olympics MI_MOA The fish is viewed from the public street, so its open 24/7 Metro: Barceloneta, Ciutadella/Villa Olimpica 16

17 photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Communications Tower Carrer de Pierre de Coubertin Barcelona Spain The 136 m high communications tower designed by Santiago Calatrava (also know as Torre de Calatrava) was one of the landmarks of Barcelona in 1992 The extensive silhouette of the Montjuic mountain was changed forever in that instance, re-urbanised for the celebration of the Olympic Games and the city in general 1992 Santiago Calatrava City of Barcelona Naomi photo: Wojtek Gurak Metro: L1 and L3 (Espanya) Bus: 50, 55, 61 and PM Free admission 17

18 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Forum Building Avinguda Diagonal Barcelona Spain The Forum Building is a triangular measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters in height, located within the triangle formed by the surrounding streets It is considered by some to be an icon of the "New Barcelona " However, local opinion on its aesthetic and functional merits is deeply divided It was the symbol of the controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and the serious flaws that arose during its construction were widely covered in both the Spanish national and foreign press It has lain empty since the Forum and is beginning to show marked deterioration The building is structured around an auditorium with a capacity to hold 3,200 people The seating is below the Forum Plaza level The upper part is suspended from the triangular superstructure measuring 180 meters per side that covers the plaza, and rests on 17 pillars From it, the exhibit hall and the roof of the auditorium are suspended The exhibition hall covers nearly 5,000 m Herzog and De Meuron Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004 Naomi photo: Francisco Nogueira Metro: L4 - Stop "Maresme/Fórum" Bus: Lines NitBus: N6 Tramway: Line 1, Stop Trambesós: Fórum 18

19 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Luca Pitasi MACBA Plaça dels Angels Barcelona Spain Built on a previously monastic enclave near the historic Casa de la Caritat -the area near the Ramblas, in the Old Gothic QuarterMeier's Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona appears massive, bright, white, pristine and inviting, contrasting starkly with the rather down-at-heel surroundings it is intended to help regenerate Clad in white enamelled-steel panels, the plaza elevation is animated by the horizontal louvers of the ramp-hall and by two plaster sculptural elements, a cut-out plane above the entrance and a free-form, top-lit special exhibitions gallery set in advance of the building at the eastern end of the main facade The sculptural elements of the main facade show themselves to full effect in the Mediterranean sun in the square, while effectively filtering the sunlight entering the building Inside generous circulation space and ramps benefit from the sunlight, while allowing a more subdued light level to permeate through to the rather plain exhibition spaces m² Contractor Lighting designer Richard Meier COMSA Renfro Design Group Consorci Museu d'art Contemporani MI_MOA photo: Naomi Schiphorst September 25th to June 23th: Weekdays 11 am to 730 pm Saturdays 10 am to 8 pm Sundays and holidays 10 am to 3 pm June 24th to September 24th: Weekdays 11 am to 8 pm Thursdays 11 am to midnight Saturdays 10 am to 8 pm Sundays and holidays 10 am to 3 pm Closed on Tuesdays (except holidays), December 25th and January 1st MACBA is a short walk to the west from La Rambla and Plaça de Catalunya Metro lines 1 and 3 (Catalunya station) 19

20 photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Torre Agbar Avda Diagonal Barcelona Spain "This tower might be a distant echo of old Catalan obsessions, carried on the winds that blown in from Montserrat" said Jean Nouvel Inspired by the architectural legacy left behind by Gaudi and by the hills of Montserrat, the Agbar Tower rises from the ground with the power and lightness of a geyser The tower consists out of 3 non-concentric oval cylinders The inner cylinder holds the vertical traffic nucleus and the installations Between the central axis and the exterior there are 31 spacious floor without internal columns Its first skin covers the concrete walls, is a layer of polished aluminum in earthy tones and blues, greens and greys The second skin is made up of sheets of clear an translucent glass A LED system is used for the night lights The leds are orientated toward the interior skin of the sheet plating, bathing it in uniform light, without projecting the light outwards m² Associate architect Jean Nouvel b720 arquitectos Layetana Inmuebles MatthijsvanderSluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis The Agbar Tower is located at the Placa de Les Glòries, the meeting point of the city's three most important communication arteries: La Diagional, La Gran Vía and la Meridiana Located at the entrance to the new technological and business district know as 22@ Take the subway to Glòries, Line 1 Bus: 7, 56, 60, 92, 192, B21, N2, N0, N7 tram: 4 comunicacion@agbares or call (34)

