On the southeastern slope of Laaer Berg there is a park of about 60 hectares, which originated from the area of the Vienna International Garden Exhibition 1974. There are many food service facilities in the park.

Laaerbergbad

The municipal outdoor pool on the Laaer Berg offers a variety of uses for both families and athletes during the summer months. Especially the 10-meter-high diving platform is a real highlight!

Oberlaa

The town center of Oberlaa is defined as a building protection zone. Oberlaa is a popular destination for excursions with its numerous Heurigen (wine tavern).

Much history, many stories

The Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung in Favoriten is one of the largest municipal housing estates in Vienna, with a total of over 6,000 apartments and around 14,000 residents. The settlement, which was built in several phases from 1947 to 1976, is considered a prototype of so-called "social urban development" after World War II and was built according to the urban development model of a "loosened and greened city." It represented an enormous improvement in housing quality compared to the then prevailing housing situation in the still unrenovated Gründerzeit.As of 2017, the district was connected to Vienna's subway network by the extension of the U1 line, giving it a new urban dynamic. Demographic, infrastructural and social needs also pose further development challenges.

In order to be able to react to change processes in a functioning district with a long history, IBA_Vienna offers a framework for different actors, in the tradition of "gentle urban renewal", together with the local residents, local stakeholders and on-site initiatives to contribute and get involved in the development of ideas and concepts. In addition to retrofitting along the fields of action mobility, structural improvements, strengthening the local economy, new usage concepts for green and open space are needed, but also improvement of the infrastructure for children and young people as well as the anchoring of additional educational, cultural and social offers.

In the area east of Favoritenstrasse - Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost (PAHO) - the measures coordinated with local partners will be implemented, evaluated and checked for their replicability by 2022. PAHO thus becomes a kind of "laboratory for innovations" for large housing estates in the 1970s.

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Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost (PAHO)

Photos

Art in Public Space.

Large housing estates such as the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung are subject to constant change. As the art guide of the IBA_Vienna shows, the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung as a social neighborhood was and is a place of creativity and offers not only affordable housing, but also a high quality of life, generous green spaces and diverse places for meeting and communication.

Open art guide

Die gute Siedlung.

The local community service wohnpartner has conducted interviews with contemporary witnesses in the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung and published them together with numerous photos in the book 'Die gute Siedlung. Zeitzeug*innen erzählen ihre Geschichte der Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung.' in 2019. The volume gives lively, very personal insights into the history of the entire settlement and the people who live in it.

Open publication (German language)

Videos

PER-ALBIN-HANSSON-SIEDLUNG (English Subtitles)

Downloads

IBA-Folder: Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung | pdf, 9 MB

Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung - Postkarte | pdf, 1 MB

Neighborhood plan Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost | pdf, 1 MB

Tips in the Grätzel

Kurpark Oberlaa

Laaerbergbad

The municipal outdoor pool on the Laaer Berg offers a variety of uses for both families and athletes during the summer months. Especially the 10-meter-high diving platform is a real highlight!

Oberlaa

The town center of Oberlaa is defined as a building protection zone. Oberlaa is a popular destination for excursions with its numerous Heurigen (wine tavern).

The neighborhood at a glance

AALbin

AALbin "Active in old age with digitalisation" is intended to whet senior citizens' appetite for digitalisation. As part of the project, a total of 30 senior citizens will be equipped with a tablet and a smart watch including a mobile emergency call.

A consumption-free neighborhood center with pergolas, raised beds and spray steles will connect residents and local institutions and encourage them to make greater use of the existing green space there for joint initiatives and activities.

In a three-year cooperation process, work is being done in the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung, on new models of creative spaces for thinking, acting and designing, which have so far been lacking in the existing (educational) structures.

As part of a pilot project, Wiener Wohnen is installing 30 publicly accessible defibrillators in municipal housing estates throughout Vienna. In the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost, a total of five defibrillators were set up.

Wiener Wohnen and SOS Kinderdorf Wien started the home game in PAHO in summer 2021: Together with sports teachers, parents and neighbours, space was created for girls and boys from 4 to 10 years old to play and do sports.

Ich brauche Platz! is an art and space research project that was carried out in several phases and at different locations. A public transport bus converted into a multifunctional space served as the "research base".

The IN-Box is a pilot project implemented by Wiener Wohnen in cooperation with Wien Energie. The IN-Box is a parcel box system that is open to all delivery services and in which parcels can be temporarily stored.

The IBA information pillars offer low-threshold information and communication on site: At three locations in the PAHO, residents are continuously informed about current measures and projects of Wiener Wohnen within the framework of the IBA_Vienna 2022.

