Right in the Heart of the Second District

Vienna’s Nordbahnhof railway station is now history. Over the past few years, a large new residential area has emerged on the former railway site, which covers around 85 hectares. The new Nordbahnviertel neighbourhood is close to the city centre, has traffic-calmed streets and has filled a major gap in the Second District. On the main thoroughfare of the new urban quarter, Bruno-Marek-Allee, we have developed a residential building comprising 36 owner-occupied flats and 102 rental flats.

»Our residential building on Bruno-Marek-Allee makes a statement in the heart of the new Nordbahnviertel. A small-scale structure offering diverse living options, with a public ground-floor zone below that brings the neighbourhood to life and enriches it.«

Living with Outdoor Space

The flats, ranging in size from 47 to 128 m² and each with their own outdoor spaces, offer the ideal conditions for a diverse and vibrant neighbourhood. We find the through-flats with views of the promenade and the communal residential park particularly appealing.

A Sociable Ground Floor

It has now become standard practice for public ground-floor spaces in residential areas to promote greater social mix and create the conditions for a vibrant neighbourhood. The entire Bruno-Marek-Allee follows this concept, and to this end we have designed open-plan layouts that offer long-term flexibility of use. A post office, shops and restaurants attract residents from across the neighbourhood. The generous ceiling height of four metres visually sets the public spaces apart from the residential floors. On the courtyard side, a colonnade provides shelter from the sun in summer.

»The interconnected buildings, with their varying heights, stand out in a pleasing way and lend character to the residential address.«

The Connection in the New Neighbourhood

Bruno-Marek-Allee runs through the new urban quarter as a long, tree-lined thoroughfare, leading via Taborstraße to the ‘Freie Mitte’ – the large urban wilderness where we have also built our first residential high-rise. The street connects housing, work, education and leisure in the neighbourhood, which has opened a new chapter in Vienna’s urban development. Public transport has followed suit with an extension of tram line O. 

»Here, a quality of life is made possible that is otherwise only found when living on the outskirts of the city – with a sense of space and room for privacy. And all of this right in the heart of the Second District, at the very pulse of the city.«

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