21 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Carlos Dias Celosia Calle de Isabel Clara Eugenia Madrid Spain Edificio Celosia means Lattice building This social housing project is an alternative solution to the closed block The proposal aspires to be a construction system rather than a unique building The block, in the form of lattice, mixes 30 constructed boxes and 30 empty spaces Those empty spaces are for intermediate neighbourhood life The volumes contain homes of 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms and the vertical courtyards are common spaces open to crossed perspectives in all directions The birds, wind and the sun cut through the building The mold building system tests the effectiveness and quality of a faster and more sustainable construction (text from website Blanca Lleo) photo: Alberto M Sánchez Project is not public! m² Main designer, MVRDV Blanca Lleó asociados Ayuntamiento de Madrid and EVMS MI_MOA Metro ML 1 to Álvarez de Villaami 21

22 photo: Paul Ott photo: Paul Ott Microsoft HQ Vienna Europaplatz 3A 1120 Vienna KOOP/INNOCAD emerged as winners in the architecture competition for Microsoft's new headquarters in Vienna, held on the basis of the WPA concept Working in close collaboration with the Microsoft project team during the subsequent project realisation phase, the team of architects assumed responsibility for the overall design of the new Microsoft working environment as construction supervisors and project managers The architects commented: "Our aim is to intertwine and harmonise physical, virtual and social working environments" photo: Paul Ott Project is not public! m², Interior architect General consultant INNOCAD architecture-export KOOP Microsoft 22

23 photo: Michiel van Loon Schullin Jewelry Shop Kohlmarkt Vienna In this jewelry shop in Vienna, ornament is both message and medium Hans Hollein has taken the basic shell of a 19th-century building, corrected it slightly, and painted it white He then superimposed a clearly differentiated layer of elements not only functional but fantastic and luxurious Paradoxically for a jewelry shop (and quite intentionally), he has used materials in flagrant disregard of their real value: some are precious and some are common, but all, glowing or glittering, tease the visitor with an impression of wealth and mystery Real marble is used in the patterned floor, but in the black-curtained backworld of the safe, under a mock skylight, plastic laminate pretends to be marble Real bronze is used as an arch/guillotine over the entrance, but a headless 'bronzed' African bust is in fact plastic (text from 'Ornament is no crime', Progressive ure/ny) Public access unknown! 1974 Hans Hollein Herbert Schullin Michiel_van_Loon photo: Michiel van Loon 23

24 photo: Alexander Koller photo: Alexander Koller Red Room Stubenring Vienna Continuing its previous work for the Comida Restaurant in Vienna, Söhne & Partners transformed the basement of the eatery into a modestly decorated space-age club: the Red Room Cloaked entirely in one shade of red velvet, Red Room's walls, ceiling and furniture merge into one another, connecting the different areas and providing a stark contrast to the club's polished white flooring and several other white features, including the bar and DJ deck Influenced by the 1968 science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, a classic co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, the interior radiates an air of calmness enhanced by a sense of sheer lightness Söhne & Partner clad nearly all surfaces of the club in velvet to add character to the interior design Adding a dimension of flexibility to the seating arrangement, red poufs scattered liberally throughout the club float like globules of blood on the translucent grid of white glass photo: Alexander Koller m² Interior architect Soehne & Partner Architekten Sunshine Enterprises soehne_partner Tram: 1 or U3 24

25 photo: Michiel van Loon photo: Michiel van Loon Branch Bank Building Favoritenstraße Vienna The functional interior space of the Branch Bank Building of the Z-Bank in Vienna can be read from outside The interacting, half-storey displaced floors are summarized in one single room, which connects the out-and-inside with its overhanging 'mouth' Veins of movement and rest areas are determing the general use The municipal use in the upper floors is elevated - 'the house with the kink' The shape of the roof is adding up to the whole of the building and links the sky to the ground Concrete, steel and metal are the dominating materials Each material appears in the way it was manufactured Construction and technical installations are displayed open All of these architectural elements are part of the design, linked to the whole appearance of the building and also to the neighbourhood The interaction of these parts is resulting in the complex unity of this kind of architecture (text from website architect) m² Günther Domenig Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank Wien photo: Kornspeicher Michiel_van_Loon 25

