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Architects: Clemens Kirsch Architektur
- Area: 7100 m²
- Year: 2022
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Photographs:Herta Hurnaus
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Lead Architects: Clemens Kirsch
Text description provided by the architects. The area of the former Siemensgründe in the west of Vienna is being developed as a new residential quarter (approx. 530 units) on several building sites. Among them is the „Orchidea“ component, which is intended for subsidised housing for single parents. 124 compact flats on 8 floors are grouped around an inner courtyard open to the south.
Good neighbourliness and opportunities for social exchange are particularly important for single parents. Therefore, the desired compactness of the flats is complemented by a generous offer of communally used rooms.
For single parents, clarity is important. vvThe flats are cut in a way that allows you to keep your children in view while cooking, homeworking or relaxing.
A deep-cut, fully glazed winter garden ensures that there is always a visual connection, and the room can be used as an additional living room / „joker room“ / climate buffer (winter garden, office, guest room, etc.) all year round. Fixed curtains can be used to visually separate individual rooms and room areas to ensure the required privacy.
120 years after Otto Wagner & Max Fabiani, the Viennese theme of the tile façade is revisited: The outer shell consists mainly of vertical, light green tiles (split tiles) in combination with a plaster façade of the same colour. As a fresh contrast, the balcony balustrades were executed in salmon colours to give the building a Mediterranean lightness.
