KAP The Kapellenhof

Vienna, Austria

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Drawing © AllesWirdGut/ feld72

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Apartment Buildings

Architects: AllesWirdGut

Location: Kapellenweg 35, 1220 Vienna, Austria
Year: 2019
Client: migra / Neues Leben / WOGEM
Team: Felix Kämpfel, Harald Groll, Jan Schröder, Marta Bimova, Philipp Seitz, Svetla Stoyanova, Anna Auwermann, Carla Schwaderer, Jessica Wannhoff, Arjan Van Toorenburg, Nora Sahr, Ralph Reisinger, Zsuzsanna Balla, Elian Trinca, Marino Fei, Wilhelm Scherübl
Architect (Working Community): feld72 architects
Statics: Dorr - Schober & Partner ZT GmbH
Structural engineering: Kern+Ingenieure ZT GmbH
Building services: IDK Engineering
Open space areas: carla lo Landschaftsarchitektur
Social sustainability: Mag. Sonja Gruber

My new home

Uniquely situated around a spacious urban grove on Kapellenweg in Vienna’s 22nd district is a residential estate which, conceptually and aesthetically, is modeled on the municipal housing of the traditional Viennese Gemeindebau. Conceived as a large courtyard estate, a clear and self-confident ensemble emerges: the Kapellenhof. Here 450 new residential units were completed to designs by AllesWirdGut and feld72, whose collaborative planning gave special attention to the potentials of the location—views and greenery. Small-scale built-up areas on the fringes as well es the courtyard—the size of a soccer pitch—afford each apartment the widest possible view. Laid out as an adventurous, topographically varied urban grove that offers private retreats and open clearings, the courtyard is framed by four buildings, which all have designated community areas with terraces for collective use. The grove as a shared green hub encourages, and lends itself, to good neighborliness. The idea of providing sites of encounter and interaction for more than 1,000 new residents is also given expression in a multi-purpose space on the north side and a community pub and diner at the southern intersection. A vital four-sided ensemble where trees and neighborly relations grow!