After five years of citizen participation and planning processes, a highly urban/e housing estate at the periphery of Vienna emerged on the former site of a cable factory (Kabel- und Drahtwerke Aktiengesellschaft, KDAG) in the 12th municipal district Meidling. The diversity of the sections and development types proposed by 7 architectural studios harbours a wealth of different housing styles and an open-space and path system in tune with the surroundings.

• Bauzeit: 2006
• PlanerIn: M&S Architekten, Schwalm-Theiss & Gressenbauer, Hermann & Valentiny, pool Architektur, Martin Wurnig, Branimir Kljajic, Werkstatt Wien, Rainer Pirker, the POOR BOYs ENTERPRISE
• Client: Stadt Wien
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Tscherttegasse
• Accessibility: the open-air zones are publicly accessible, while restaurants/shops are accessible during business hours
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

In this building, new technologies fuse architecture and research: the freestanding structure with its supple façade conveys the scientific competence on the inside to the world outside. An intelligent, energy-efficient membrane envelops the central office for research funding in Austria.

• Bauzeit: 2004-2006
• PlanerIn: M&S Architekten, HNP architects
• Client: BIG
• Building type: Office and government
• Reachability: tram 5, stop: Lazarettgasse, tram 37/38/40/41/42, stop: Währingerstraße
• Foto: Rupert Christanell