26 photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak T-Center St Marx Rennweg Vienna r/indexhtml The striking T-Center St Marx was designed and built by architect Günther Domenig Completed in 2004, the project has m2 of usable floor space and contains offices for 3000 employees Unusually proportioned, the building can be described as a reclining structure 60m high and 255m long with a 40m wing cantilevering out From a town-planning perspective this building represents the first step in the development of a new district on the site of the former St Marx abattoir and cattle sheds The T-Center St Marx is not only an office building for its owner, T-Mobile, it's also a large sculpture Domenig wanted to create a 280 meter long horizontal skyscraper and ended up with what is quite possibly the most unique office building in Vienna (text from Princeton ural Press and Michael Hierner) photo: Wojtek Gurak Public access unknown! m² Associate architect Associate architect Günther Domenig Herfried Peyker Hermann Eisenköck T-Mobile Michiel_van_Loon 26

27 photo: Michiel van Loon photo: Wojtek Gurak Schlachthausgasse Schlachthausgasse Vienna At the end of 1998, the Mautner-Markhof Children's Hospital in the 3rd district of Vienna was closed In 1999 the municipality explored alternative development possibilities for the vacant area A limited design competition was held, from which Coop Himmelb(l)au emerged as the winner The architects suggested to conserve to a large extent the valuable trees existing along the Kleingasse and set two slim building volumes in line with the street Slachthausgasse in order to return the urban block into it's previously defined form The complex now contains 82 apartments and approximately m2 of office space The 6+1-storey building is individually differentiated by sculpturally protruding building components In the so-called 'Head Building' oriented toward the south, a youth centre with own meeting spaces is the basement is integrated (text from website architects) Project is not public! m² Coop Himmelb(l)au GPA - WBV / Kleingasse ProjektierungsGesmbH photo: Wojtek Gurak Michiel_van_Loon 27

28 photo: Gregor Pils photo: Gregor Pils Pallet House Karlsplatz Vienna Pallets are available worldwide and used in different ways, eg for transport with railway cars, ship containers and trucks At the end of their life cycle -after transportation- they are usually burned Hence, it is of global concern to find a follow-up use for them For building a 60m2 pallet house, 900 reconditioned pallets are needed The pallet is used as detachable façade element, ceiling element, wall element, as blind and as sunscreen The space between the pallets contains beams, insulation, cables and lighting Due to the use of 900 recycled pallets for the basic structure and of cellulose or sand as insulation, the building is highly ecological and sustainable The need for other materials is reduced to a minimum Pallet houses could replace low-cost shelters in slums and in refugee camps, which could be built easily by locals with local materials Today popular for transport only, in the future pallets could additionally become a construction element for poor and for rich photo: Gregor Pils m² Main designer, Associate architect Associate architect Gregor Pils Andreas Claus Schnetzer Karin Stieldorf Pekka Janhunen ana_struna_bregar 28

29 photo: Michiel van Loon photo: Michiel van Loon Spittelau District Heating Plant Spittelauer Lände 1090 Vienna Vienna has the persistence of its former mayor Helmut Zilk to thank for Hundertwasser having taken on the task of redesigning the exterior of the Spittelau District Heating Plant Originally Hundertwasser had opposed the idea upon consulting his friend, environmentalist Bernd Lötsch, as he had fundamental objections to a garbage-incinerating plant as long as all possibilities for avoiding garbage were not exhausted When it was promised that the plant would be equipped with the most modern emission-purification technology, and that apartments would be heated whose emissions would otherwise be a further source of pollution, Hundertwasser agreed to do the design The plain factory building was turned into a spectacular and unique work of art, and is an example of harmonic symbiosis between technology, ecology and art (text from Kunst Haus Wien) Project is not public! 1992, Artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser Michiel_van_Loon photo: Michiel van Loon 29

30 photo: Frankss photo: Frankss Haus mit Veranden Buchengasse Vienna This "Haus mit Veranden" (house with verandas) consists of 250 apartments organized in a remarkable setting From a 1 and 2 story plinth carved with open spaces and private patio courtyards, the upper building is formed, drawing back from the lower, differentiated block edge The detached buildings are grouped by their terracing, cuts and projecting individual porches This approach offers the residents and neighbours open space, views and day light, despite the high density The principle of the floor plan is based on a simple module system that allows a collage of versatile floor plans A wide range of shared open spaces of different qualities and organization enrich the residential oasis, such as gardens, hot tub and sauna on the roof, playgrounds and introverted loggias m² Building physics consultant Technical engineer Contractor Structural engineer Rüdiger Lainer + Partner Hans Dworak Schmidt Reuter Strabag Vasko+Partner Ingenieure Heimbau/Eisenhof Franks photo: Frankss Take tram 6 (direction: Zentralfriedhof) and get off at tram stop Quellenstraße/Knöllgasse Walk in southern direction and you will cross Buchengasse The project is one block to your left 30

