The city of the child in the west of Vienna is on the verge of a partial abort. The 1969 - 1974-built city for young people has long been in a dilapidated condition. Parts of the building can no longer be accessed. The city of Vienna to justify the demolition of the looming danger of collapse. Construction is to no earlier than next year. It should rise to numerous homes and the parts that can be obtained will be integrated into the new buildings.
The City of child, was designed by Anton Schwaighofer. It was built as a residence and meeting place. Young people should be there until the work can stay. Numerous leisure activities were in addition to the homes, located on the central street of the complex.
builds as opposed to the then usual youth and children's homes, the city the child on a completely new concept. The complex is open and creates by veschiedene levels and small-scale cultivations of great rooms, lots of open space and is thus an important witness to both the architectural as well as the socio-political developments of the 20th Century.
The DOCOMOMO has a petition for the preservation of the city called the Child.
link to the petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stadt_des_kindes/index.html
More information about the city of the child: http://www.nextroom.at/building_article
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http://www.oegfa.at/event.php?item=4883
