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Women and Housing - A Student Project of the Vienna University of Technology.
The enquete "Frauen.Wohnen.Wien" was organized by the Vienna Housing Research in 2019. Under the direction of Dr. Sabina Riß together with students a total of 18 scientific projects with specific research questions on the topic of women* and housing have been developed at the Housing Research Department of the Vienna University of Technology. Thus, not only a contemporary perspective of students is made visible in the form of research results, but also the university discourse is stimulated in a topic-specific way. The topics include: "Women's housing and housing needs over time", "Urban development and housing from a gender-sensitive and climate-friendly perspective", "Integrating women's housing needs in the future" and "Housing situation of specific female target groups, needs and recommendations". he website www.frauenundwohnen.at was launched in cooperation with the Women's Office of the City of Vienna on the occasion of the International Women's Day on 8. of March 2021 on the site www.frauentag.wien.gv.at. more

Terra Nova - 70 years Siemensstraße housing estate in Floridsdorf
An Exhibition on Social Housing and Urban Development in Vienna after 1945
The Siemensstraße housing estate (1950-54) is one of the most outstanding examples of social housing in post-war Vienna. It attracted international attention and is now under monumental protection. With over 1,700 apartments, it was the largest municipal housing estate in Vienna at the time of its construction. The exhibition presents the history of the housing estate. It is about everyday life in the 1950s, about living culture, about architectural and district history in the "Terra Nova" of the Großjedlersdorf discovery district. more

How do we live tomorrow? New ways of social housing in Europe.
In recent years, the issue of affordable housing has become the centre of attention in many large cities. With the International Building Exhibition, Vienna is creating a platform for innovation in regard of "New Social Housing". The IBA_Vienna not only aims at initiating and presenting housing policy innovations itself, but also sets off a broad exchange between cities on main challenges and possible solutions in housing policies. The key element of this discourse is a network of partner cities that is in close contact, jointly defining essential questions and trying to answer them with different approaches. The symposium "How do we live tomorrow? New ways to social housing in Europe" is the kick-off for the cooperation between IBA_Vienna and its partner cities and opens the dialogue along the three main themes of sustainable neighbourhood development, affordability and new ways of housing and climate adaption and sustainability. more

18th Vienna Housing Research Day, Nov 19, 2019: The future meets the tried and tested - Vienna's new residential quarters and their interface to the existing housing stock
Social housing in Vienna is the motor of urban development and thus a guarantee for affordable and high-quality housing. These new living quarters meet already existing structures of historically grown city districts and their inhabitants. The Housing Research Day 2019 focuses on the design, social and ecological added value that new housing developments can and should provide for the neighbouring existing city. more

Short film Women.Living.Vienna
Short film Women.Living.Vienna
The short film "Frauen.Wohnen.Wien." (Women.Living.Vienna), which was also shown at the opening of the Enquete "Frauen.Wohnen.Wien" on 24.10.2019, spans an arc of women-friendly planning approaches from the municipal buildings of "Red Vienna" to today, based on interviews with female experts. more

Enquete Women.Housing.Vienna.
The Enquete "Women.Housing.Vienna", on 24th of Stepember 2019 organised by the Vienna Housing Research Department linked for the first time the issuse of the departments housing, housing construction, urban renewal and women. Various approaches and experiences on social housing which are in line with women´s interests were presented. more

Women.Housing.Vienna - From "Home & Hearth" to Self-Determined Living
In the field of housing, social and societal structures are reflected like in hardly any other area. This applies in particular to women and their respective social roles. For women, the home was and is not only a place of residence, but also a place of work. The multiple workloads of today's working women are no longer characterized by classic home-based work, but still mostly women bear the main responsibility for domestic and family work. The progress of social equality for women therefore also depends on the extent to which they are supported in the area of housing. This brochure is intended to provide you with interesting insights into the areas of women and housing. more

Housing in the digital transformation - a basic report on the opportunities and potentials of the digital transformation for housing construction and housing.
Digital technologies not only change working life and the economy, but also have an impact on social, societal and political life. The fundamental report prepared by EBP Switzerland with the support of the Technical University of Munich highlights nine digital "enabler technologies" and a variety of possible applications that will change or influence housing construction and housing conditions in the future. In the field of housing policy, it thus creates an essential basis for positioning Vienna as the "Digital Capital of Europe 2030". more

Conference proceedings "Promoting access to adequate, affordable and decent housing for all"
The topic of adequate, affordable housing was the focus of an international conference that took place in April 2018 in a cooperation between the United Nations Economic Commission and the City of Vienna. At the center of the discussion was the implementation of the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. The conference proceedings give an insight into the planned activities to promote affordable housing at European level and also highlight the topic discussed in the conference – the impact of the sharing economy on the housing market. more

700 years of roof cadastre Vienna / City Centre
A pilot project of the Federal Monuments Office in cooperation with the City of Vienna and the Federal Chancellery.The Viennese roofscape harbors a previously untapped treasure of century-old wooden structures. This stock has changed significantly in recent decades. From a closed historical texture, a heterogeneous ensemble of roofs transformed by contemporary interventions has developed. For this reason, the Federal Monuments Authority Austria together with the City of Vienna and the Federal Chancellery launched the research project in 2016 and 2017 to analyse the historic roof structures of the First District. more

Vienna strengthens "Social Housing" in EU city partnerships
Housing is the topic of one of the twelve EU city partnership programs that are at the heart of the EU Urban Agenda adopted by the Council of the European Union in 2016. The coordination of the partnership has been taken over by Vienna together with Slovakia. The aim is to work together with cities, Member States, European institutions and networks or private partners to develop legislative and financial improvement proposals and a joint action plan that includes concrete actions at European, national and local level. more

IBA Talks – the International Building Exhibition’s platform for dialogue
With the IBA_Vienna 2022 „New Social Housing“, Vienna has set itself the challenge of finding innovative solutions and approaches towards the current and future challenges faced by housing policy and urban development. The IBA Talks form a platform for the discussion of the Building Exhibition’s programme with international experts, along clearly defined thematic threads. more

Vienna becomes proud IBA host.
For the first time an International Building Exhibition will focus on the theme “Socially sustainable housing in the 21st century”. Soon to be seen in Vienna. In the next few years the “IBA Vienna” will serve as an experimental ground for innovation both in the fields of new housing construction and urban renewal, in order to present best-practice cases to an international public and to engage in a cross-border discourse. Four urban quarters will become laboratories and showrooms of the exhibition. The kick-off tooks place on 29 February 2016 at a public stakeholder conference. more

SMART Housing in the focus.
Vienna’s SMART Housing Programme provides compact affordable housing through optimum use of the floor space of each flat. SMART flats stand out due to their suitability for daily use combined with low equity and rent levels. The flats are a bit smaller than those in standard funded housing, but still offer a generous spatial experience. Alternative options of room layout, endowment and free space give individual leeway to the tenants. A new video clip explains the model. more

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