St Pölten

Information will be uploaded as soon as possible, latest after the site visit.

Some information about building regulations will be uploaded as soon as possible, latest after the site visit.

There is no fixed definition of density on the project site given. A range of density between 0,8 - 1,2 is given as an orientation.  See competition brief p.28. It means there is no fixed density decided, various typologies can be characterised by various densities between 0,8 and 1,2. Teams are asked to reflect the issue of density in a sensitive way.

The position of the former labour camp is marked in the historical site plan (STPOELTEN-AT-PS-M6.pdf / first page)

In the aerial photo the difference in vegetation around that area is still visible (nearly no trees on the location of the former labour camp) (STPOELTEN-AT-SS-AP1.pdf)

We dont have the excat position of the former labour camp in dwg/dxf. But you can superimpose the aerial photo, the historical site plan and the dxf site plan.

We try to provide more information about the position of the remains of the former labour camp after the site visit.

You find the trajectory of the west-east-orientated gas pipeline in the document named STPOELTEN-AT-SS-M2.pdf and in STPOELTEN-AT-PS-M2.pdf (same document but different zoom in)

It is a black broken line with dots, named in the plan EVN EG HD 150mm. The location of the gas station is also marked in the plan, a white square with a black triangle in it.

You find a translation of the legend in STPOELTEN-AT-SS-M2.pdf. on the second page.

In the competition brief, page 25, in programmatic framework: the required amount of housing is described.

A written report of the site visit on Monday 20th of April will be uploaded, maybe including more information concerning typology and connection than written in the competition brief.

Pictures of the remains of the barracks are included in the competition brief: STPOELTEN-AT-PS-P42.jpg – P49.jpg

The position of the former labour camp is marked in the historical site plan (STPOELTEN-AT-PS-M6.pdf / first page).

After the site visit on Monday April 20th, we will provide an aerial picture with the location of the remains on the site and some more photos. (Latest approx. 10 days after the site visit)

A housing project with more than 4 housing units requires a playground of a minimum size of 150 sqm. After more than 10 housing units additional 5 sqm per housing unit are required.

Eg: Building(s) with 4 housing units: playground minimum 150 sqm
Eg: Building(s) with 100 housing units: 150 sqm + 90 units * 5 sqm = 600 sqm, which can be separated in various playgrounds, minimum size of one playground has to be 150 sqm. In general bigger playgrounds are prefered than several small playgrounds. (depending on the concept of the project)

Playgrounds can be considered to be open fee space. (In general the playground belongs to the plot/neighbourhood and do not belong to the city. In some cases this model can change.)

There are no specific/typical trees which are worthy of preservation. Only some big trees are located on the edges of the site (photos of the site visit will be uploaded)

As described in the brief on page 22: 

"The existing wooded areas are not considered valuable from the point of view of nature conservation and/or the perspective of forest management (...)"
"The preservation of individual trees on the site would only appear to be reasonable - if at all - within the framework of designing the subsequent use, but not for ecological reasons.

Page 27: "Therefore the City and WWE recommend to cut (most of) the vegetation and implement a smart concept of vegetation of high quality"

A housing project with more than 4 housing units requires a playground of a minimum size of 150 sqm. After more than 10 housing units additional 5m2 per housing unit are required.

Eg: Building(s) with 4 h.u. (housing units): playground minimum 150 sqm
Eg: Building(s) with 10 h.u.: playground minimum 150 sqm
Eg: Building(s) with 11 h.u.: playground minimum 150 sqm + 5 sqm= 155 sqm
Eg: Building(s) with 100 h.u.: 150 sqm + 90 units * 5 sqm = 600 sqm, which can be separated in various playgrounds, minimum size of one playground has to be 150 sqm. In general big playgrounds are more prefered than several small ones (depending on the overall concept of the project).

