feld72. A short glimpse inside the Viennese social housing system – igloo

Vienna, a lively and dynamic city, has a special status, being ranked as one of the most livable cities in the world. With a history of over 100 years, Viennese social housing, with a wide and flexible spectrum of typologies, has contributed significantly to the growth of the quality of its urban life. On the occasion of the igloo 205 Dossier, we talked to the architects of  feld72, a practice whose portfolio includes a considerable number of social housing projects, in order to get a short glimpse into the functioning of a successful system that involves a close collaboration between the local authorities, the financial sector, developers, architects, inhabitants and the space itself.

In a context where you had the opportunity to work on so many residential complex projects,…