Mühlweg housing estate, Wien

Mühlweg housing estate, Wien

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In the northwest of Vienna and northeast of the Danube, a second plateau commences before the vineyards of Bisamberg Hill. The development of the former agricultural parcels stretches between the old villages built around a village green. The planners′ approach was an open structure comprising four buildings to which further open structures can be added. The compact four-storey multi-family houses with an attic floor are part of a large timber housing estate that is located close to the popular recreation area along the Marchfeld Canal.

The arrangement is succinct. While three of the houses are arranged parallel, the fourth one has been rotated by ninety degrees. That way, the middle zone, which hosts a playground, is slightly more open to the south. Four apartments encompass the internal staircase on each of the main floors. The living rooms benefit from the corner position. The spacious loggias of the apartments allow for comfortable outdoor living. Two apartments share the recessed attic floor. It provides the luxury of roof terraces on all sides. Unlike other timber constructions, which are separated by mullions, these buildings have been constructed using solid cross-laminated plates and slabs, which constitute the support structure around the reinforced concrete staircase. For reasons of fire safety, it is cladded with gypsum fiberboards. The main advantage is the quick assembly thanks to the prefabricated constructive parts. The construction shell is rainproof after only five days constructions time. The individual elements of the façade are factory made. Windows, insulation and base plaster have already been mounted and applied. This has a positive effect on the quality of the sealing measures in particular, because factory production allows for a degree of accuracy and precision that cannot be achieved at building sites. The finishing plaster was applied to the construction shell subsequent to assembly, so that the building appears solid in its core structure and only the suspended loggias and attic floor are visibly made of wood. This does not constitute an antithesis, as the thick and ecologically sound wood fiber insulation is both effective and cost-saving. The consistent adherence to modern findings of building physics ensures that the estate meets the passive house standards. Solar panels on the roof provide for the hot water supply. On the whole, numerous present and future demands of house building have been met, without crossing the defined limitations of subsidized housing.

 

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