Wien - Kagran

Projects shall test the ways in which the study area can be transformed during the next decades. However, a mix of uses seems desirable, integrating the retail stores and creating a new character for the area through superimposition of uses rather than through their replacement.

Schematic information will be provided, detailed plans are not existing yet and cannot be provided for the competition.

Will be uploaded soon.

FAR is short for 'Floor Area Ratio'. It specifies the built density on a given site. 
As a formula: Floor area ratio = (total covered area on all floors of all buildings on a certain plot) / (area of the plot)

Schematic information will be provided, detailed plans are not existing yet and cannot be provided for the competition.

A translation will be provided. See further uploaded material.

There is no special restriction. Ground water level is at an average of 3m below ground level. Underground constructions (f.e.parking garages) have to be constructed accordingly.

The projects shall test the possibilities of the site: Minimum distance is given by the limits of the building lots. Noise pollution has to be taken into account, but not necessarily by keeping a bigger distance. 

The railway tracks are (since 2012) only used by freight trains.  Between train station / subway stop Stadlau (U2) and Gerasdorf there are no passenger trains. To Bratislava there is a direct connection from Stadlau ("Marchegger Ast"), which will be upgraded to a double track line in the next years. On the railway tracks west of the study area, freight trains pass by irregularly, but several times per day. These trains deliver goods to the old station at Breitenlee where they are loaded onto trucks. 

No. The railway tracks are currently in use but only for freight trains.

WIENKAGRAN-AT-SS-M1 is the zoning plan for the area, specifiying building height, uses and maximum outlines. We will upload the key to the main elements of this plan. The area marked in red signifies that no new buildings may be erected in this zone. WIENKAGRAN-AT-SS-M2 shows the territorial strategy of the city planning department, with zoning on a larger scale. We will also provide a translation of the key shown on this map.

The train station Breitenleer Straße has been closed down in 2010. Since then, the railway line is only used for freight trains. There are no plans to reactivate the rail tracks and the station for passenger trains.

Contamination is under control for now, as long as the site remains empty. "Superficial" uses, which do not interfere with the ground are possible. Decontamination of the site becomes only necessary when new buildings are erected. New constructions on this site are therefore more costly and will only happen if the demand is big enough. Intelligent ideas for a gradual transformation and decontaminationof the site through landscape interventions should be developed in the projects.

Depending on the type of shop, opening times are from 8.00 or 9.00 in the morning to 18.30 or 19.00 in the evening during the week, on Saturdays until 18.00 maximum. On Sundays all shops are closed. 

A traffic census will be provided. See uploaded material.

The High rise concept of the city of Vienna can be seen here (in german). The most important points are the following:

1) The site has to fulfil the requirement of excellent conncetion to public transport. That means that either one subway or two different tram lines have to stop in the vicinity: the distance may not be more than 300m.
2) "Two-hour-shadow": the windows of occupied rooms (as opposed to service space) of any neighbouring buildings (existing or to be built in the future) may not be in the shadow of the high rise building for more than two hours on 21st of March.
3) High-rise building have to offer some sort of social or cultural surplus-value to their neighbourhood.

Since the requirement mentioned before is not given at the moment, a high rise development can only be seen as a long term scenario and has to go hand in hand with a fundamental transformation of the study area.

No.

Currently, we do not have such information. We will try to get it and upload it if possible.

According to regulation OIB 2.3 (buildings with uppermost level above 22m), there is a difference between buildings with an uppermost level is at 32m or above 32m. This distinction is important as to evacuation. The height of the roof top is not an issue, therefore. Theoretically, of the uppermost floor space is higher, buildings can be higher than 35m, if zoning and the building code allow for it.

The Viennese building code applies. An English translation of some important parts will be uploaded soon. For now: 45° from the obligatory windows of used rooms (not access areas or similar uses), with the possibility of a slight reduction if light enters sideways.

One car per apartment, one car per 80 sqm net floor area used by people (for example, storage areas do not count)

The challenge is how to communicate the overall strategy for the study site. The scale of representation can be adapted to the logic of the proposals. An overview in 1:2000 with zooms is possible, as well as a more diagrammatic representation. 

Currently, we do not have such information. We will try to get it and upload it if possible.

The collaboration with landscape architects is recommended in order to develope feasible concepts for the treatment of the contaminated area.

The new road will pass under the highway, more or less in the same way Hirschstettener Straße does at the moment. The loop south of the project site will be an entrance to the highway going south for cars coming along the new road from the east. The loop will start at the lower level and rise to the level of the highway. The car access to the site will remain more or less the same, mainly from the road passing by west of the project site, right beside the railtracks. Existing topographic differences have to be considered. We are working on a document that will clarify the topographic situation.

The new road will pass under the highway, more or less in the same way Hirschstettener Straße does at the moment. The loop south of the project site will be an entrance to the highway going south for cars coming along the new road from the east.