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Jakob Pesendorfer | Urban Design – Research – Strategy


The Grid

48°15'03.2"N 16°29'59.9"E

Urban Design | City
Development  | Regional Planning 


Academic Supervisor
Ute Schneider
Sebastian Sattlegger
Johannes Bretschneider
Location
Vienna | Austria

Institution
Urban Design
Department of Architecture |
TU Wien
Team
Collaborators
Noura Mansour, Karolina Marwitz, Bianca Sitz



About the Project

Designing for the future entails considering how we envision our way of life evolving amidst the growth of Vienna. This growth brings about shifts in lifestyles, consumption patterns, and novel challenges like pandemics. What will the city's landscape look like in the days to come? The design process delves into the intricate connections between cultural and urban landscapes, particularly in the peripheral area of Donaustadt, and how these connections will manifest in the future. The juxtaposition of old villages nestled amidst green spaces alongside towering commercial structures creates a diverse urban fabric in this rapidly expanding district of Vienna. This endeavor requires the collaborative efforts of architects and urban planners working across disciplines.




Through a multiscalar approach, our interdisciplinary team of architecture and planning students has developed an extensive concept with a focus on renewable energy. The challenge we faced involved integrating this energy into an already established infrastructure network. To tackle this challenge, we considered various altitudes, enabling us to thoroughly examine the subject across four different scales. From this examination, we formulated a concept that particularly emphasizes the "District" and "Neighborhood" scales.

This new design strategy encourages strategic thinking and identifies spatial structures that are similar. It facilitates a layered approach where interconnected points form what we refer to as "The Grid."






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Urban Design

The urban design aligns closely with the outcomes of the analysis. Furthermore, at the urban design level, the public space layer is derived, thereby functioning as an integral component of the overall concept. Particularly emphasizing people as a crucial indicator, a software program is developed at the outset. This software identifies all stakeholders with potential influence on the project and connects them with the guiding themes devel- oped in the SUET course. To transition from the general perspective back to the project, six sustainability criteria have been formulated, threading through detailed subtopics across the entire project and supporting the hardware.








Urban Design - Software









Urban Design - Hardware








Public Space Design

The public space design aims to create a new recreational area for the entire neighbourhood through a large park. This park is intended to extend throughout the entire district and into the Nova shopping centre itself. Thus, a new landscape can emerge on different levels. The Milkyway, a temporary wooden bridge structure, is designed to facilitate accessibility across various levels. Initially temporary and accessible only via stairs, a permanent solution will be developed later in the planning process, making it wheelchair accessible through elevators. The boundaries between private and public spaces are softened in certain areas, allowing for an exciting spatial sequence.










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Selected Projects


Re-thinking Steelscapes

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Masters Thesis 

Academia


Greater Bay Area 2030+

Hong Kong | CN

Metropolitan Design | Regional Design | UD

Academia


Nitrotopia

Groningen | NL

Metropolitan Design | Regional Design | UD

Academia


Supernova

Utrecht | NL

Urban Design | Public Space Design

Academia


Low Lands

Maastricht | NL

Municipal Strategy | Urban Design   

Academia


Baukultur Ebensee

Ebensee | AT

Municipal Strategy | Heritage | Participation

Professional






Collaboration in Professional Projects

MODUL5
Alt-Ottakring Vienna, Participation  | Vienna, AT

Best of Linz, Exhibition Design | Linz, AT

URBAN DESIGN TU DELFT
Making Green Work for Health
(Faculty of Medicine of University of São Paulo and
the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of TU Delft)
Publication Design | Delft, NL – São Paulo, BR

INDEPENDENT

Agenda 21 Project, Participation | Ebensee, AT
IBA Wien, Publication Design | Vienna, AT
Search+Shape, Publication Design | Vienna, AT

FRANZ&SUE
Urban Design Competition Rothneusiedl | Vienna AT
(KCAP Zurich, LAND Milan, Harald Frey)


KCAP
IPZ Dübendorf, Urban Design | Zurich CH
Steinfabrik, Urban Study | Freinbach CH
Sunnebuel, Urban Study | Volketswil CH

FUTURE LAB TU WIEN
Gemeinschaftliches Wohnen und selbstorganisiertes Bauen, layout Publication
ÖREK  Partnership, assistance 
Space Anatomy, graphic design and layout

SUPERWIEN URBANISM
Metrolab, travel exhibition, exhibition design
Businesspark Lustenau, Urban Study | Lustenau AT

RAUMPOSITION
Gasometervorfeld 2.0, Publication Design | Vienna, AT
Urban Development Projects  


KLEBOTH&DOLLNIG
Smart City Microquarters | Linz, AT



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