AHS OTTO-PREMINGER-STRASSE

AHS Otto-Preminger-Straße – a "multi-level" school

AHS Otto-Preminger-Straße, an academic secondary school, will be developed starting from spring 2025 as part of the urban development project termed "Village im Dritten“ in Vienna’s third district.

Vasko+Partner Ingenieure, with its multi-disciplinary consultancy expertise, and its consortium partner Kronaus Mitterer Architekten, in charge of the architectural planning, will provide the full design team services for this educational building.

The school has been conceived as an adaptive structure with a spacious outside area. From the point of view of urban development, the building will form a clear edge to Landstraßer Hauptstraße, a large main street, and open up to the new urban quarter to the west with a terraced landscape. The formation of the latter will add to the open spaces and create additional levels on the otherwise rather flat, narrow plot. The terraces will be situated right in front of the school, so they will be apt to be used in a number of different ways, e. g. for outdoor classes.

The school’s main entrance will be characterised by a cantilever structure which will provide an ample roofed, protected forecourt for the users. The schoolchildren will pass the foyer to get to their cloakrooms. Behind these, there will be three gyms, which will be open to external athletes too.

A large internal staircase with steps to sit on will lead the pupils to the assembly hall, which will connect the multi-purpose rooms, the library, and the dining area. A contiguous open space in front of these areas will facilitate the flexible use of both inside and outside.

The upper floors will feature study islands in front of the classrooms. They may be used for get-togethers during breaks as well as flexible working outside classrooms. Different colour gradiants will be used for the individual floors to help users find their way around the multi-storey building. The roof has been designed as a sports area, with basketball courts, a football pitch, and running tracks.

In all, the new development will accommodate 36 classes (20 at the lower secondary level, 16 at the upper secondary level) for some 1,100 pupils, who will have a choice between two branches – one with a focus on languages, the other on technical subjects – and 100 teachers, with lessons taking place Monday through Friday.

The tight construction programme provides for commencement of the works in spring 2025 and their completion in September 2027, so that the school can start the academic year 2027-28 in the new location.

AHS Otto-Preminger-Straße is not Vasko+Partner’s first project for the new urban quarter: V+P was responsible for PPP consultancy/management for the Aron Menczer Campus, another educational institution (comprising primary school, music school, and kindergarten). The AHS completes the education scheme for the "Village im Dritten“ quarter.