The lower area with kitchen-living room and dining area is incised in the site, whereas the upper living area is taken up by a white rendered encasing figure that contains the private areas on the upper floor. Here the route through the house ends at a small terrace that is reached via a few steps and offers a fantastic view across the whole of Vienna.
Schaden House
This house is part of a garden estate development based on a private initiative and is located at the perimeter of the Lainzer Tiergarten with a view over Vienna.
Year
2005
Venue
Vienna
State
Completed
Category
Private
Size
202 m²
Year |
Venue |
State |
Category |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 |
Vienna |
Completed |
Private |
202 m² |
Year
2005
Venue
Vienna
State
Completed
Category
Private
Size
202 m²
Vienna 1130
The complex is based on a master plan by 3:0 Landschaftsarchitektur and non:conform. The goal of the master plan was, on the one hand, to establish a set of rules that would minimise the obstruction of views and sunlight by the individual houses.
The ground floor contains a spatial continuum that is reached from a small two-storey entrance hall: a living room/kitchen, a dining area and – somewhat higher and reached by a shallow flight of steps – a living area.
On the other hand the aim was also to develop a common canon of materials for all elements in the outdoor areas of the public and semi-public spaces of the houses. The result intended was a development of completely individual houses that would still speak a common language in their plinth zones and front garden areas. As the house which we designed was the first to be completed, it acquired a pioneering role in the development particularly because the materials that we chose were to become definitive for the entire development – at least this is what was agreed.
Architecture
Pichler & Traupmann Architects
Project team
Barbara Aull
Sandy Panek
Nathalie Rosenberg
Robert Schmidt
Jürgen Schneeberger
Bengt Stiller
Wolfgang Windt
Client
Monika and Günter Schaden
Structural design
Harald Weiß, Pregarten
Building physics
Walter Prause, Vienna
Site supervision
Ernst Ringhofer, Kirchberg am Wechsel
Hard facts
Start of planning: 2005
Start of construction: 2006
Completion: 2007
Usable floor area: 202 m²
Location: 13th district of Vienna, AT
Function: Dwelling house with swimming pool
Photographs
Rupert Steiner, Vienna