Kaisermühlenblues

Residential building Am Kaisermühlendamm

Vienna

Project: Adaptive reuse & renovation of the former Webster University Am Kaisermühlendamm 87 into a residential building with 37 new residential units

Location: Vienna

Status: completed

Year: 2015

Client: Bank Austria Real Invest

Size: 2556 m2

In 2014 the private Webster University moved out of the Kaisermühlen to Leopoldstadt and handed over three

completely empty floors with more than 2,000 m² usable space to the owner Bank Austria. I was commissioned beforehand to create a draft study for the space, as it soon became clear that a reasonable commercial re-letting had to be ruled out.

The location seemed rather perfect for residential use. Good public connections, excellent infrastructure and the direct proximity to the beaches of the Old and New Danube.

The location seemed perfect for residential use. Good public connections, excellent infrastructure and direct proximity to the beaches of the Old and New Danube.

Furthermore, the flexible building structure (reinforced concrete ribbed ceilings on a skeletal support structure) was suitable for this. Despite all the difficulties that arose during the construction period - after all, the floors above and below the construction site were fully used throughout the entire construction period - a total of 37 family apartments with large balconies were built in a record-breaking construction period of 8 months.

In addition, the building could also be thermally upgraded to low-energy standards.

Completion

Exterior

Inner courtyard

Photographs: Miroslava Andric

Construction site

Despite all the difficulties that arose during the construction period - after all, the floors above and below the construction site were fully used throughout the entire construction period - a total of 37 family apartments with large balconies were built in a record-breaking construction period of 8 months.

Balcony

Existing

Before

After