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[[File:Atzgersdorf, 1230 Vienna, Austria - panoramio (3).jpg|thumb|One of the housing buildings, with church in the foreground]] |
[[File:Atzgersdorf, 1230 Vienna, Austria - panoramio (3).jpg|thumb|One of the housing buildings, with church in the foreground]] |
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[[File:Wohnpark Alterlaa Dachblick von Block C1.jpg|thumb|A view from block C to block B, with block A in the background]] |
[[File:Wohnpark Alterlaa Dachblick von Block C1.jpg|thumb|A view from block C to block B, with block A in the background]] |
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[[File:Alterlaa blocks 04.jpg |thumb|Greenery on balconies]] |
[[File:Alterlaa blocks 04.jpg |thumb|Greenery on balconies]] |
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[[File:Alterlaa Schwimmbad (hinterer A-Block).jpg |thumb|Rooftop swimming pool]] |
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'''Alterlaa''' ({{IPA|de-AT|altˈɛʁlaː}}) is a residential development in [[Vienna]], Austria, designed by {{ill|Harry Glück|de|Harry Glück (Architekt)}}. Built from 1975 to 1986, it features distinctive set-backs on its lower floors and large terraces with planting troughs for use by residents. It houses around 9,000 people in 3,200 apartments. |
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== Design == |
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Designed by {{ill|Harry Glück|de|Harry Glück (Architekt)}. Has U-Bahn stop, library, newspaper office and schools. Each block has a swimming pool on the roof<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beanland |first1=Christopher |title=Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them |date=7 August 2020 |publisher=Batsford Books |isbn=978-1-84994-678-0 |page=60 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Lido/PRiUEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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The Alterlaa complex was designed by Austrian architect Harry Glück as income-restricted housing.<ref name=ludwig/> Located to the south-west of central Vienna the site occupies {{convert|24|hectare}} and is one of the largest residential complexes in Austria.<ref name=china/> Planning for the complex began in 1972, as part of a pilot scheme to expand Vienna with [[satellite town]]s.<ref name=glendinning>{{cite book |last1=Glendinning |first1=Miles |title=Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History |date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-2929-6 |page=223 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iN4fEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref name=china/> Glück took inspiration from [[Le Corbusier]]'s 1930s [[Ville Radieuse]] and the 1920s designs for terrassenhaus by [[Adolf Loos]] and [[Oskar Strnad]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lopes |first1=Joao Teixeira |last2=Hutchison |first2=Ray |title=Public Spaces: Times of Crisis and Change |date=17 November 2016 |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing |isbn=978-1-78635-463-1 |page=238 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mH92DQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref name=swenarton>{{cite book |last1=Swenarton |first1=Mark |last2=Avermaete |first2=Tom |last3=Heuvel |first3=Dirk van den |title=Architecture and the Welfare State |date=15 September 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-66190-0 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BD6DBAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> Glück had incorporated a similar set-back profile and garden terrace in his 1971 design of a block for the Junge Generation housing association.<ref name=swenarton/> |
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Glück's design for Alterlaa features blocks of housing structures arranged into three north-south lines. The blocks have prominent set-back terraces on the lowest 12 storeys, with a further 10 to 15 vertical-sided storeys above.<ref name=holan/> The construction was carried out by the GESIBA municipal cooperative agency from 1975 to 1986.<ref name=ludwig/><ref name=glendinning/> Glück's intention was to create a "city within a city".<ref name=china/> The blocks have been described as similar to [[ziggurat]]s and reminiscent of works carried out by the American [[Public Works Administration]] in the [[New Deal]] era.<ref name=swenarton/> The designs have been criticised for having an American influence but the complex has also been cited as an example of how social housing should be built.<ref name=glauser/> Alterlaa was reported in 2008 as having the highest tenant satisfaction rating in Vienna.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heuvel |first1=Dirk van den |last2=Mesman |first2=Maarten |title=The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement |date=2008 |publisher=IOS Press |isbn=978-1-58603-917-2 |page=406 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h75OICqWp74C |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Features == |
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In the garden city style with the archicture encouraging horticulture bythe residents. Seven outdoor swimming pools, seven indoor swmimming pools, 20 saunas, 2 indoor tennis centres, four badminton courts. More than 12 doctors offices. Centrally located church and a local TV station. Criticised as an Americanism and for its monotony but is often held as an example of good social housing.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Glauser |first1=Andrea |title=Vertical Europe: The Sociology of High-rise Construction |date=12 March 2020 |publisher=Campus Verlag |isbn=978-3-593-51016-3 |page=131 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Vertical_Europe/FevbDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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The complex provides 3,200 apartments and, {{As of|2022|alt=as of 2022}}, about 9,000 people lived there. The average apartment size is {{convert|74.5|sqm}} with 65 per cent of the apartments having three or more rooms.