31 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd BIZ ZWEI Vorgartenstraße 206 B-C 1020 Vienna The office building BIZ ZWEI designed by architect Martin Kohlbauer continues the significant spatial figure of the office building PLUS ZWEI The dialogue of the soft shores of the lake with the hard, but full-scale building edges, is extended to the new building site where the height differentiation of the building is supported accordingly For the visual relationship between the main open space and the sea, the ground floor area of BIZ ZWEI has been accordingly designed in transparent materials Due to the intelligently planned its spatial structure, BIZ ZWEI sets new standards in terms of work quality Its clean lines create a lot of space for efficient usable office space photo: Agron Deralla Project is not public! m² Martin Kohlbauer Architekt IC Projektentwicklung agroni U2 Station Krieau Bus A23, A22, A4 31

32 photo: Agron Deralla photo: Agron Deralla Pasettistraße 74 Traisengasse Vienna The building in the Pasettistraße/Traisengasse is a refurbishment and a modernization of an existing office building, built in the 80ties The urban articulation of the new entrance to the building is plausible The design of the façade, using ceramic tiles, is a reinterpretation of the old façade by conventional means The design concept for interior spaces and the courtyard is marked by generosity and elegance The total energy consumption concept as a whole is conclusive It minimizes the total energy demand (external shading, mechanical air supply and air exhaust with highly efficient heat recovery from exhaust air, decentralized water heating, high insulation standard) The concept enables the highest possible efficiency of the summer night air ventilation - in combination with the existing large thermal masses which will be operated without active cooling photo: Agron Deralla Project is not public! m² Associate architect Martin Kohlbauer Architekt Atelier 23 architekten Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft mbh agroni S-Bahn Station Traisengasse Bus 5A 32

33 photo: Iztok Lemajic photo: Iztok Lemajic WirtschaftsBlatt Hainburger Strasse Vienna A fast free-flow of information of today's world dictates open and fluid workspaces which provide fast communication and quick transfer of information This concept is integrated in the WB office design as a combination of a large open office space and individual introverted units Within the open space meeting islands are placed to provide points of interaction between people during the work process Islands ensure visual and acoustic privacy for meetings, discussions, interviews etc The space is divided by subtle graphics that visually separates and unites it at the same time The graphic elements represent the iconised content of WirtschaftsBlatt, including the typical elements of Vienna and The new office concept has brought the needed openness, freshness and a new spirit to the workspace and consequently to the work process photo: Iztok Lemajic Project is not public! m² General consultant IDFL design MOOCON GmbH WirtschaftsBlatt Verlag AG idfl 33

34 photo: Hertha Hurnaus photo: Hertha Hurnaus Neu 31 Neuwaldegger Strasse Vienna The concept of the overlapping spatial structure, open to the outside as well as inside, with symbiotically conjoined residential and office accommodation units is not merely a lip service here, it runs throughout all parts of the building - the spatial solution appeared that beneficial to the architects to occupy it by themselves The concept was to create a four-level diaphanous structure, which integrates all functions of living and working and yet offers enough privacy All rooms and apartments are interlaced into each other and open not only to the outside but to the inside as well This radically breaks with the classical scheme of a cube, which is bordered by four walls photo: Hertha Hurnaus Project is not public! m² SUPERBLOCK Neu 31 Raumgesellschaft mbh superblock Tram No 43 / station "Neuwaldegg", 5 minutes walk along the Neuwaldegger street 34

35 photo: Paul Ott photo: fasch&fuchs Busgarage Wiener Linien Katharina-Scheiter-Gasse Vienna The bus garage consists of several halls for repair and maintenance work as well as for parking the buses that run on liquid gas The halls are completed by an administrative building Order and organisation of all parts of the structure are determined by the natural order of vehicles entering the garage, being checked, refuelled, maintained and parked before again leaving The administrative structure to the north serves as linking element and spine for the two main halls (maintenance and parking) In order to guarantee optimal natural illumination without any overheating in summer, offices and staff rooms in the administrative area face north The wardrobes are placed alongside the wall separating the building from the maintenance and parking hall The building is naturally illuminated and ventilated by incised court yards on the first floor, generously providing the corridors inside with light and air photo: Paul Ott Project is not public! m² Structural engineer fasch & fuchs Werkraum Wien Wiener Linien gmbh & co kg fasch_fuchs 35

