Public Space in Viennese Development Areas

Public space in three selected development areas in Vienna was in the focus of the survey of the interdisciplinary team of traffic experts and landscape planners. Public space is seen as a central issue for the residential and working environment. The team compared the objectives of planning with the spatial qualities of the new neighbourhoods and worked out recommendations for future development areas.

The research included aspects of urban planning, open space, traffic questions and social space. The methods comprised field mapping, street interviews and an analysis of documents.

For a good supply of public space collective solutions have proved to be a central factor. Such solutions can cover issues from short walking and cycling connections crossing borders of plots, collective garages used by the residents of several buildings to common open spaces for play and rest.

The analysis shows more and diverse activities in public space compared to pubic accessible open space on plots belonging to residential buildings. If the tendency of the city should continue to delegate the provision of open space in development areas to private development companies, it will be crucial to include in the treaty permanent public usage rights.

The ground floor level of buildings is an important interface to the public space. In some cases, one can find well suited and interesting examples, in other cases the solutions form barriers in the neighbourhood.

First signs of rainwater management, of efforts for better urban climatic conditions or new ecological forms of mobility were visible, but there were hardly any systematic approaches perceptible in the city planning of Vienna.

tilia	Survey and analysis - open space
cooperation	Rosinak & Partner - traffic questions
time	2016
client	Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien