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Wohngarten Sensengasse

Wohngarten Sensengasse
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WOHNGARTEN SENSENGASSE

Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Vienna, Austria

CATEGORY
Apartments

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The proposed project responds to the described situation with a linear building structure along the Sensengasse and a free-standing, “point-house” positioned in an extended park.

Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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The linear construction, composed of three connected individual buildings, creates a membrane-like break between the park area and the urban space.

In doing so, particular attention has been paid to permeability with paths and visual connections in the direction of the park on the one hand and the partly two-floor ground floor area forms part of the open urban space.

Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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These spaces with their views upon the surrounding greenery create a “green break” in association with the untouched and completely preserved tree avenue in the Sensengasse which fuse the façade of the garden and the airy opening of the “vertical green” together with the park to form one organic whole.

The row of trees along the Sensengasse is taken up into the arrangement of the individual structures, so that the project reacts with sensitivity to the existing tree stock.

Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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The green area does not end at the perimeter of the property. Instead, it interweaves with the planted greenery of the old hospital, the sports ground and the school.

Through the combination of a sensible development together with an eventful layout of paths through the area, it was possible to maintain the quality of this urban recreational area.

Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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The free-standing point house marks the construction’s boundary to the northwest and stands, as a result of the now clearly defined park perimeter, literally in the middle of greenery.

Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
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Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner
Wohngarten Sensengasse
© Josef Weichenberger Architects + Partner


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Standard Level Plan
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Situation Plan
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Ground Floor Plan

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