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<div class="csl-entry">Lehner, J., & Kirsch-Soriano da Silva, K. (2024, August 29). <i>Gentle Urban Renewal in Vienna: A historic approach for sustainable housing and urban communities to learn from?</i> [Conference Presentation]. ENHR Conference 2024, Delft, Netherlands (the).</div>
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/208215
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In 1970s Vienna, civic protests against the demolition and replacement of old buildings with new ones led to both a paradigm shift and a more “gentle” approach towards interventions in the city’s historic housing stock. After years of experimentation, the Sanfte Stadterneuerung (gentle urban renewal) programme was adopted by the City of Vienna to promote the renovation of existing residential buildings and processes of community engagement in neighbourhoods. The underlying legal framework and financial subsidies for urban renewal were meant to incentivize private landlords to invest in the dilapidated residential buildings but in parallel to guarantee residents the right to stay through rent caps. In addition, the implementation of urban renewal offices fostered participatory processes and community engagement.
In our research we explored the historic roots and evolution of this innovative approach through the analysis of local case studies and in-depth interviews with historical witnesses and pioneers of the programme. Today, the first phase of the Gentle Urban Renewal in Vienna serves as inspiration for tackling current challenges in the development of strategies for the existing building stock. Our main question of this ongoing research is: What learnings from the evolution of this successful programme can be identified for today’s challenge of implementing green solutions in buildings and neighbourhoods while considering equitable and affordable access to housing?
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en
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Soft urban renewal
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housing
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Vienna
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Gentle Urban Renewal in Vienna: A historic approach for sustainable housing and urban communities to learn from?
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Presentation
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Vortrag
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Conference Presentation
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A2
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A1
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Urban and Regional Transformation
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Development and Advancement of the Architectural Arts
