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The brick viaduct on the western section of the former Stadtbahn local railway’s outer ring road is dominated by Otto Wagner’s floating Jugendstil station buildings. Extensions and conversions of all kinds cannot ruin its balance. ‘Urban-Wien Gürtel Plus’ (urban Vienna outer ring road plus) is helping the old arches supporting the line to shine in a new light.

The new Vienna central library rises stretched between the Burggasse station and the canopy roof of Urban-Loritz-Platz. Large-scale open-air stairs absorbs the main entrance to the library and the Underground station on two levels and leads to the café on the roof terrace.A think-tank with the impetus of acceleration.

The Gaudenzdorfer node, caesura between the west and south Gürtels, is a raw place! On the four district borders, Wagner’s Wiental crossing, the magistrate’s urban wilderness and Mariahilf central fire-station had resisted all attempts at urban planning until now.

Links:
www.multimediaplan.at/RAPIS/stb/urbion1.html
www.guertel.wien.at

Meeting point:
1:45 P.M. at the Az W MuseumsQuartier / Burggasse entrance
Museumsplatz 1
A 1070 Vienna
AUSTRIA
Departure: 2:00 P.M., return: 6:00 P.M.

Tour guides:
Christa Veigl, author of the book ‘Stadtraum Gürtel. Wien’
Günter Laher, Vienna Libraries

Architects:
Ernst Mayr, Silja Tillner

Tickets: EURO 12.00 / EURO 8.00 (Available daily from 10:00 A.M.- 7:00 P.M. at the Az W Infoshop)