- Architects: Holzer Kobler Architekturen
- Location: Messestraße, 1020 Wien, Austria
- Area: 20600.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Kurt Hoerbst
- Collaboration: Freimüller Söllinger Architektur
- Client / Project Development: Hochschulstandort Wien Messestraße Projektentwicklung GmbH
- Landscape Architecture: Hager Partner AG
- Construction Planning And Implementation: Werkstatt Grinzing
- Structural Engineering / Technical Equipment / Construction Physics: Dr. Ronald Mischek
- Fire Prevention Plannig: DI Erich Röhrer
From the architect. Campus Messestrasse is fast becoming an exciting part of a lively and up and coming area of Vienna between Prater and the Danube. The new university hub of the Sigmund Freud University Vienna – Paris (SFU) and a boardinghouse complete the urban space formed by the neighbouring campus of Vienna’s Economics and Business University.
The campus is comprised of three buildings with different uses forming a logical whole through their geometry but at the same time standing independently in terms of design and function. Their sculptural character is accentuated through a homoge- nously materialised building envelope. The ensemble creates urban spaces by increasing the building density and unifies a clear, functional structure with an unusual and simultaneously timeless form language.
The inner court formed by the composition and deformation of the building volumes holds special potential for ac- commodating uses of many different kinds. With the Prater, the green lung of Vienna, in sight the South-facing courtyard of the new campus acts as an urban » salon “.
