VinziRast-mittendrin is an innovative housing project where students and formerly homeless persons live, learn and work together. The project idea was inspired during the protests against access restrictions to Austrian universities in 2009, when students also opened the doors of occupied lecture halls to the homeless. This well-located Gründerzeit building rehabilitated by gaupenraub +/- accommodates 10 living communities for 27 residents, attractive shared spaces and a café/restaurant accessible to the general public.

• Bauzeit: 2012-2013
• PlanerIn: gaupenraub +/-
• Client: Verein Vinzenzgemeinschaft St. Stephan
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U2 Schottentor, tram 37/38/40/41/42, stop: Schwarzspanierstraße
• Accessibility: Cafe/Restaurant during business hours
• Foto: Christian Fürthner

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

Three acute-angled concrete structures, which largely comprise housing units as well as some offices, café and restaurant premises, wind their way through, around and above the historic viaducts of the former Stadtbahn suburban line. However, this urbanistically highly interesting location at the junction of Danube Canal and Gürtel has proven very problematic for housing purposes.

• Bauzeit: 2004-2005
• PlanerIn: Zaha M. Hadid
• Client: SEG
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U4/U6 Spittelau
• Foto: Rupert Christanell