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The complex provides 3,200 apartments and 9,000 people currently live there. The average apartment size is {{convert|74.5|sqm}} with 65% 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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_China_Lab_Guide_to_Megablock_Urbanis/rmhbEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> The terraced apartments each has a large balcony with a {{convert|4|m2}} concrete 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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Growing_Architecture/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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Vertical_Europe/FevbDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> There is also a church, local television station, shopping centre, newspaper office, medical facility (with at least twelve 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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Lido/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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Colourful_Vienna/amWz_DCSUPsC |language=en}}</ref> As well as 3,400 parking spaces the site is near to the [[Alterlaa station]] on the [[Vienna U-Bahn]].<ref name=china/><ref name=beanland/> |
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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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Has 3,200 apartments with 65% having at least 3 rooms. Average size is 74.5 sqm and 9,000 people live there. Has a shopping centre, medical facility, kindergartens, playgrounds, tennis courts and a park. 3,400 parking spaces. <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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_China_Lab_Guide_to_Megablock_Urbanis/rmhbEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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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.<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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Vertical_Europe/FevbDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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Residents responsible for the vegeation on their balconies. Large balconies with 4m2 concrete trough platers in front. <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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Growing_Architecture/A7KiEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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Alterlaa is a residential development in Vienna, Austria, designed by Harry Glück
Design
The Alterlaa complex was designed by Austrian architect Harry Glück as housing for low-income residents.[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 terrassenahus 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 blovk 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 10-15 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 has the highest tenant satisfaction rating in Vienna.[8]
Features
The complex provides 3,200 apartments and 9,000 people currently live there. The average apartment size is 74.5 square metres (802 sq ft) with 65% of the apartments having three or more rooms.[2] The terraced apartments each has a large balcony with a 4 square metres (43 sq ft) concrete 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 twelve doctors), kindergartens, schools, library, playgrounds and a park.[7][2][9] The entrance foyers of each building host large works of art.[6] As well as 3,400 parking spaces the site is near to the Alterlaa station on the Vienna U-Bahn.[2][9]
References
- ^ 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.