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Residential building Gutenbrunnerstrasse
Baden bei Wien

Project: Construction of a residential building
Location: Baden bei Wien city centre
Status: completed 2024
Year: 2024
Client: Fa. KS57 GmbH
Size: 3550 m2
Building in existing structures is always a special task. Here in Baden we had to deal with all the difficulties you can encounter when designing in the city centre:
Building in existing structures is always a special task.
to the north and east an 11m high wall in the direction of Gutennbrunner Park, without openings according to the guidelines of the city of Baden, strict requirements for the facade design facing urban space, a historic basement structure on the property and a variety of legal issues (for ex. existing ancient windows in firewalls or unclear boundary lines).
The city of Baden, freshly awarded the UNESCO World Heritage title, gave us the strict condition that the facades should be equalized with the neighboring historical buildings.
Hence we designed a building that is outward strictly subordinate to the structure and design of the surrounding.
However on the inside we organized an open terraced house with a lot of open space and apartments facing south and west.
Introverted inside the block, this creates an open, extroverted structure with diverse opportunities for neighborly communication.
Completion
The city of Baden, freshly awarded the UNESCO World Heritage title, gave us the strict condition that the facades should be equalized with the neighboring historical buildings.
Exterior

Existing

Completion
Hence we designed a building that is outward strictly subordinate to the structure and design of the surrounding.
Courtyard

However on the inside we organized an open terraced house with a lot of open space and apartments facing south and west.


Interior




Photograpy: Miroslava Andric
Visualization
exterior

Gutenbrunnerstrasse visualization

Gutenbrunnerstrasse existing

Visualization: Unit2Bau
Courtyard


Interior




Visualization: Unit2Bau
Modell / 3Dprinting

Construction site













Existing



... to the north and east an 11m high wall in the direction of Gutennbrunner Park, without openings according to the guidelines of the city of Baden ...



View from Gutenbrunner park towards plot and historical icehouse