The housing project “Frauen-Werk-Stadt” is a first step to implement the everyday experience and requirements of women on a larger scale. A piece of the city will be designed exclusively by women architects and planners as part of the urban expansion programm in Vienna.
Special attention was given to the flat layouts and space allocation for the individual rooms. The intention is to have a number of even sized rooms which do not force tenants to adopt prederteminated utilisation.
Another key objective of the model project is to stimulate the public interest in and visibilty of women planners and architects.
Mainstreaming got off the ground in Vienna in 1991 when a group of city planners organized a photography exhibit titled “Who Owns Public Space — Women’s Everyday Life in the City.” It depicted the daily routines of a diverse group of women as they went about their lives in the Austrian capital. Each woman tracked a different route through the city. But the images made clear that safety and ease of movement were a priority for all of them.
Re-Mixed City 