competition for a new building for the University of Economics and Business (WU) in Vienna.
It was the intention to create a large, interrelated area, which could represents the heart of the whole complex.
Starting at the forecourt a bank meanders the whole way through the inner courtyard.
Developed relations and important viewshafts between the buildings add up to cuts through the elevation. They divide grassy hills into specific zones.
The hills create an image as if the new WU-buildings are built on the overgrown ruins of the old University.
The Learning Center is mirrored in a same proportioned watersurface, representing the communicative heart of the campus.
Supplementary poplars (populus nigra 'italica') create a portal for the Learning Center and with other, the buildings overlapping, trees a connection to the close Prater.
The tree-selection meet the criteria of growth, habit, basically white blossoms and yellow, red and brown mixed autumn colors.
It was the intention to create a large, interrelated area, which could represents the heart of the whole complex.
Starting at the forecourt a bank meanders the whole way through the inner courtyard.
Developed relations and important viewshafts between the buildings add up to cuts through the elevation. They divide grassy hills into specific zones.
The hills create an image as if the new WU-buildings are built on the overgrown ruins of the old University.
The Learning Center is mirrored in a same proportioned watersurface, representing the communicative heart of the campus.
Supplementary poplars (populus nigra 'italica') create a portal for the Learning Center and with other, the buildings overlapping, trees a connection to the close Prater.
The tree-selection meet the criteria of growth, habit, basically white blossoms and yellow, red and brown mixed autumn colors.
in collaboration with Robert Müller - HJP Architekten