Wiener Neustadt Station Area

Some essential, upright EDGES of the volumes are set in particular at prominent places and mark there spatial TRANSITION or GATE SITUATIONS, whether at the southern "tip" of the area or - even more important - at the entrance and exit of the "Green Boulevard", which leads to the city park. For the entrance to the station forecourt, a striking structure is also set to define a square space, just as the beginning of the passage into the area to the parking lot or the elevated garage is introduced here. Two smaller volumes in the interior flank the parking lot in front of it and thus also give the parking lot area next to the elevated garage façade space-creating elements.

A central aspect is the "extension" to the existing ensemble in the north. Here, the typology of perimeter block development was deliberately chosen, admittedly in compliance with the required distances to the ground boundaries, in order to strengthen the courtyard character here. The design of this development strictly adheres to the scale of the existing buildings. Only at the transition from the Ferdinand-Porsche-Ring to the "Grüne Boulevard" is a small high point set.

Special attention is paid to the green space. First of all, it can be stated that the area is "interspersed with greenery". The most significant design idea is articulated with the so-called "GREEN BOULEVARD". Funnel-shaped and differentiated by means of highlighted flooring, the passageway opens from the station forecourt in the direction of the city park and thus generates a generous pedestrian connection to the city center. Shop windows accompany this path and give it a lively character of great public value. This boulevard is to be further emphasized in its characteristics by a continuous row of large-crowned trees, which supports the dynamics of the passage.

Urban design: The base has been simplified and is now exclusively two-story. It thus forms a continuous, landscaped level that can optionally be connected directly to the city park with a pedestrian bridge. The six high points each dock with semi-public zones to this level, such as the common rooms of the residential buildings, the kindergarten or the breakfast area of the hotel. The three courtyards are more clearly articulated and each connected to the upper level with an open staircase. On the ground floor level, the network of paths has been supplemented by an additional connection running to the south, which now also connects the two western courtyards with the "Green Boulevard". The retail areas are now located exclusively on the ground floor in the northern area and are well surrounded by the flow of visitors.