City Gate

Talking about society’s responsibility to provide decent living space for its disadvantaged groups?

Talking about green homes?

Talking about standing up against ignorance?

Talking about the future of subsidized housing?

If you pass the housing in Amraserseestraße by driving on the Südring into Innsbruck city, you primarily recognize the prominent 200 meters long noise abatement- wall. This particularly slender and horizontal accentuated construction, separates and saves the housing from the high frequented noisy main road. This protection makes a quite spacious living-situation implemented through five orthogonal arranged building parts with three floors possible.

Curved roofs, coloured balcony glasses and generous glazed apartments create a cheerful appearance. Trough nearly black and mirroring glass facades seems the built mass rather dematerialised and an unusual view of the impressive surrounded mountains is given.  

A sense of community and responsibility of each person has developed, the inhabitants of more than 30 nations take care of their homes and their green areas, children are playing, birds are breeding, plants are sprouting.