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Erste Campus Headquarters Building Vienna
Key Commercial Development in Austria – design by Henke Schreieck Architekten ZT GmbH
2 Jan 2017
Erste Campus Headquarters Building in Vienna
Erste Campus Headquarters Building Vienna
Design: Henke Schreieck Architekten ZT GmbH

Four city districts with different structures meet at the Erste Campus site: The location at the former Südbahnhof Railway Station at the opposite of the Swiss Garden was the primary starting point for the urban planning concept. Integrating this green oasis and providing equal-quality work places for 5,000 employees, were decisive for the design.

The development concept is based on freely curved building corpuses that form a holistic composition. The geometry of the individual units, their proportionality, the staggered heights and their positioning allow the Campus and the city space to flow into one another ? it becomes part of the city and vice versa.
The organically formed building shape embraces the extensive landscaped garden, which opens to the outside and connects to the Swiss Garden.

The internal spatial landscape links several layers, can be seen from all building parts and from the surrounding urban space and has a unique identity.

The spatial and communicative centre consists of a two-storey atrium. Incised courtyards, bridges and staircases offer a special spatial experience, a va...