<ref name=china>{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Brazier |first2=Cressica |last3=Lam |first3=Tat |title=The China Lab Guide to Megablock Urbanisms |date=19 January 2022 |publisher=Actar D, Inc. |isbn=978-1-63840-829-1 |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rmhbEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> Each terraced apartment has a large balcony with a {{convert|4|sqm|abbr=on}} trough planter in front of it. Residents plant trees and flowers in the planter, which they are responsible for maintaining.<ref name=ludwig>{{cite book |last1=Ludwig |first1=Ferdinand |last2=Schönle |first2=Daniel |title=Growing Architecture: How to Design and Build with Trees |date=19 December 2022 |publisher=Birkhäuser |isbn=978-3-0356-0339-2 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A7KiEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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The site has seven outdoor rooftop swimming pools, seven indoor swimming pools, twenty saunas, two indoor tennis centres and four badminton courts.<ref name=glauser>{{cite book |last1=Glauser |first1=Andrea |title=Vertical Europe: The Sociology of High-rise Construction |date=12 March 2020 |publisher=Campus Verlag |isbn=978-3-593-51016-3 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FevbDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> There is also a church, local television station, shopping centre, newspaper office, medical facility (with at least 12 doctors), kindergartens, schools, library, playgrounds and a park.<ref name=glauser/><ref name=china/><ref name=beanland>{{cite book |last1=Beanland |first1=Christopher |title=Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them |date=7 August 2020 |publisher=Batsford Books |isbn=978-1-84994-678-0 |page=60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRiUEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> The entrance foyers of each building host large works of art.<ref name=holan>{{cite book |last1=Holan |first1=Eric |last2=Sarne |first2=Berta |title=Colourful Vienna |date=1984 |publisher=Schroll |isbn=978-3-7031-0550-0 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amWz_DCSUPsC |language=en}}</ref> There are 3,400 parking spaces for residents, and the complex is near the [[Alterlaa station]] on the [[Vienna U-Bahn]].<ref name=china/><ref name=beanland/> |
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Completed 1973-1986. Residents responsible for the vegeation on their balconies. Large balconies with 4m2 concrete trough platers in front. Designed to house low income residents<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ludwig |first1=Ferdinand |last2=Schönle |first2=Daniel |title=Growing Architecture: How to Design and Build with Trees |date=19 December 2022 |publisher=Birkhäuser |isbn=978-3-0356-0339-2 |page=103 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Growing_Architecture/A7KiEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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Describes teh blocks as ziggurat in style and reminisecent of works carried out by the Public Works Adminstration in New Deal era US. Draw on the designs of Loos and Stnad's Terassenhau of the 1920s. Gluck built a revised version of a Terrassenhaus with a stepped back profile and garden terraces for the Junge Generation housing association in 1971.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swenarton |first1=Mark |last2=Avermaete |first2=Tom |last3=Heuvel |first3=Dirk van den |title=Architecture and the Welfare State |date=15 September 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-66190-0 |page=43 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Architecture_and_the_Welfare_State/BD6DBAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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Has the highest tenant satisfaction rating in Vienna.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heuvel |first1=Dirk van den |last2=Mesman |first2=Maarten |title=The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement |date=2008 |publisher=IOS Press |isbn=978-1-58603-917-2 |page=406 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Challenge_of_Change/h75OICqWp74C |language=en}}</ref> |
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Planning began in 1972 and built from 1975 by GESIBA municipal cooperative agency. Blocks are up to 27-storeys high.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Glendinning |first1=Miles |title=Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History |date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-2929-6 |page=223 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mass_Housing/iN4fEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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Bottom 12 floors are terraced with 10-15 vertical-sided storeys above. The entrance foyers hold large works of art.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holan |first1=Eric |last2=Sarne |first2=Berta |title=Colourful Vienna |date=1984 |publisher=Schroll |isbn=978-3-7031-0550-0 |page=100 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Colourful_Vienna/amWz_DCSUPsC |language=en}}</ref> |
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Gluck was inspired by Le Corbusier's ''ville radieuse''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lopes |first1=Joao Teixeira |last2=Hutchison |first2=Ray |title=Public Spaces: Times of Crisis and Change |date=17 November 2016 |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing |isbn=978-1-78635-463-1 |page=238 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Public_Spaces/mH92DQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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Alterlaa (Austrian German pronunciation: [altˈɛʁlaː]) is a residential development in Vienna, Austria, designed by Harry Glück. Built from 1975 to 1986, it features distinctive set-backs on its lower floors and large terraces with planting troughs for use by residents. It houses around 9,000 people in 3,200 apartments.
