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Shipyard Area in Korneuburg
Mixed-Use City Development in Austria – design by KCAP Architects&Planners
24 Jan 2017
Shipyard Area
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners
Location: Korneuburg, Austria
KCAP wins competition for transformation shipyard area in Korneuburg, Austria

KCAP Architects&Planners, in collaboration with Vienna offices Baumschlager Hutter Partners and YEWO LANDSCAPES, has won the international urban design competition for the future development of the former shipyard area ?Werftareal Korneuburg?, north-west of Vienna. The winning team was awarded with the first prize above three other interdisciplinary competitors. Various public information events have accompanied the competition phase. The next step will be the elaboration of the winning scheme to form the basis for the zoning plan.
The 18 ha former shipyard area will be transformed into a vivid quarter for living, working, culture and leisure. The leading theme of the urban concept of team KCAP is the sensible transformation of the area as well as the integration of the existing structures and atmospheres into the new quarter. Its location along the Danube river, the large harbour basin and the surrounding meadow landscape are the urban backbone of the area?s quality and identity. Similarly, the existing recreational, leisure and cultural facilities and the industrial buildings and structures which...