B.R.I.O. Neues Landgut, Vienna (AT)
New building,
Affordable housing
Client: Österreichisches Siedlungswerk Gemeinnützige Wohnungs AG
Location: 1100 Vienna, Neues Landgut, Bauplatz D12
Architecture: Dietrich Untertrifaller, PLOV Architekten
Competition: 2021, 1. prize
Construction: 2022 – 2025
Area: 26,561 m² BGF
Programme: 176 subsidized apartments (incl. 88 SMART apartments), kindergarten, offices, commercial
Visualisation: Dietrich Untertrifaller
Team
Marcel Janisch, Katharina Makoru, Mona Nad (Project management), Michael Porath, Nikolaus Skorpik, Michael Sohm, Philipp Unger
Text: Gerlinde Jüttner
Planungsbeteiligte
Statics, building physics, energy concept: RWT Plus, Vienna
Landscape: simzim – Simma Zimmermann, Vienna
Social sustainability: art:phalanx, Vienna
Mobility concept: Rosinak&Partner, Vienna
Bright.Robust.Innovative.Open
The innovative "Neues Landgut" district will be built near Vienna's main railway station in Favoriten by 2026/27. The 9-hectare site will be home to 1,500 flats and an educational campus, surrounded by attractive green spaces and recreational areas.
Under the title B.R.I.O., we developed together with PLOV Architekten, a socially, ecologically and economically sustainable project with 176 subsidised flats for our building site. The differentiated, socially balanced housing mix comprises 88 smart flats, family flats and floor plans suitable for shared flats. One focus is on the special needs of single parents.
B.R.I.O. is a robust timber hybrid element construction. The optimised support grid enables a high degree of prefabrication and economical use of materials thanks to the low ceiling thickness. This construction method and the use of timber and recycled concrete save around 20 per cent CO² compared to a conventional reinforced concrete building.
Diverse flat typologies
The B.R.I.O. living module allows for a variety of floor plans and easy adaptation to a wide range of requirements – from small 1.5-room flats to spacious family flats with 4 rooms. Floor-to-ceiling glazing, loggias and balconies extend the living space to the outside. The mix of subsidised and super-subsidised flats and the wide range of different flat typologies ensure a good social mix.
The greening of the façades and roof areas as well as a low-tech heating and cooling concept contribute to an above-average climate-friendly building. Ecology and economy go hand in hand in this project - from construction and utilisation to later dismantling and resource-saving recycling.
Perfect for single parents
The compact floor plans of the flats are complemented by numerous communal rooms and micro-rooms that can be rented as studios and home offices at favourable rates. Single parents will find additional facilities optimally integrated into the living environment. For example, the children's playroom on the ground floor is located directly next to the launderette with coworking space. A childcare and learning support programme is also planned together with the student flat-sharing community "Die Bude“ (the shack) and the "Learn&Work" office.
Spacious communal kitchens and dining areas next to the green roof terraces invite larger groups to celebrate and make it easier for neighbours to get to know each other. The Volkshilfe support point with home care and repair café also helps with the organisation of everyday errands.
Varied range of sports on offer
Extensive open spaces offer a variety of opportunities for play, sport and exercise as well as informal get-togethers for residents. A bouldering wall, calisthenics and balancing elements as well as a fitness parkour encourage outdoor workouts. Volkshilfe Wien provides children from low-income families with sports trial lessons (e.g. at Sportunion Wien) or supports them in buying sports equipment.
Indoors, Sporthilfe Wien offers a varied programme in the large exercise room. In the fitness room, sports enthusiasts can even use cardio equipment to generate electricity during training, which is fed into the in-house power grid. Inside the building, attractive staircases and step guidance systems encourage people to take the stairs instead of the lift.