Design
[edit]The Alterlaa complex was designed by Austrian architect Harry Glück as income-restricted housing.[1] Located to the south-west of central Vienna the site occupies 24 hectares (59 acres) and is one of the largest residential complexes in Austria.[2] Planning for the complex began in 1972, as part of a pilot scheme to expand Vienna with satellite towns.[3][2] Glück took inspiration from Le Corbusier's 1930s Ville Radieuse and the 1920s designs for terrassenhaus by Adolf Loos and Oskar Strnad.[4][5] Glück had incorporated a similar set-back profile and garden terrace in his 1971 design of a block for the Junge Generation housing association.[5]
Glück's design for Alterlaa features blocks of housing structures arranged into three north-south lines. The blocks have prominent set-back terraces on the lowest 12 storeys, with a further 10 to 15 vertical-sided storeys above.[6] The construction was carried out by the GESIBA municipal cooperative agency from 1975 to 1986.[1][3] Glück's intention was to create a "city within a city".[2] The blocks have been described as similar to ziggurats and reminiscent of works carried out by the American Public Works Administration in the New Deal era.[5] The designs have been criticised for having an American influence but the complex has also been cited as an example of how social housing should be built.[7] Alterlaa was reported in 2008 as having the highest tenant satisfaction rating in Vienna.[8]
Features
[edit]The complex provides 3,200 apartments and, as of 2022[update], about 9,000 people lived there. The average apartment size is 74.5 square metres (802 sq ft) with 65 per cent of the apartments having three or more rooms.[2] Each terraced apartment has a large balcony with a 4 m2 (43 sq ft) trough planter in front of it. Residents plant trees and flowers in the planter, which they are responsible for maintaining.[1]
The site has seven outdoor rooftop swimming pools, seven indoor swimming pools, twenty saunas, two indoor tennis centres and four badminton courts.[7] There is also a church, local television station, shopping centre, newspaper office, medical facility (with at least 12 doctors), kindergartens, schools, library, playgrounds and a park.[7][2][9] The entrance foyers of each building host large works of art.[6] There are 3,400 parking spaces for residents, and the complex is near the Alterlaa station on the Vienna U-Bahn.[2][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ludwig, Ferdinand; Schönle, Daniel (19 December 2022). Growing Architecture: How to Design and Build with Trees. Birkhäuser. p. 103. ISBN 978-3-0356-0339-2.
- ^ a b c d e f Johnson, Jeffrey; Brazier, Cressica; Lam, Tat (19 January 2022). The China Lab Guide to Megablock Urbanisms. Actar D, Inc. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-63840-829-1.
- ^ a b Glendinning, Miles (25 March 2021). Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-4742-2929-6.
- ^ Lopes, Joao Teixeira; Hutchison, Ray (17 November 2016). Public Spaces: Times of Crisis and Change. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-78635-463-1.
- ^ a b c Swenarton, Mark; Avermaete, Tom; Heuvel, Dirk van den (15 September 2014). Architecture and the Welfare State. Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-317-66190-0.
- ^ a b Holan, Eric; Sarne, Berta (1984). Colourful Vienna. Schroll. p. 100. ISBN 978-3-7031-0550-0.
- ^ a b c Glauser, Andrea (12 March 2020). Vertical Europe: The Sociology of High-rise Construction. Campus Verlag. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-593-51016-3.
- ^ Heuvel, Dirk van den; Mesman, Maarten (2008). The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement. IOS Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-1-58603-917-2.
- ^ a b Beanland, Christopher (7 August 2020). Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them. Batsford Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-84994-678-0.