New university

The guiding urban planning principle is the compression of the development on the Innrain and the consistent maximization of urban space reserves. The resulting green space offers a valuable inner-city recreational area and sustainability on a social, ecological, environmental and climatic level. The resulting partial densification creates a clear urban edge to the street space and represents the university in the form of a new high point in the superordinate urban system and takes account of Innsbruck's ongoing densification process. The structure of the building mediates between the small-scale perimeter block buildings of Rechengasse and the large-scale volumes of the hospital area, taking up the grain of the existing university quarter.... More