Thermal Bath Oberlaa, Vienna
This is the first Siteorama Issue which I want to present herewith. Siteorama is a panorama of construction sites. It is based on a personal and subjective selection of ongoing construction sites in Vienna, the city I live and work in.
Thermal Bath, 4a-Architekten / Rüdiger Lainer + Partner
4a-Architekten / Rüdiger Lainer + Partner , Thermal Baths, Year of Design 2006
The thermal bath in Oberlaa, Vienna, is already at a quite developed stage, so you can see the buildings body quite well.
This is what Baunetz says (German).
Website of 4a-Architekten (English)
Website of Rüdiger Lainer + Partner (English)
Office Building, Carsten Roth
Carsten Roth Architekt, Office building, Year of Design 2006
The first office building by Architect Carsten Roth (German) in Vienna. I am looking forward to its due completion.
20er Haus, Karl Schwanzer / Adoption by Adolf Krischanitz
Karl Schwanzer, Exhibition Pavilion 1959 / Adolf Krischnitz, Adaption 2003 (Year of Design)
Restauration of a true icon of modern architecture in Vienna: Karl Schwanzer’s 20er Haus, a former exhibition pavilion for the world fair in Brussels in 1959. It was disessebled after the world fair and reassembled in Vienna. It used to be a hot spot for art in the 60ies, 70ies and 80ies. Now it is intended to be brought back to live. There will be an adoption by Architect Adolf Krischnitz. The building is part of the Belvedere Museum.
Karl Schwanzer, Exhibition Pavilion 1959 / Adolf Krischnitz, Adaption 2003 (Year of Design)
The total strip tease of the construction allows us to look at the beautiful skeleton of the building + the new subterranean magazine.
Karl Schwanzer, Exhibition Pavilion 1959 / Adolf Krischnitz, Adaption 2003 (Year of Design)
Belvedere Museum website (German).
Adolf Krischanitz’s website (German).
Multifunctional Building, Jean Nouvel
Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Multifunctional Building, Year of design 2005
Stumbling giants. Left one by Hans Hollein, right one by Jean Nouvel. View from the city centre towards Taborstraße to which both buildings shall form an urban door.
Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Multifunctional Building, Year of design 2005
Right side: Jean Nouvel’s contribution.
Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Multifunctional Building, Year of design 2005
It progresses very rapidly as you can see on the roofs and facades progression. Here’s the view from the city-centre.
Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Multifunctional Building, Year of design 2005
This is the street view with more details.
Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Multifunctional Building, Year of design 2005
And here is the view towards the city centre where one can see the alignment of the roofs and the final completion of the street marked with the tower.
Here is Jean Nouvel’s website (English).
Flagship Store, David Chipperfield
View from Kärntnerstraße at an early stage of demolishion.
David Chipperfield Architects, Flagship store for a fashion company, Year of design 2007
Sorry for the caption. There is nothing to present by Chipperfield – there is just a huge demolishing. Still this is truly fascinating and so I decited to show a few pics which shop the processes of preparation.
David Chipperfield Architects, Flagship store for a fashion company, Year of design 2007
View from side street.
David Chipperfield Architects, Flagship store for a fashion company, Year of design 2007
View from side street to Kärntnerstraße – through the temporary chasm.
Here is David Chipperfield’s website.
Train Station Westbahnhof, Architekten Neumann + Steiner
Architekten Neumann + Steiner ZT, Railway Station, Year of design 2002
There are three main train stations in Vienna – and all of them are under reconstruction at the moment. Here is the Westbahnhof conversion. The entrance hall by Hartiger & Wöhnhart (1952) is protected by the state office for protection of historical monuments and will be an integrated part of the new design.
Here’s the Neumann + Steiner Architekten ZT website.
This is what wikipedia knows.
Aspern Urban Development Area
Flugfeld Aspern (Airfield), Urban development by Tovatt Architects and Planners 2006
On this pic one can see the airstrip, which is meanwhile demolished. There will be an artificial see, residential houses, shops and office buildings. An urban mixture to be settled on the green fields. Architectural competitions decide about the buildings.
Here’s the developers website aspern + Die Seestadt Wien.
