on forest's edge

The Aspern Gedenkwald (Aspern Memorial Forest) was planted by Viennese shoolchildren as a memorium to the 65,000 Viennese victims of the NS regime.

This poetic urban woodland provides the backdrop for trans_city's newest project on forests' edge: housing on the esslinger gundackergasse.

on forests' edge is a subsidized housing estate with 150 affordable apartments that are especially suited for families and nature lovers.

The low-rise ensemble forms a sequence of courtyards that forms a finely gradiated transition from the city in the south to the woodland in the north, creating along the way a series of pleasant residential greens.

The line of the eaves step down from four stories on the southern, city side, to two sties in the northern, woodland edge of the site.

Economy was a central issue for theis competition winning design, so the architectural language is simple and honest, yet complex in its sculptural interplay of forms and sensual use of material and color.

The railings of the generous balconies are constructed out of metallic-glazed larch stabs, which plasy warmly against the soft blue of the rendered walls.

Spectacularly lit atriums accent the interiors and enliven the circulation zones.

The affordably priced apartments units are airy, well-laid out and offer fabulous views of the surrounding woodlands.

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