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Please use the scale 1:2.500 for the overall site plan.

The green belt north of Stadtstraße serves as a potential field for ecological compensation measures to mitigate the ecological and acoustic impacts of the Stadtstraße project (see plan AT-WIEN-SS-M6). An accompanying path is planned between Stadtstraße and the ecological compensation area (see plan AT-WIEN-SS-M5). This accompanying path can be used by pedestrians and cyclists.
As stated in the brief this compensation area is not part of the project site, fundamental changes of the plans for this area are not possible. A network of bicycle paths through the entire quarter (project site) should be planned connecting to the existing and planned structures in and around the project site.

The map of the planned tram line, that includes the planned situation with the bridges, can be found in the attachment “AT-WIEN-SS-M3” and “AT-WIEN-SS-M3a”. A new bridge for the tram line (and busses) is going to be built right next to the existing pedestrian and bicycle bridge. The concept is intended to have connections wherever needed.

All the properties within the project site can be regarded as available for urban development, no consideration has to be given to the property ownership situation. The adjacent properties within the reflection site are already built-up or designated for other uses (e.g. green spaces) as stated in the brief. If the question aims at where are further urban development areas in the surroundings, so please refer to AT-WIEN-SS-M7 (all areas marked red). The areas north of Lackenjöchlgasse have been defined as “green reserve”, which means that they shall only be considered for urban development if special situations arise, like if the existing urban development areas cannot provide enough space for the growing city any more, a situation that is not foreseeable at the moment.

The decision to build a four-lane road (Stadtstraße) has been taken by the City of Vienna. The road is currently under construction. It is a non-negotiable infrastructural element and no concern of the jury.

On page 33 of the brief the so-called Stadtstraße (city road/ dual-carriage-way) is mentioned. It is stated that this road will connect the A23 south-eastern tangent highway with the S1 ring road in the future. The Stadtstraße is partially routed underground, with a tunnel immediately south-west of the project site (Hausfeldstraße corner Ostbahnbegleitstraße). This tunnel is already under construction and has nothing to do with the Lobau tunnel project under the danube river, which is located in a distance of more than 4km to the southeast of the project site.
Plan material showing the planned course of the Stadtstraße including the tunnel is available (AT-WIEN-SS-M5 and AT-WIEN-PS-M1) and the planned course of the Stadtstrasse is shown in the recently provided 3D-Data.

It is planned to build an educational campus on the project site. This campus includes one kindergarten. In addition to this kindergarten, two more kindergartens are to be established in the project site, preferably integrated in buildings with a different use in the upper floors (e.g. housing). These two kindergartens are not mentioned in the point “ground area” in the box because of the planned integration in buildings mainly dedicated to housing or other uses. The gross floor area of those kindergartens should be 2,200m2 each (+1,500m2 open space).
It is very important to position these facilities strategically (see brief p. 40 and 41).

In order to obtain a 3D model, you are required to complete a consent form. The team representative need to sign the form and send it via email to Europan Austria at office@europan.at. This procedure is in place to maintain the anonymity of the competition. We will retain the signed forms until the conclusion of the competition, at which point they will be handed over to the City of Vienna.
All participants who registered before June 6, 2023, have already been contacted via email. If you registered after that date, you can find the Declaration of Consent form in the "0-New_Docs_after_Launch" folder.

There should be schematic representations, in particular of the proposed functions (school, busy ground floor zone, kindergarten, living on the ground floor, etc.) integrated in the plans.

Yes, the ground area of 1.8 ha for the educational campus and the 1.5 ha for the federal school include open and green spaces. Despite that, the educational campus of the City of Vienna should be planned directly adjacent to the public park.

The ramp of the tram line west of Aspern Nord station is already planned and will be built until 2025 together with the tram line (AT-WIEN-SS-M3 and -M3a; “straßenbündiger Gleiskörper mit Busbenützung” means tracks will be integrated into a street that will also be used by buses). It means that the ramp itself cannot be changed. However, this ramp is intended to be flanked by buildings on the south-western side and to become a sloping inner-city street in the future (see section QS A10 in AT-WIEN-SS-M4). The urbanistic structure of these buildings, potentially facing to the street formed by the ramp, is subject of design. The projected ramp connecting to Seestadt (and Stadtstraße) on the project site is subject of design (blue arrow in AT-WIEN-PS-M1). Also this ramp is intended to be flanked by buildings and to become a sloping inner-city street. The pedestrian bridge that should be designed in connection to the green-belt west of Seestadt should also be subject of accessible design and thus can lead to the task of integrating a ramp into the cityscape (green arrow in AT-WIEN-PS-M1).

See question 3 and 11.

No proposals for the implementation of new built structures in the Reflection Site are expected with few exceptions mentioned in the brief. For example the design of a pedestrian bridge over the traffic-belt connecting to the green belt west of Seestadt.

The planning process for this area is not yet at the level of design of the single building. Despite that, there is an urban development concept for this area (AT-WIEN-SS-S2 and provided 3D-Data).

No plans should be proposed for the area south of the Aspern Nord station; the existing Masterplan for that area should be considered. See questions 13 and 14.

Both retention basins serve to infiltrate rainwater from the traffic structures south of the project site and should be integrated into the concepts for the green spaces and green corridors. The functionality of the retention basins must be maintained in any case.

Climate-related targets are taken into account in the brief. Please consider the urban climate guidelines created by Weatherpark (AT-WIEN-SS-S1).

Please refer to the border shown in the brief.

Urbanistic concepts for the area of the northern access to the Aspern Nord station are welcome, including proposals for additional uses and solutions for a barrier-free access to the station. All proposed solutions should provide enough space for a P+R facility of the planned size (see AT-WIEN-SS-S3) with the planned access for cars from the eastern side. The green corridor shown in AT-WIEN-PS-M1 should be respected (see also question 16).

The requested 3D data (see question 13) is available.
Since the data is strictly confidential, a one-page Declaration of Consent (data use declaration) has been created, which will be signed by the the team representative only and returned to us, Europan Austria via mail: office@europan.at.  This is to ensure the anonymity of the competition. The signed declaration of consent will then remain with us. After the conclusion of the competition, these signed documents will then be handed over to the City of Vienna.

The Declaration of Consent form can be found in the folder 0-New_Docs_after_Launch.
The 3D data includes, among other things, data of the mobility providers and the volume model of the Seestadt.