Initiator, Organizer, Sponsor: Schindler, Elevator and Escalator Company, Switzerland
Architectuurwedstrijd voor Europese studenten met TOEGANKELIJKHEID als uitgangspunt.
The challenge of the third Schindler Award 2007/2008 is to revitalize a neglected area of the Austrian capital, Vienna. Although renowned as a city of culture, emperors and ballrooms, Vienna has its share of derelict areas. At the intersection of the western belt (Westgürtel) and the Vienna River Valley (Wiental), two major city thoroughfares, two metro lines and the channeled Vienna River enclose a large, neglected area, divorced from the hustle and bustle of city life. An impressive steel-trussed metro bridge by Otto Wagner towers above this waste land and mesh of urban infrastructure. With imaginative repositioning and some adjustments to the traffic infrastructure participants should be able to bring the existing potential of the site to life. The competition task with the motto «To Reclaim the Public Ground» aims at improvements that will transform this neglected site into an attractive place of public activity and give a positive impulse to the revival of the adjoining residential and business areas.
Participants are required to incorporate four elements into their projects: a public common, residential buildings, a community center and a riverside park with outdoor sport facilities. The aim is to create space that meets three criteria: Quality of life, Sustainability, and Economic viability / Environmental Economics.
The competition task encompasses both urban planning and architecture, and participants, as "Designers of the Future", must address the issue of accessibility for people with disabilities.
Competition Management:
Nüesch Development AG, Switzerland | Contact: award2008@nuesch.ch
Description: A conceptual competition for students and schools of architecture in Europe.
Eligible: Students in their last year of a bachelor's course or enrolled on a master's course at a European university or college of architecture.
Language: English
Application: Online on the competition website: http://www.schindleraward.com
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For more information, please check the competition website: http://www.schindleraward.com.
Competition Supervision
All questions concerning the organization of the competition and/or the program can be emailed to award2008@nuesch.ch.
Deadlines
More information: http://www.schindleraward.com | Contact: catherine.voltz@ch.schindler.com
