The functional spatial concepts of a total of 70 houses – originally furnished – demonstrate innovative housing solutions within minimal spatial confines. An outstanding example of modernism, this model settlement designed by numerous international and local architects headed by Josef Frank resembles a counterweight to the superblocks of Vienna’s municipal housing programme. At the moment, the development is undergoing gradual rehabilitation.

• Bauzeit: 1930-1932
• PlanerIn: Josef Frank
• Client: Stadt Wien
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U4 Ober St.Veit, bus 54B, stop: Gobergasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

After winning the project competition, the architects referenced the Baroque bridge originally leading to the palace, albeit in thematically modified form, in co-operation with s&s Architekten. The bridge area was closed to parking cars; the central section was designed as a gravelled surface while the lateral sections were planted with grass. Sphinxes and lions heighten the sense of historical continuity.

• PlanerIn: ss|plus architektur
• Client: Stadt Wien
• Building type: Urban planning
• Reachability: U4 Schönbrunn
• Accessibility: The open-air zones is publicly accessible
• Foto: Rupert Christanell