Intergenerational, participatory measures

The central incentive for Wiener Wohnen in cooperation with the IBA was to fulfill the wish of many residents for attractive new and intergenerational meeting places.

New outdoor lighting is to be installed in parking lots, which were previously without lighting. In addition, basement rooms were equipped with more lighting fixtures and motion detectors.

As part of the IBA_Vienna, a traffic study was carried out in the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost.

Opencoach.at enables coaching and consulting for all those who would otherwise often find it difficult or almost impossible to afford these services. As part of the IBA_Vienna 2022, an OpenCoach consulting room will be opened in the PAHO.

In Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost there are several passageways through residential buildings. These are getting new wall designs, new lighting and handrails or are being artistically designed in workshops together with children and young people.

The Hansson Palme is the "1st Viennese showcase newspaper," which is developed by Wohnpartner together with residents and institutions of the district around the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung in Favoriten.

Young trees in particular require special care. Therefore, voluntary residents of municipal housing help with the watering.

As part of the IBA_Vienna 2022, the Bergtaidingweg as a promenade through the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost will be made safer, more attractive and better usable for residents and visitors.

Grätzelfest in the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung

2022 Public Event 04.09.2022 | 11:00 - 20:00 Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung | Bergtaidingweg

Grätzelfest in the IBA neighborhood Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung. Along the Bergtaidingweg, information and entertainment for all generations are on the program: from expert guided tours on the innovations in the settlement, to music, food and drink, to games and fun.

2022 Public Event 04.09.2022 | 11:00 - 20:00 Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung | Bergtaidingweg

2021 Führungen & Spaziergänge 07.10.2021 | 17:00 - 19:00 U1 Station Alaudagasse | Ecke Alaudagasse / Favoritenstraße

Die Mobilitätsagentur lädt zum Geh-Café in die Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung ein! Im Rahmen von "Wien zu Fuss" spazieren wir gemeinsam "Quer durch den Gemeindebau".

2021 01.09.2021 | 10:00 - 18:00 Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung | Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost

At a communal "multigenerational festival", the focus was on children, senior citizens and intergenerational coming together, playing and chatting.

2021 23.07.2021 | 10:00 - 07.08.2021 | 16:00 Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung | Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost

Wiener Wohnen informs residents in the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost about various shading systems and funding opportunities offered by the City of Vienna for heat protection in municipal buildings.

Neugestaltung von Wohnhausdurchgängen in der PAHO

2021 Workshop 15.07.2021 | 10:00 - 09.09.2021 | 18:00 Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung | Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost

In the summer of 2021, Wiener Wohnen provided three residential passageways in PAHO, which were designed by children and young people in a participatory manner as part of graffiti workshops.

IBA Meets Research 2020 Wie wohnen wir morgen? Diskussion How will we live tomorrow? 12.10.2020 | 15:00 - 17:00 WEST (ehem. Sophienspital) | Stollgasse 17/ Ecke Neubaugürtel

Die IBA_Wien Wohnbaufreiräume zeigen neue Ansätze, wie sozialen und ökologischen Herausforderungen auf innovative Weise begegnet werden kann. Eine Kooperation mit ÖGLA / Haus der Landschaft.

2020 Wie wohnen wir morgen? Führung How will we live tomorrow? Führungen & Spaziergänge 06.10.2020 | 17:00 - 19:00 U1 Station Alaudagasse | Ecke Alaudagasse / Favoritenstraße

Die Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung in Favoriten zählt mit mehr als 6.000 Wohnungen zu einer der größten Stadtrandsiedlungen des sozialen Städtebaus in Wien. Gemeinsam mit den wohnpartnern lädt die IBA_Wien zu einem Spaziergang durch die Siedlung.

UNECE-Konferenz - Tour durch aspern Die Seestadt Wiens

2020 How will we live tomorrow? Symposium IBA-Symposium Digitale Vorträge & Online-Diskussionen 23.09.2020 | 14:00 - 24.09.2020 | 16:20 online |

Searching for new solutions for social housing is not only a matter of concern for Vienna, but poses one of the burning issues for many cities in Europe. The symposium therefore focused on challenges in current housing policies as well as on innovative solutions in various cities.

IBA Meets Art 2020 22.06.2020 | 16:00 - 30.07.2020 | 19:00 Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung | Franz-Koci-Straße / Ecke Alma-Rosé-Gasse

Ich brauche Platz! ist ein Kunst- und Raumforschungsprojekt, das in mehreren Phasen und an verschiedenen Standorten durchgeführt wurde. Als „Forschungsbasis“ diente ein zum Multifunktionsraum umgebauter Bus der Wiener Linien.

