Wildgarten by Arenas Basabe Palacios

It's been already five years since the architecture office Arenas Basabe Palacios won the Europan 10 competition with a design entitled 'Wildgarten' which addressed the urban development of Emil-Behring-Weg in Vienna. The project has finally been approved by the City of Vienna as a masterplan for the 10-hectare area located in Meidling.

Wildgarten por arenas basabe palacios arquitectos. Imagen © arenas basabe palacios.

The whole process of Wildgarten has been put together by arenas basabe palacios in a very nice comic - ‘The Commons’ - which you can have a look at below and in which the characters explaining the process are the real people that have taken part in it. The story starts with the design that won the Europan 10 competition in Vienna and takes the reader all the way through the development process until its final approval by the Vienna City Council less than two months ago.

Description of project by arenas basabe palacios

After a 5-year collaborative planning process, the ‘Wildgarten’ Project has been definitely approved by the Vienna City Council as a 10ha masterplan (approximately 1000 housing units) for the suburban area around Emil-Behring-Weg in Meidling (Vienna). The promoters (ARE) intend to begin now the development of the architecture projects which will be built between 2016 and 2018.

‘The Commons’ presents the story of the collaborative process in the form of a comic, starting with the winning design in Europan 10 competition in Vienna and its later development with a multidisciplinary team until its definitive approval by the Vienna City Council on the 23rd September, 2015.

The story is guided by the real characters that have taken part in it, including our local partners Mascha & Seethaler, and the experts in management (Raum&Co), mobility (Traffix), landscape architecture (Land in Sicht), energy or sociology, as well as representatives from the neighborhood, the promoters (ARE) and MA21 office at Vienna City Council. All of them were active participants in the design process.

The comic was made for the Holcim Global Awards 2014-2015 as winners of the Holcim Bronze Award in the European region. ‘The Commons’ was valued as an example of innovative, sustainable, democratic urbanism.

CRÉDITOS.-

Authors.- arenas basabe palacios arquitectos, Madrid.
Local architects.- Mascha & Seethaler, Vienna.
Landscape architecture.- Land in sicht, Vienna.
Mobility.- Traffix, Vienna.
Management.- Raum & co, Vienna.
Client.- ARE austrian real estate gmbh.
Collaborators.- Marta Guedán, Paula Fernández, Almudena Cano, Kerstin Pluch, Maria Peñalver, Ana Conesa, Alba Sospedra, Helena de Sebastian, Eva de Miguel.
Consulting.- Cooperatives: Einszuain architektur: Katharina Bayer & Markus Zilker. Energy: Patrick Jung.

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Enrique Arenas, Luis Basabe and Luis Palacios. ARENAS BASABE PALACIOS Arquitectos

arenas basabe palacios arquitectos was founded in 2006. Since then they have won several architecture and urban prizes. They frequently give lectures and teach at different universities and institutions. They have presented their work and research in many exhibitions around Europe. Their projects have been published in many countries including Germany, Austria, the UK, France, Korea, India and Spain.

Enrique Arenas Laorga (1974), architect graduated from ETSAM (Madrid). He has developed projects in very different areas: rehabilitation, housing, institutional and events. He has held lectures at several academic institutions and is now a researcher at ETSAM. He teaches at IED Madrid.

Luis Basabe Montalvo (1975), architect graduated from TU Graz. Since 2003 he teaches design studio at ETSAM, where he is also working on his PhD. He was a guest researcher and faculty at various Universities: RWTH Aachen (Germany), Cambridge (UK) and CEPT Ahmedabad (India).

Luis Palacios Labrador (1983), architect graduated from ETSAM (Madrid, 2009) with and Master's in Advanced Innovation and Technology (ETSAM, 2011). Since 2010 he teaches design studio at ETSAM, where he is also developing his PhD. He worked in the Netherlands and, as a teacher, he has held lectures and workshops in India and UK.