Am Seebogen, Seestadt Aspern, Vienna (AT)
New building, Subsidised housing

Client: EBG Gemeinnützige Ein- und Mehrfamilienhäuser Baugenossenschaft
Location: A-1220 Vienna, Seestadt Aspern, Am Seebogen, Barbara-Prammer-Allee 13
Architecture: Dietrich Untertrifaller
Competition: 2017
Construction period: 2019 – 2022
Area: 12,220 m²
Programme: 90 flats, commercial premises (studios, co-working, club centre, sports studio)

Photos: Kurt Hoerbst, Luiza Puiu

Team
Yakut Dogan, Melanie Högl, Clemens Holzhuber, Tobias Indermühle (Project management, Andreas Laimer, Maria Megina, Doreen Rehmer-Jeitler (Team management), Margarete Sierek

Text: Gerlinde Jüttner

Partners
Statics: Gschwandtl ZT, Vienna
Building services: dp-Gebäudetechnik, Vienna
Building physics: Kern + Ingenieure Ziviltechniker, Vienna
Landscape: Kieran Fraser, Vienna
General contractor: Haider & Co Hoch- und Tiefbau, Vienna

Social integration through sport

Am Seebogen in the Seestadt Aspern, we have constructed two buildings with 90 subsidised flats as well as commercial premises, offices and studios. The complex consists of an elongated, five- to six-storey linear building and a compact, taller solitary building, connected in the basement. The bend in the row building defines an attractive forecourt and almost completely cancels out the barrier effect of the elevated underground railway line.

The Elinor-Ostrom-Park, which combines play and sports elements with attractive seating and sunbathing areas, is located in the centre of the neighbourhood. The sports programme for all age groups promotes interaction and communication between residents and encourages an active lifestyle. Low-threshold sports and fitness activities in social housing are an important contribution to a lively living environment, especially in growing, dense neighbourhoods.

Powerful plasticity

Reliefed, mineral façades, recessed loggias and jumps in height create a varied image. The buildings thus gain a powerful plasticity and at the same time react to the scale of their surroundings.

The layered solitaire stacks its functions according to the public interest: from sport and business on the ground floor to coworking space and shared flats on the levels above to the purely residential floors

Naturally lit, spacious foyers give tenants barrier-free access to their flats.

The private open spaces are designed as sheltered loggias due to the wind-exposed location. A club centre with a café and outdoor dining area enlivens the forecourt.