2017 IBA-Talk 06.03.2017 | 18:00 - 20:00 IG Architektur | Gumpendorferstraße 63B

Perspektiven zur qualitätsvollen Quartiersentwicklung

Wohnbau und Mobilität (c)IBA_Wien/ L. Schedl

2016 IBA-Talk 06.12.2016 | 18:00 - 20:00 Wiener Planungswerkstatt | Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 9

Wohnbau und Mobilität - Von der Tiefgarage zum „Mobility Point“?

Das Video und alle Fotos vom IBA-Talk "Bestandsentwicklung und Stadterneuerung" in der VHS Simmering und der Tour durch das Projektgebiet "Smarter Together" am 21. November 2016 sind nun online!

2016 IBA-Talk 21.11.2016 | 16:00 - 20:00 Volkshochschule Simmering | Gottschalkgasse 10

Bestandsentwicklung und Stadterneuerung - Vision, Technologie, Beteiligung

IBA-Talk Gemischte Stadt - Mischung: Possible!

2016 IBA-Talk 10.11.2016 | 18:00 - 20:00 TU Wien, Kuppelsaal | Karlsplatz 13

Spielräume und Modelle für eine urbane Nutzungsmischung

2016 IBA-Talk 06.10.2016 | 16:00 - 20:00 Hotel Schani | Karl-Popper-Straße 22

Freiraum unter Druck - Nutzungsansprüche und Gestaltungsoptionen

Cooperation Partners

Stadt Wien - Wiener Wohnen

Rosa-Fischer-Gasse 2
1030 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Bezirksvorstehung Favoriten

Keplerplatz 5
1100 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

wohnpartner

Guglgasse 7-9
1030 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

KÖR - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum GmbH

Hörnesgasse 2/1
1030 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

BKK-3 Architektur ZT GMBH

Missindorfstraße 10/4
1140 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Stadt Wien - Abfallwirtschaft, Straßenreinigung und Fuhrpark (MA 48)

Einsiedlergasse 2
1050 Wien

Open Website

Stadt Wien - Straßenverwaltung und Straßenbau (MA 28)

Lienfeldergasse 96
1170 wien

e-Mail Open Website

Stadt Wien - Verkehrsorganisation und technische Verkehrsangelegenheiten (MA 46)

Niederhofstraße 21-23
1120 Wien

Stadt Wien - Wien leuchtet (MA 33)

Senngasse 2
1110 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Stadt Wien - Wiener Stadtgärten (MA 42)

Johannesgasse 35
1030 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Stadt Wien - Wiener Wasser (MA 31)

Grabnergasse 4-6
1060 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Wien Energie GmbH

Thomas-Klestil-Platz 14
1030 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Architekt DI Franz Denk

Neumayrgasse 15/20
1160 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Vasilena Gankovska

e-Mail Open Website

GSD Gesellschaft für Stadt- und Dorferneuerung Ges.m.b.H.

Muhrengasse 11/3
1100 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Green4Cities GmbH

Plenergasse 1/5
1180 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Urban Innovation Vienna

Operngasse 17-21
1040 Wien

Open Website

KWP Haus Laaerberg

Ada-Christen-Gasse 3
1100 Wien

Open Website

Haus der Begegnung PAHO

Ada-Christen-Gasse 2B
1100 Wien

Open Website

OpenCoach GmbH

Stoesslgasse 2/10
1130 Wien

Open Website

TableConnect GmbH

Schlossgasse 13/2/3
1050 Wien

Open Website

Verein PULS

Lichtentaler G. 4/1/R03
1090 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

Österreichische Kinderfreunde - Landesorganisation Wien

Albertgasse 23
1080 Wien

e-Mail Open Website

TU Wien - Fakultät für Architektur und Raumplanung

Karlsplatz 13
1040 Wien

Open Website

Cooperation Partners

Tips in the Grätzel

Much history, many stories

Videos

Downloads

Tips in the Grätzel

The neighborhood at a glance

Related Events

Grätzelfest in the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung

POSTPONED: Grätzelfest in the Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung

Geh-Café: Quer durch den Gemeindebau

Multigenerational festival

Info campaign on shading systems

Art project passageways with children & young people (graffiti workshops)

Freiraum im neuen sozialen Wohnbau: Diskussion*

Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung Ost: Grätzelspaziergang*

"How will we live tomorrow? New Ways to Social Housing in Europe": Symposium* - Online

"ICH BRAUCHE PLATZ!" in der Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung

IBA-Talk: Schafft Wohnbau Quartiere?

IBA-Talk: Wohnbau und Mobilität

IBA-Talk: Bestandsentwicklung und Stadterneuerung

IBA-Talk: Gemischte Stadt

IBA-Talk: Freiraum unter Druck

Cooperation Partners