1. WieNeu+ – the programme

1.7 Redevelopment campaign “Wir SAN Wien”

WieNeu+ as part of the “Wir SAN Wien” redevelopment campaign

“Wir SAN Wien” pools the efforts of various players throughout in order to step up renovation and refurbishment activities in the existing building stock and to stimulate renewal measures in neighbourhoods evolved over time. This is a co-operation of wohnfonds_wien (Fund for Housing and Urban Renewal), Hauskunft (which is charged with renovation counselling), the Urban Renewal Offices (GB*) and WieNeu+ and taps synergies that create benefits for all people of .

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Fig. 9: Overview of “Wir SAN Wien” with participating programmes and institutions. Copyright: City of Vienna / MA 25

WieNeu (formerly Block Rehabilitation of wohnfonds_wien)

In the context of the WieNeu Block Rehabilitation, wohnfonds_wien identifies not just individual houses that need to be refurbished or rebuilt; rather, sustainable concepts are developed for entire urban blocks.

When preserving Gründerzeit houses, it is essential to renew the historic built fabric in sensitive fashion. This is combined with interventions that significantly improve and upgrade the overall housing quality.

The following themes and areas are addressed in the context of WieNeu, leading to the formulation of suggestions for improvement:

- Stepping-up of subsidised housing refurbishment, combined with improvement of the urban structure as well as considerations for advancing a smoothly functioning mixed-use approach that takes account of existing or potential future forms of commercial use and the revitalisation of ground-floor zones
- Surveying of potentials for thermal-energetic rehabilitation, in particular by switching to more sustainable energy sources (phasing-out of fossil fuels) in co-operation with Wien Energie
- Optimising of building density on the basis of the current land use and development plan while taking account of lighting and ventilation conditions
- Desealing and greening measures (improvement of direct housing environment, activation of shared courtyard surfaces, mitigation of urban heat islands, creation of water infiltration areas, etc.)
- Public space, traffic situation

The options for property owners to improve their buildings by means of environmentally friendly measures (solar energy, rainwater infiltration, development of energy concepts, etc.) are part and parcel of refurbishment proposals.

The redesign proposals for public space take account of existing concepts of the respective municipal districts as well as of already existing plans.

Press conference with Stephan Hartmann, Marcus Franz, Kathrin Gaál, Gregor Puscher

Presse conference on 16 September 2020. From left to right: Stephan Hartmann, Marcus Franz, Kathrin Gaál, Gregor Puscher, with yellow roll-up poster of Hauskunft in the background

Fig. 10: Press conference with Stephan Hartmann, Marcus Franz, Kathrin Gaál, Gregor Puscher (left to right, 16 September 2020). Copyright: City of Vienna / Martin Votava

Hauskunft

Hauskunft is a free-of-charge counselling point of the City of for all private flat or house owners who wish to refurbish their property.
It supports the owners of flats, residential buildings and condominiums in all project phases and extends counselling to all who wish to refurbish a house or flat, no matter whether with or without municipal or state funding. Building administrators and planners, too, are part of the target group.
The Hauskunft counselling team answer all questions relating to construction, energy efficiency, housing comfort and refurbishment subsidies (also for refurbishment concepts) in an independent, practice-oriented and individual manner.

GB* (Urban Renewal Offices)

GB* ( Urban Renewal Offices) is a service facility operated by the City of and currently active in six locations covering all of Vienna .
GB* is the one-stop-shop contact point for local residents and acts as a link between the City of and local players.
In urban development areas which are created anew or will undergo major changes in the near future, GB* is active on site with its GB* neighbourhood management teams .
The low-threshold services of GB* are free of charge for all.
The urban renewal strategy defined for places particular emphasis on the protection of socially vulnerable groups. In the spirit of “ gentle urban renewal ”, GB* combats speculation, advocates affordable housing and offers information and counselling on all issues related to housing, the housing environment and community life.
The experts of GB* have backgrounds in architecture, regional, urban and landscape planning, law and social work.

In this way, “Wir SAN Wien” contributes to maintaining ’s high quality of life while at the same time helping to attain the set climate targets.