This social housing project is about planning luxury for all: affordable subsidized apartments with loggias, adaptive floor plans and shared infrastructure such as community spaces, garden courtyards, a soccer field, laundry rooms, a bicycle repair shop, and of course a 25 metre long swimming pool on the roof! The rooftop swimming pool has become a symbol of the high quality of social housing in Vienna.

Together with the limited-profit housing associations EBG and Siedlungsunion and partnership with Sophie und Peter Thalbauer Architekten and the support of many consultants we participated in the developer competition Attemsgasse in the 22nd district. With a total volume of around 300 subsidized housing units, special attention is paid to planning for everyday life use and quality, taking into account diversified housing needs and interests as well as different age and user groups.

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Planning principles along the four quality pillars of Viennese subsidized housing
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Architecture and Urban Design
Five independent characteristic buildings create an urban ensemble,
a Park loggia as a zone of public access to the central Grätzlpark,
an apron zone for appropriation including a neighborhood event space, the Attemshalle,
quiet residential gardens.

Ecology
Sponge city principle: hardly any sealed surfaces,
apartments are lit and ventilated from two sides,
solid brick construction,
greening of facades and roof,
Greenpass-optimized overall planning.

Economy
100% subsidized housing
Corner loggia space increase living space without rent burden
financing support from cooperatives,
participatory budget for community design of outdoor space.

Social Sustainability
Continued existence of the soccer field and cooperation with Kicken ohne Grenzen,
development of a neighborhood magazine with, for and from residents,
community spaces, info boards, neighborhood apps,
housing first cooperation with Neunerhaus.