http://zahahadid.vm.bytemark.co.uk/education/2008/02/17/spittelau-viaducts-housing-project
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqPP4kqdvs4
miercuri, 10 iunie 2009
Description of the project
Spittelau Viaducts
Vienna, Austria
Urban Parameters
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.
Historically, the Guertel has divided the Viennese from the hinterland and the waves of immigrants.
The site is formed via the culmination of densely overlapping infrastructure elements: the “Spittelauer Laende” is one of Vienna’s most highly traveled roads; the Danube Canal connection Germany to Hungary, with a busy bike path running along its banks; and the physical manifestation of the three historical steps in the development of the Viennese railway system, from the Otto Wagner’s viaducts to the first underground and the unused railways to today’s subway network
A waterfront area is revitalized by linking the water’s edge to the city fabric, and the project acts as both an attractor and initiator or the further intervention along the Danube Canal.
Architectural Concept
A series of apartments, offices and artists’ studios weave like a ribbon through, around and over the arched bays of the viaduct, designed by Otto Wagner. The viaduct itself is a protected structure, and may not be interfered with. The three-part structure playfully interacts with the viaduct, generating a multitude of different outdoor and indoor spatial relationships. The perception of these is intensified by the response of the architectural language to the different speeds of the infrastructural elements.
Public outdoor spaces are enlivened via the infill of bars and restaurants and melts into the banks of the canal, creating a lively platform for the public life. The rooftops are planned as private retreats and add to the visual activity along the canal. An additional challenge is posed to the project, as the program consists mainly of social housing, through studios and offices mixed in. Later, the project should be connected to the University of Business and Northern Train Station via a pedestrian and cycle bridge.
I chose to describe this project not because of the position but of the shapes that Zaha Hadid used, shapes that are similar with the ones we used.
Vienna, Austria
Urban Parameters
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.
Historically, the Guertel has divided the Viennese from the hinterland and the waves of immigrants.
The site is formed via the culmination of densely overlapping infrastructure elements: the “Spittelauer Laende” is one of Vienna’s most highly traveled roads; the Danube Canal connection Germany to Hungary, with a busy bike path running along its banks; and the physical manifestation of the three historical steps in the development of the Viennese railway system, from the Otto Wagner’s viaducts to the first underground and the unused railways to today’s subway network
A waterfront area is revitalized by linking the water’s edge to the city fabric, and the project acts as both an attractor and initiator or the further intervention along the Danube Canal.
Architectural Concept
A series of apartments, offices and artists’ studios weave like a ribbon through, around and over the arched bays of the viaduct, designed by Otto Wagner. The viaduct itself is a protected structure, and may not be interfered with. The three-part structure playfully interacts with the viaduct, generating a multitude of different outdoor and indoor spatial relationships. The perception of these is intensified by the response of the architectural language to the different speeds of the infrastructural elements.
Public outdoor spaces are enlivened via the infill of bars and restaurants and melts into the banks of the canal, creating a lively platform for the public life. The rooftops are planned as private retreats and add to the visual activity along the canal. An additional challenge is posed to the project, as the program consists mainly of social housing, through studios and offices mixed in. Later, the project should be connected to the University of Business and Northern Train Station via a pedestrian and cycle bridge.
I chose to describe this project not because of the position but of the shapes that Zaha Hadid used, shapes that are similar with the ones we used.
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