| Felicitas Konecny | |||||
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 | Vienna's most exciting time for me is the present - a present in which the past is present in many ways: in the network of alleys and squares, through old buildings and monuments, in museums, and not least in everyday culture. With my guided tours, I would like to make these traces of history legible for you, take you to special places and introduce you to some of the most striking personalities who have helped shape Vienna politically, intellectually or artistically. Through my studies in architecture and many years of work as a curator of architectural events, architecture, urban development and housing are my special topics. | ||||
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The following tours are scheduled (public):
| Theophil Hansen: Buildings for Politics and Economy The stations in his life Copenhagen - Athens - Vienna show Theophil Hansen (1813-1891) to be a European architect. He helped shape the face of Vienna, and some of the most prominent buildings on the Ringstrasse bear his signature. Significant develop... [more] |
All other tours can only be privately booked:
| Seestadt Aspern: Former airfield, future lakeside city Since the start of the underground line in 2013, the new quarter develops vigorously. Among others, a wooden high-rise building has been completed recently. More than 11000 persons have moved here, schools, shops, restaurants opened. Research institu... [more] |
| Nordbahnviertel: former train station, future green city North railway station was the first and biggest station in the Habsburg Empire. Following relocation of the railway functions, the development of an innovative city quarter with 10.000 housing units started – since 1990 construction is ongoing. In 20... [more] |
| A new university near the Prater: the Campus WU Outstanding architecture and open spaces for a young, urban place – the Campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, completed in 2013, sets new standards in Europe in the construction of universities. In accordance with a master plan b... [more] |
| Neu Marx on the upswing In the 1980ies, „Vienna Biocenter“ (biotechnology) marked the start of a new era for this quarter, which had many different functions for the city in the past – among others a quarantine hospital and Vienna’s biggest squatting initiative (Arena movem... [more] |
| Aspern: The Urban Lakeside keeps growing New development since 2020. A guided tour for "advanced" visitors who have already explored the early phases. The first Seestadt residents have now been living here for 10 years, children have grown up and the development continues: the you... [more] |
| Theophil Hansen: Buildings for Education, Art, Religion The stations of his life Copenhagen - Athens - Vienna distinguish Theophil Hansen (1813-1891) as a European architect. He contributed a lot to Vienna’s appearance, some of the most prominent buildings on the Ringstrasse boulevard bear his signature. ... [more] |