DEVELOPMENT AREA
1,8 ha (site 1) , 8 ha (site 2)
INTERVENTION AREA
1,4 ha (site1), about 0,8 ha (site 2 / parking area)
THEME
Two poles of extreme difference – an inner urban area and a virgin landscape – are amongst the last land reserves for the future growth of the city.
CONURBATION
Waidhofen is located in the cultural-historic region of the “Eisenstrasse”. The valley of the river Ybbs and the bordering hills strongly limit the areas available for construction.
SITE 1 – Inner-urban development / SITE 2 – city extension
Site 1
A parking area is the last large inner urban void to be developed.
Site 2
Located above the valley, in midst a rural setting the site still lacks urban infrastructures.
PROGRAM
Site 1
The parking space shall be converted into a mixed use complex including a shopping centre with offices and different forms of housing.
SITE 2
Urban scale: a long term strategy
Architectural intervention: a parking-place for 300 cars