36 photo: Sebastian van Damme photo: Sebastian van Damme Looshaus Michaelerplatz Vienna The Looshaus in Vienna (also known as the Goldman & Salatsch Building) is regarded as one of the most important structures built in the Wiener Moderne The building marks the rejection of historicism, as well as the ornaments used by the Wiener Secession Adolf Loos received the assignment in 1909, and the building was finished in 1910 Upon opening, its appearance shocked Vienna's citizens, since their overall taste was still very much historically oriented Because of the lack of ornaments on the façade, people called it the 'house without eyebrows' photo: Sebastian van Damme 1910 Adolf Loos Goldman & Salatsch Michiel_van_Loon Mo, Tue, Wed, Fri: 09hr- 15hr Thu: 09hr - 17:30hr 36

37 photo: Michiel van Loon Majolikahaus Linke Wienzeile Vienna This apartment building in Vienna, known as the Majolikahaus, was designed by n architect Otto Wagner at the turn of the 20th century The building's façade is covered in ceramic tiles, known as majolica, in the form a floral pattern The building is an excellent example of the Secession style, the Viennese version of Art Nouveau (text from Encarta) Project is not public! 1898 Otto Wagner Michiel_van_Loon photo: Michiel van Loon 37

38 photo: DO & CO photo: DO & CO DO & CO hotel Stephansplatz Vienna DO & CO started as Attila Dogudan s Viennese empire of restaurants and luxury catering, but now includes an architecturally adventurous and sybaritic hotel experience in downtown Vienna Located across from St Stephen s Cathedral, the Haas Haus building was designed by Pritzker-prize winner Hans Hollein; later, in an unusual move, it was retrofitted to its present incarnation by Hollein himself Four floors of the steel-and-glass building have been transformed into 43 unique cone-shaped guest rooms offering majestic views of Stephansplatz, Graben and the Kärtnerstrasse Extravagant accommodations feature teak woodwork and stone integrated into a futuristic vision of modern design Bathrooms offer two-square-meter showers, flat-screen televisions and one suite has private fitness equipment (Design hotels) Hans Hollein DO & CO Hotel Vienna Naomi photo: DO & CO 38

39 photo: Hertha Hurnaus photo: Hertha Hurnaus ma 48 Lidlgasse Vienna There are not just "service buildings", but structures that create a sense of identity The strong lines of the compact cubic structures are enhanced by flush windows and anthracite-coloured cladding made of copper-titanium-zinc alloy The very dark colour of the velvety metal sheets gives solid presence to the building, and slight surface irregularities add an element of liveliness An important contrasting design feature is the large floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor The clear run of glass up to the top line of the building creates a cut-out effect The inset roll-up doors on the ground floor provide visual tension, as they are the only planes that are not flush with the exterior building wall photo: Hertha Hurnaus m² caramel architekten caramel_architekten 39

40 photo: Werner Huthmacher photo: Werner Huthmacher Uniqa Tower Untere Donaustrasse Vienna Whereas in the past a head office might have been 'lit up' by means of illuminated logos, ads or spotlights, the advent of 'media façades' has greatly expanded the possibilities - not to everyone's delight, however, because when not careful the city can easily turn into a fairground where buildings vie for attention So when Licht Kunst Licht were commissioned to make a lighting plan for the Uniqa Tower, they were determined to use light 'in an artistic and sophisticated manner that would be techically 'state-of-the-art' They put individually controllable RGB LED video pixels in the cavity of the building's double façade, enough pixels to turn the 75-metre high sculptural tower into one big, continuous screen The artists group Mader Stublic Wiermann developed the artistic video "twists and turns" running on the video system that processes the video system processes 25 images per second, so the light play flows smoothly and makes the screen a 'second skin' Public access unknown! 2006 Main designer, Artist Supplier Lighting designer Neumann + Partner Mader, Stublic, Wiermann Barco Licht Kunst Licht Uniqa Tower Kirsten_Hannema photo: Nazar Leskiw 40

