Goldenes Quartier Vienna
The Golden Quarter is a business district in the 1st district of Vienna . It comprises the two buildings "Am Hof 2" and the Tuchlaubenhof, is bordered by Steindlgasse , Tuchlauben and Bognergasse up to " Am Hof " and surrounds Seitzergasse. This complex was summarized both stylistically and thematically and represents an essential revitalization project for Vienna's inner city.
There are 11,500 square meters of retail space on the ground floor and on the first level of the Golden Quarter, the middle floors of the “Tuchlaubenhof” building house downtown offices (9,500 square meters), and luxury apartments are on the top floors.
The flagship stores of international luxury brands are right next to the Kohlmarkt and Graben shopping streets . The mixed use has always been an essential principle in the development of these blocks of houses, which is still valid today. Their formal differentiation in the architecture as well as the idea of a visible and uniform ensemble with a big-city claim were also retained.
Tuchlauben 3 to 7A
Roads were laid out very early on in the area of today's Tuchlauben, Bognergasse, Seitzergasse and Steindlgasse. The Tuchlauben street goes back to a Roman road in the area of the Porta decumana of the Roman camp Vindobona . The current routing more or less existed as early as the early 13th century. Bognergasse 1262 was called “strata gladiatorum” (“Schwertfürbenstraße”), as there were craftsmen who made swords here. From the 14th century onwards, the name "Bognergasse" or "Unter den Bognern", which refers to the manufacture of bows, became common.
The Seitzergasse was called "Kurbaunerstraße" around 1300 and also in 1511, named after the Kurbauners who made crossbow spans. It was not until the 18th century that the name Seitzergasse, derived from the "Seitzerhof", became established. From 1335 to 1782 this courtyard was the monastery courtyard of the Mauerbach Charterhouse, which was named after the Slovenian town of Seitz, from where the Charterhouse was settled. The division of the block, however, had only been laid out in its basic lines, some of which are still visible today, since the 17th century. The former "Hochholzerhof" (Tuchlauben 5) was built in the early 17th century, its facade is dated 1719. The courtyard was named after the butcher who lived here around 1555.
The “Tuchlaubenhof” (formerly “Seitzerhof”, Tuchlauben 7–7a) was connected to the “Hochholzerhof”. This deep courtyard between Tuchlauben, Steindl- and Seitzergasse has a passage that connects the Tuchlauben with the Seitzergasse. From 1838 to 1840, Friedrich Stache built a complex with a glass-roofed passage, which took over the through-house function of the previous building and was already designed for mixed use with shops and bars and can be considered Vienna's first “bazaar”. This publicly accessible passage was roofed with glass, which ensured that the adjoining interior rooms were illuminated. From 1909 onwards there was a renewed development according to plans by the architects Alfred Teller and Emmerich Spielmann , whereby the old building lines were preserved as well as the passage and the mixed use. Teller and Spielmann decided on the reinforced concrete construction method, which was very advanced at the time. After damage during the Second World War and its repairs, the “Tuchlaubenhof” was extensively adapted in the third quarter of the 20th century for partial use by the “ workers bench” located in the neighboring building (Seitzergasse 2-4) inside.
The house at Seitzergasse 2-4 was the youngest house in the group, built from 1922 according to plans by the architect Adolf Oberländer and was intended for mixed banking and residential use right from the start - on the ground floor, the cash room and rooms for customers, in the mezzanine and in the mezzanine 1st floor offices. When the “Workers Bank” (predecessor of today's BAWAG), founded in 1912 by Karl Renner as a credit association of Austrian workers' associations and redesigned in 1922, moved in in 1930, the reinforced concrete structure inside was adapted accordingly. The facade with its neoclassical details along Seitzergasse, which was redesigned on the ground floor and mezzanine area in the last quarter of the 20th century, was also affected by renovations.
The southern tip of the complex at the address Tuchlauben 3. The building was built in 1909/10, also according to plans by the architects Alfred Teller and Emmerich Spielmann, both architecturally and through its prominent location. By withdrawing the former building line, the square-like intersection that still exists today was created, which forms a visual end to the Kohlmarkt.
The dome of the Michaelertor on one side and the Golden Quarter on the other have always been an important urban axis. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1984.
In 2007 the Signa Group acquired the Tuchlauben 3 to 7A building complex and carried out a general renovation and various renovations between 2010 and 2015. Retail and office space as well as luxury apartments were created on the top floors. At the beginning of October 2017, the Asian restaurant Aï opened in the Seitzergasse / corner of Tuchlaubenhof on approx. 600 m² area.
At the court 2
No less interesting is the history of the “ Am Hof 2” building. It was built on behalf of the Lower Austrian Escompte Society according to the plans of the architects Ernst von Gotthilf and Alexander Neumann . The major bank of the Austrian Danube Monarchy set up its headquarters here, which began operations on December 6, 1915. The building is a document of emerging capitalism in the late founding period.
In 1938 the "Länderbank Wien" (renamed " Österreichische Länderbank " in 1948 ) acquired the property and set up its headquarters here. In the following decades there were repeated changes within the reinforced concrete scaffolding due to a lack of monument protection, in 1952 the courtyard wing was increased by one storey and in 1966 the atrium behind the Seitzergasse wing on the mezzanine floor was built over. During the first general renovation in the 1970s, the walls and the concrete ceilings on the upper floors were replaced and the cashier was redesigned. In the 1980s, the top floor, which was fully developed from the start, was extensively redesigned and the staircase behind the Bognergasse tract was renovated. In addition, the subdivisions were changed in several floors.
In 1990 the “ Österreichische Länderbank ” merged with the “Zentralsparkasse” to form “ Bank Austria AG ”, which had a customer center set up from 1995 to 1997 according to plans by the Austrian architect Hermann Czech . The fact that the building has not lost any of its structural clarity of the horizontal and vertical access system and the sequence of rooms, despite numerous interventions, is not least due to the reinforced concrete frame construction, which was very advanced for the time.
The building "Am Hof 2" is, as it is presented today, largely in its original state in its artistic and art-historical aspects. Above all the external appearance, but also large parts of the interior such as parquet floors, wall paneling made of wood, doors, marble walls and floors, glass windows, small parts such as lights, sculptures and fittings as well as a few pieces of furniture date from the time of its construction.
With this hotel, the Hyatt hotel chain is represented in Austria for the first time with the “ Park Hyatt ” brand .
In 2008 the Signa Group acquired the Am Hof 2 building. In 2011, the conversion of the former bank headquarters into a hotel and business building with retail space began. In a fire on November 18, 2011, the first floor in particular was badly damaged and burned down to the outer wall. The extinguishing water caused severe damage in the former ticket hall.
The premises were completely restored and faithfully restored, after which the hotel and the retail space - with construction delays - could be completed in mid-2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 25th Vienna Tourism Prize awarded to the “Goldene Quartier”. ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. At: WKO.at. June 26, 2015, accessed October 31, 2015.
- ↑ Noble Japanese Aï opens in the Goldenes Quartier Kurier on September 21, 2017
- ↑ The Bright New Hotel Star Of Europe: The Park Hyatt Vienna. At: Forbes.com. July 7, 2014, accessed October 31, 2015.
