“The focus on questions of procedures, including stakeholder participation and its effects on physical form, is to be commended” – Holcim Awards Jury
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Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria
Eco-city: Sustainable urban development of a piece of the city. We use the green open space as a support of the buildings, and not vice versa. Land consumption is minimized in favor of green space, keeping a respectful attitude towards the existing landscape as well as the environment, but always without losing compactness and density. Diversity of actors and investment capacities are represented here, generating a multi-scalar intervention.
The jury especially commends the focus on questions of procedures, including stakeholder participation and its effects on physical form. Particularly interesting is the changing relationship between built and un-built areas that is constantly negotiated and re-negotiated in a process that engages a range of relevant parties. The proposal offers a method for a step-by-step urban densification, combining both bottom-up/top-down and formal/informal practices – to create an urban commons.
Last updated: June 06, 2014 Zurich, Switzerland
The jury especially commends the focus on questions of procedures, including stakeholder participation and its effects on physical form. Particularly interesting is the changing relationship between built and un-built areas that is constantly negotiated and re-negotiated in a process that engages a range of relevant parties. The proposal offers a method for a step-by-step urban densification, combining both bottom-up/top-down and formal/informal practices – to create an urban commons.