Innovative living concepts: Prize for social-ecological building in Vienna!

Innovative living concepts: Prize for social-ecological building in Vienna!

Wien, Österreich - On April 1, 2025, the prestigious Bruno district cycling price for social-ecological living and living together will be awarded in Vienna. The book "Cooperative Conditions: A Primer On Architecture, Finance and Regulation in Zurich", wrote by Anne Kockelkorn, Susanne Schindler and Rebekka Hirschberg, is the winner this year. The prize, which is awarded in cooperation between the Karl Renner Institute and the Association for Housing Development Funding, honors innovative approaches and socio-political issues in the field of living. The excellent publication impressively illuminates the relationships between architecture, financing mechanisms and urban regulations, with a special focus on Zurich - a city that exemplifies the challenges of a financially dominated real estate market where rents have risen by 60 percent in the past 25 years.

innovative living concepts in challenging times

In "Cooperative Conditions" it shows how, despite increasing rental prices, new and exciting forms of living such as cluster apartments and live work apartments could be realized that enable cooperative use of living space. These approaches not only offer alternative handling of living space, but also promote social interaction and ecological responsibility. The authors show how architectural quality, social justice and sustainability can be followed by new ways in the living area that are of great relevance for the German -speaking area, which is also recognized by the jury.

In addition, the book "Polylemma. Audit Laboratory" from an outstanding team of architect from Berlin is also of great interest. It not only presents the much -discussed architecture of the collective room laboratory, but also reflects its innovative approaches to activating public spaces. Instead of a linear representation of the projects, it offers a journey of discovery through the creative encounters and developments that these architects have initiated in Berlin and beyond. Raumlabor encourages unlimited interaction and encounter, which is particularly important in today's social division, as the author Laura Weißmüller in the Süddeutsche Zeitung Notice.