TRUE URBAN SPIRIT

2 VIENNA: BUILDING THE FUTURE
BALANCED,
POLYCENTRIC
LOCATION
DEVELOPMENT
For a compact city of short distances, it is of prime importance
to dispose of a close-knit network of centres where historically
evolved village cores have their place in precisely the same way
as the old city centre. In coming years, the strengthening and further
development of established centres will therefore be a matter
of focal interest alongside the elimination of functional deficits in
individual spots and the targeted development of new centres in
the context of urban expansion. A balanced development of centre
locations offers the opportunity of effectively interlinking overall
strategic as well as action-oriented, neighbourhood-related concepts.
Special attention must be paid to the spatial, social, economic,
architectural and historic context of the urban zone in
question. A strategy of accelerated polycentric urban development
is to facilitate high-quality upgrading above all of districts and
neighbourhoods with high population growth.
FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE
THE POLYCENTRIC CITY –
VIENNA’S CENTRE CONCEPT
Polycentric urban development requires strategic control
to result in the “right” architectural structures,
urban types of use and functionalities to emerge in the
“right” locations. The sustainable viability of central
functions is contingent on urban structures of architectural
design and use that generate lively places, on
the networking of sub-centres and on optimised traffic
and transport connections.
Based on the model of Vienna’s centre structure (> Fig. 8:
Mission Statement for Urban Development), the City of Vienna
joins forces with the municipal districts and partners from
the world of business to develop a centre concept that concretises
patterns of space utilisation and intervention levels
for urban development (e. g. as guidelines for locating public
institutions, optimising the public transport network and
design requirements for architecture and open spaces).
Definition of priority locations for the drafting of detailed
centre development concepts. (> Fig. 8: Mission Statement for
Urban Development "Sub-centre requiring further development")
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