41 photo: Lachlan Blair photo: Lachlan Blair Czerwenka Apartment Elisabethstraße Vienna The former apartment of the n singer Professor Oskar Czerwenka ( ) in the Opernringhof, that is situated in the centre of the City of Vienna, was reconstructed and adapted for rental by Vienna-based architect Susanne Zottl together with Kristof Jarder The sculptural object, that also serves as storage space, was designed to welcome residents and visitors and to connect living space, dining area and kitchen In its orientation and guiding gesture it opens up the space from the inner courtyard to the Operngasse and so communicates the spacious dimensions of the apartment While connecting on the one hand, the object also serves as a divider that provides privacy for the bedroom and the bathrooms photo: Lachlan Blair Project is not public! m² Main designer, Susanne Zottl Kristof Jarder Czerwenka Foundation Susanne_Zottl_ 41

42 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Gasometer City Guglgasse Vienna These 4 gas holders, known as gasometer were built in 1896 as part of the gasworks at Simmering After they were closed down, the 4 historic towers were renovated, converted into apartments, shopping malls and offices and reopened in 2001 When they were built, the gasometers were the largest in Europe They are listed by the country s heritage ministry as outstanding examples of industrial architecture The renovation goal was to reuse the external façades of the existing buildings, avoiding total demolition of the building and minimizing the generation of demolition waste The gigantic size of this construction project is illustrated by the fact that Vienna's Giant Ferris Wheel would easily fit into each of the four 75-metre high gasometers m² Main designer, Coop Himmelb(l)au Jean Nouvel Manfred Wedhorn Wilhelm Holzbauer City of Vienna Bjorn_Utpott photo: Dirk Verwoerd There are very different opening hours for different functions, like the cinema, shopping malls, offices to see it all, visit From Westbahnhof take U-bahn U3 directly to the Gasometer, with direction Simmering (about 20 min) 42

43 photo: Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten Vertically Landscaped Housing Hardtmuthgasse 68 A-1100 Vienna On a corner plot in Vienna, Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten built a compact block of 17 apartments Balancing the high density of the project are the spacious communal amenities on the ground floor (workshop, hobby room, children?s room), the public roof garden and the private?gardens? in front of every living room In order to bring coherence to the large façade areas, including the curved soffits of the loggias, the architects opted for a corrugated aluminium sheeting that could be applied without seams The result is powerful and homogeneous But it?s an unconventional choice of material for a residential project where brick, wood or concrete tend to be the preferred option That surprise effect is precisely what the architects were aiming for In choosing corrugated aluminium they were also setting themselves the challenge of showing that a material they claim usually evokes negative associations can deliver an elegant building with a congenial atmosphere Project is not public! m² Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten Genossenschaft Neues Leben Kirsten_Hannema photo: Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten 43

44 Housing at Kaiserstrasse Kaiserstrasse Vienna This intervention involves an interesting compacting of the dense city since it takes over the traditional inner patio of the 19th urban development and considerably increases residential and population density in an already dense area The authors of the work explain the goodness of the building, whose most debatable aspect is its outer façade Project is not public! m² gernerºgerner plus CPB Beta Anlagen Leasing aplust photo: gernerºgerner plus 44

45 Students Guest House at the Viennese University Molkereistrasse 1 A-1020 Vienna This hall of residence is added to an existing block The insertion of student residences in consolidated fabrics of cities, where housing costs hinder this group of the population from easily finding housing, promotes the rejuvenation of these kinds of neighbourhoods while bringing up the residential density This students guest house will be used to host 278 Erasmus students It is the first Viennese 'Passiv house' The façade design is based on a single window type bringing natural daylight into the students apartments The technical infrastructure of the building consists of a mechanical ventilation system, which is based on geothermics and heat recovery photo: Eduard Hueber Project is not public! m² baumschlager & eberle MIGRA GesmbH, OeAD aplust 45

46 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Michiel van Loon Secession Building Friedrichstraße Vienna The large, white, cubic Secession Building was designed by architect Joseph Maria Olbrich in 1897 as the manifesto of the Secessionist movement The exhibition hall opened in October 1898 Most of the original interior was looted during World War II and the building was left in a desolate state until the passion for Viennese Art Nouveau was rediscovered in the 1970s and the pavilion rescued from decay The building is quite sober and only uses two colours, white and gold Due to its massive, unbroken walls, the construction has the appearance of being constructed from a series of solid cubes The most prominent feature of the otherwise clean design is the dome, made of 3,000 gilt laurel leaves The laurel symbolizes victory, dignity and purity Today the structure is one of the most treasured examples of a particularly Viennese artistic period (text from website Traveldk) photo: Nazar Leskiw Joseph Maria Olbrich Vereinigung Bildener Künstler Oesterreichs Michiel_van_Loon Tuesday - Sunday: ; Thursday: / Guided tours Saturdays at 1500 and Sundays at

