After successful completion of the course, students are able to work out complex design tasks from the field of architecture and urban planning independently, systematically and with an original, contemporary design approach based on a precise architectural language. They have the competence to recognise fields of action in the urban context and to develop corresponding urban planning solution approaches. The students collect independent research and topic-related basics. They create design concepts, present them comprehensively in the form of draft and detailed plans and practise presenting them convincingly.

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Portal Building Biosphere Park Wienerwald
The Portal Building Biosphere Park Wienerwald BPWW is a place of communication, exhibition, research and mediation. It is a place that serves as a meeting point and starting point for exploring the Vienna Woods and the extensive partner programme. It is a place where temporary exhibitions of theme-specific contents of the biosphere reserve and its inhabitants are conveyed. Socio-political discourse, constant dialogue and togetherness are cultivated.
The biosphere park is a protection and development instrument developed by UNESCO to preserve cultural landscapes and to involve their inhabitants and users. The biosphere park aims to protect nature where species and habitats need it and at the same time to develop the region through responsible management and action. Biosphere parks are model regions that support, coordinate and communicate sustainable developments. This includes topics such as nature conservation, biodiversity and responsible use of resources, but also procurement, equal opportunities and social and emotional competences play an important role.
"The aim is to give all population groups access to these offers and to motivate them to actively participate and share in the biosphere reserve." https://www.bpww.at/de/artikel/bildung-fuernachhaltige-entwicklung on 28.06.2021
In order to achieve and fulfil the goals and tasks defined by UNESCO for a biosphere reserve, partners from the various specialist areas are essential. They act as multipliers to implement the idea and to spread it throughout the region. The house serves them as a meeting place, a place of exchange, marketing and mediation.
The biosphere house is both an identity builder and an exemplary project for combining nature conservation and future-oriented management. A holistic view of the task from an economic, ecological and social perspective must be a prerequisite. The design describes in work steps the development of spatial elements in solid construction (clay/brick/stone/concrete/wood) from the wall to the room and thematises spaces for viewing and spaces for observing.
The building site of the Biosphere House is located at Cobenzl, which is optimally accessible by public transport. Cobenzl Castle, the estate and the winery are in the immediate vicinity. The nature and landscape area starts right outside the door. The design of the outdoor space and the integration of the surroundings are part of the task. Alternative locations in the partner communities with good public transport access are being discussed.

Based on a spatial site analysis as well as research into selected examples of portal and exhibition spaces, you will develop a concept for a house that, as a gateway, is a place of exchange and mediation. In the team, you will develop an urban planning concept that creates a spatial connection between the city and the natural space. Alternative locations and routes through the Vienna Woods are examined. In groups you define an exhibition route that develops from the natural spaces. Working individually, you will define an exhibition and reception building that serves as a threshold space and defines the gateway to the biosphere reserve. You will work out a selected spatial area in detail using analogue models and drawings. The design work is divided into sections and runs through several scales.
The project is developed using physical models. The design is an integrative design for Bachelor and Master students with structural specialisation. You will develop the statically relevant load-bearing structure for your own design. Structural variants are to be designed and investigated, with the focus on questions of bracing, dimensioning and assembly, etc. To deepen the course content, exercises in the spatial laboratory LV253.G73 and excursions LV253.E82 are offered as part of the design.

Course sequence
Meetings every Monday and Thursday in the room lab or on Zoom.
Thu.3.3.2022 10.00h Introduction  https://tube1.it.tuwien.ac.at/w/sECpEBxdwSNzcfCzGvMvSe
14.00 Local inspection Cobenzl
Thu. 10.3.2022 14.00h Presentation WS2021
Mon. 4.4.2022 9.00-18.00h Concept presentation                                                                                              Mon. 2.-3.5.2022 workshop design
Thu. 5.5.2022 6-22.00h Excursion
Mon. 16-17.5.2022 9-18.00 workshop construction
Mon. 23.5.2022 9.30-18.00h Design presentation
Mon. 30-31.5.2022 9-18.00h Workshop construction
Thu. 27.6.2022 9.30h Model hand-in and portfolio hand-in
Mon. 4.7.2022 9.30-18.00h Delivery and presentation
Thu. 13.10.2022 17.00h Exhibition

Immanent. The submission of the design is planned as an analogue presentation. Due to Covid security conditions, the submission can be made digitally. A comprehensive presentation of the project in plans, models and documentation of the project in digital form in RG dropbox, publications and exhibitions is expected.