HOME 21

An essential element of the project is the principle of a variable mix of housing, commercial and social uses. The 3.5m high ground floor is reserved for spaces for social purposes and infrastructure provided by the developer and designed for step-by-step extension. The upper floors are dedicated to living, but have a room height of approx. 2.8 m, which is also suitable for other uses. Ceilings without beams and the absence of load-bearing partitions and partition walls enable largely free floor plan variations and room combinations.

Access to dignified living made easy!
HOME 21 offers affordable housing both for young people in Vienna who do not yet want to determine the center of their lives and for target groups who up to now have found it difficult to be cared for in subsidized new housing: formerly homeless people, homeless women with a migration background and their children, and older people with disabilities. The rent is € 8.10/m² including operating costs (price basis 2017), even a basic stock of furniture is already included. There are no financing contributions.

Diverse housing.
The apartments are allocated in cooperation with various social institutions: SMART apartments (Wohnservice Wien), mother and child apartments (Caritas Vienna) and apartments for formerly homeless people (Fonds Soziales Wien/ Obdach). The co-living studio apartments for people with disabilities are managed by Caritas Vienna.

Open space and art as a connecting center.
A large playground for children and young adults is the social heart of the complex. Areas of the ground floor zone have been designed by the two young artists Olga Georgieva and Assunta Abdel Azim Mohamed creating a space for art interventions on the subject of Arriving and Coming Home.