47 photo: Michiel van Loon Wiener Postsparkasse Georg-Coch-Platz Vienna Representing Otto Wagner's first move away from Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism, the Wiener Postsparkasse (n Postal Savings Bank) is regarded as an important early work of modern architecture The building occupies an entire city block, next to the Ringstrasse boulevard The bank's façade obviously alludes to classicism Wagner's key idea was to celebrate modern materials by developing new forms The entire façade is covered with square marble plates These are attached to the main structure by aluminum rivets or bolts, forming a pattern Inside, the main hall is designed like an atrium, with a large glass skylight allowing natural light to enter the heart of the building at all times photo: Michiel van Loon Otto Wagner Michiel_van_Loon Monday - Friday: / Thursday:

48 photo: Piotr Krajewski Paltramplatz Residential Building Paltramplatz Vienna The appearance of the Paltramplatz Residential Building is that of a crisp-edged cube into the matte black surface of which an irregular relief pattern of ribbon windows and loggias have been embedded These windows and loggias make the compact monolith seem like a cabinet with drawers that can be pulled out at will The apartment building with its 22 units fills the gap in the heterogeneous fabric of its surroundings in an utterly natural and unspectacular way Forming an exciting contrast to the static tranquillity of the basic shape of the building is the trapezoidal cantilevered, rotated-off-axis, dynamic roof construction Here, holes have been made for illumination purposes This perforated, polygonal shed roof seems to hover over the building, creating an original and distinctive closure Project is not public! m² Lighting designer Delugan Meissl Associated s Christine Hax pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski Located in Favoriten, Vienna s 10th district 48

49 photo: Piotr Krajewski LEE Residential Housing Leebgasse 46 A-1100 Vienna This is a housing block with an open plan and essentially organised shell: the living division of which can be freely chosen by the client The orientation of the house can be decided by whoever uses it Morning sun, afternoon sun and a new orientation are all possible The service spaces are all compactly organised in the core, which makes room for an enormous bathroom An elementary, comfortable window bench invites you to take a seat This bench lies on the same level as the balcony Sunlight streams in through the elevated timber balcony deep into the house photo: Piotr Krajewski Project is not public! m² Querkraft s GPA - WBV pkrajewski_pl 49

50 photo: Lucian Ilica Hundertwasserhaus Kegelgasse Vienna The Hundertwasserhaus is an apartment complex in Vienna,, designed by n artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser It was built between 1983 and 1986 by architects Joseph Krawina and Peter Pelikan Hundertwasser was not paid, stating that it was worth it, to prevent something ugly from being erected The house features a very organic design, with its uneven floors and plentiful flora Its roof is covered in grass and trees are grown from within, their limbs extending from the windows There are 52 apartments, four offices, 16 private terraces and three communal terraces, and a total of 250 trees and bushes There are also artificial trees; the columns that can be seen reminded Hundertwasser of trees The windows and mosaic tiles are laid out not in a grid, but in a more playful organic way, with crooked angles Project is not public! m² Main designer, Artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser Joseph Krawina Peter Pelikan Robin photo: Evgenia Kononova The Hundertwasserhaus is walking distance from the Wien Mitte train station and Landstraße subway station which is served by lines U3 and U4 50

51 photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Spittelau Viaducts Spittelauer Lände 1090 Vienna The project is part of a revitalization initiative undertaken by the city of Vienna for the Wiener Guertel, an over-dimensioned, ring-formed slice through the urban fabric The site is formed via the culmination of densely overlapping infrastructural elements: the Spittelauer Leande is one of Vienna s most highly traveled roadways; the Danube Canal connecting Germany to Hungary The housing is built along the Donaukanal, over Otto Wagner s elevated metro viaduct photo: Bjorn Utpott Project is not public! 2006 Zaha Hadid s City of Vienna Bjorn_Utpott U-Bahn (underground) lines U4 and U6, exit at Spittelau station 51