We cannot provide an official map with the position of the current trees as they are not listed in official plans. As described in the brief p.22 : "The existing wooded areas are not considered valuable from the point of view of nature conservation (...)". Photos of the site visit will be uploaded and mark the position of some big trees.  You can also check online in aerial photos (bing or google maps) the density of landscape on the site. In general there is no tree considered to be worth to be protected. The landscape is mainly characterized by grassland, densly overgrown bushes and small trees, big trees are mainly located on the edges of the site.

No, we can only provide the pdf file. Therefore we recommend to superimpose the pdf of the Glanzstoff-project with the dxf file and re-draw it roughly.

No, we cannot provide alimetric curves. The city commissioned sections through the site; this information will be uploaded as soon as possible.

Density means FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0,8-1,2.

FAR (0,8-1,2) = Gross Floor Area (GFA) / Plot Area (8,7ha)

See site visit report: "Ownership issues are important to know but dont think too much in different owners. It is about how to integrate and develop the whole project site. Nevertheless dependencies should be avoided."

The site has to be considered as a whole!

Nevertheless the GFA of the site 395/34 shall be listed extra in order to have an overview of the GFA with and without this area.

An updated version of the calculation list to fill in is uploaded. See document STPOELTEN-AT-PS-M15.pdf

STPOELTEN-AT-PS-M14.pdf (old list) is not valid anymore and deleted.

According to the plan-document of the waste management center (STPOELTEN-AT-SS-M6.pdf) the access from Austrasse will be located in the East. It is planned to implement a green puffer zone consiting of trees and bushes along the southern and eastern area facing Austrasse in order to prevent emissions coming from the facility. Therefore an access from the South will not be possible.

No, there are no plans provided. It will not affect the route and position of Austraße; noise-protection-walls along the railway tracks for existing buildings will be implemented. The better rhythm of train connections and therefore the link of  the project site to the inner city and its regional context (eg. to Vienna) will raise the potential of the project site enormously: this has to be considered and reflected.

The New Design University already moved out. Follow-up-uses are still flexible;

Currently the implementation of a School for Music and Art is under discussion and could become a follow-up use of the building.

The water towers are currently empty; there is no follow-up-use announced yet.

It is only planned to be build in the future. It is still unclear when it will be realised. Only if the expansion will be realised, Öbb will finance noise protection for existing structures (not for future development (europan project) on the project site)

see p. 16: "With the scope of the realisation of the expansion to the two-lane-system the noise protection (walls) for existing structures would be financed by ÖBB. (...) Nevertheless, regarding the necessary noise protection for the future developmet of the project site, it will not be planned and financed by ÖBB."

"(...)Therefore the Europan competition requires a strategic handling with this ´fact with uncertain point in time´. Competition participants could consider the realisation of the expansion as a certain part of the future devleopment of the study site (...)"

When we speak about the unused underpass, we always mean the unused underpass at  kilometer 45. Photo of this unused underpass was uploaded: STPOELTEN-AT-PS-P52/3.jpg

The city of St Pölten is the owner of the plot nr 395/27

Very likely a park&ride facility will be implemented in the North of the future regional waste management which is currently used as a parking area. There are no plans provided.

No, there are no plans of a possible future park&ride facility provided.

Future development by the City of St Pölten:

Western part of the railwaystation:

• North: Implementation of a Park&Ride area (Plot Nr 320/13, 320/8) (no underground parking-garage, no parking-structure-building. Instead: a park&ride-parking lot.) 
• South: tranformation to a public park strip/landscape (Plot Nr 320/7) (currently the old waste management center is located there, the structures will be removed, the program moves to the new waste center.) 

Eastern part of the railwaystation:

• North: There is no fixed future use/plan announced yet. The city considers it as a reserved area for future developments; it is currently used as additional parking facility (eg.: if the parking lots near Viehofen lakes are crowded)
• South: Waste management center.

The city of St Pölten is the owner of these sites. West: 320/13, 320/8, 320/7. East: 395/27

Yes, the demgraphic data was uploaded on 29th of April: "STPOELTEN-AT-SS-M8.pdf" in folder "0_New-docs-after-launch"

The City of St Pölten is the owner of the site 395/27.