(Re)Productive City

In the summer semester of 2026, the courses “Principles of Urban Design,” “Urban Planning,” and “Landscape Architecture” focused on the theme of the (re)productive city. The design process is guided by the further development of existing spatial, social, ecological, and infrastructural potential and explores suitable planning tools and stakeholder constellations. This time, the area under consideration focused spatially on developments at Wienerberg in Vienna’s 10th district, Favoriten.

At the heart of the exhibition are 22 student projects, each presented on behalf of a supervising group. The plans and models on display present diverse visions for the future development of the neighborhood—ranging from sustainable production to small-scale commercial uses, services, health, and recreation, all the way to new forms of knowledge production and the circular economy. These are complemented by cartographic and analytical drawings of the site, which the students developed at the beginning of the semester as an introduction to their engagement with the location. Selected photographs also convey current impressions of the study area.

In addition to residential neighborhoods, production, supply, and waste management infrastructures, as well as green-blue networks, are of central importance to the functioning of the urban organism. The postindustrial city should therefore not be understood solely as a place for housing, services, or knowledge production. Rather, a circular and mixed-use city is based on the spatial and functional interconnection of production, consumption, and the circular economy; of living, working, and leisure; as well as the careful management of natural systems. Long-term sustainable urban development can only succeed if natural processes and ecological systems are once again more strongly integrated into the urban organism.

The design process builds on existing spatial, social, ecological, and infrastructural potential. Repair, reorganization, and reprogramming serve as the guiding principles in dealing with the existing built environment.

Using Wienerberg as a case study, the project explores: How can an urban fabric be transformed in such a way that housing, work, leisure, ecological regeneration, and new forms of urban production are conceived as an integrated whole? And what planning tools, design processes, and constellations of stakeholders are needed for the transition to a socially just, ecologically resilient, and sustainable city?

Exhibition
Principles of Urban Design
Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture – Summer Semester 2026

Opening
July 1, 2026, starting at 7:00 p.m.
TVFA Hall

Exhibition Dates
July 2–July 3, 2026, until 12:00 p.m.

Location
TU Wien, TVFA Hall
Erzherzog-Johann-Platz 1
1040 Vienna