The new housing estate in Auer-Welsbach-Strasse charms with innovative concepts, car-free green zones and flexible layout solutions proposed by the young architects/studios. Mostly done in concrete, the 6 low structures occupy a narrow plot set between small-scale peripheral estates and large-scale housing complexes.

• Bauzeit: 2005-2007
• PlanerIn: Nicole David, Schauer - Schläffer - Schmoeger, Klaus Stattmann, Sandrine von Klot, tnE Architects, Juri Troy
• Client: EBG
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Meidling-Philadelphiabrücke, bus 62A, stop: Kirchenfeldgasse, 5 minutes walk
• Foto: Rupert Christanell

High-tech glazing for the staircase and a wide buffer clearance shield the flats – accessed via catwalks – against traffic noise. Bold materials – e.g. tarpaulin used as staircase covering – and the fully transparent look of the long building row make for an avant-garde embodiment of 1990s housing construction in Vienna.

• Bauzeit: 1986-1991
• PlanerIn: Helmut Richter
• Client: Österreichisches Siedlungswerk
• Building type: Residential
• Reachability: U6 Alt-Erlaa, bus 60A, stop: Carlbergergasse
• Foto: Rupert Christanell