TRUE URBAN SPIRIT

2 VIENNA: BUILDING THE FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT
& HIGH-QUALITY
URBANITY
In the built-up parts of the city, Vienna aims to improve the availability
of open spaces, social facilities and mobility offerings in
targeted fashion and will have to create new space for housing,
trade and recreation by converting brownfields and gaps between
buildings, refurbishing attics and adding storeys. Moreover, the
upgrading of ground-floor zones generates positive impulses for
urban vibrancy as well as new opportunities for commercial,
social, cultural and community activities.
FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE
ACTION PLAN 50/60/70
The upgrading of structures from the 1950s to 1970s
calls for in-depth analyses and an evaluation of the
different locations as well as, starting from this, for
customised concepts for architectural and functional
improvements. Based on the time-tried model of
“gentle urban renewal”, an action plan provides superordinate
guidelines by describing urban development
opportunities, growth potentials and the necessary
processes and process qualities for the implementation
of quality improvements. ( Fig. 8: Mission Statement
for Urban Development “Further development of
areas mainly characterised by 1950s to 1970s structures”)
The City of Vienna (Administrative Group for Housing,
Housing Construction and Urban Renewal & Administrative
Group for Urban Planning, Traffic & Transport, Climate
Protection, Energy and Public Participation) is developing an
Action Plan 50/60/70 that inter alia covers the following
aspects:
I proposals for strategic development planning that takes
account of growth potentials, economic limitations and
opportunities, residents’ interests as well as socio-political
and architectural goals (according to the Arch4579
evaluation method).
I definition of participation standards for residents and
abutters.
I singling out of pilot projects that provide an exemplary
overview of the added value of quality improvements and
the concentration of various types of use in one site.
Integration of comprehensive energetic balance improvements
into the further development of housing estates
from the 1950s to the 1970s (> 2.2 Vienna mobilises land -
space for urban growth - Iniative: Integrated energy and spatial
planning)
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