Roland Rainer Competition 2007

Scales of Density – Shapes of Privacy

On Contemporary Forms of the Garden City

International, open, single step, anonymous ideas competition for architects, town planners, and graduates of schools of architecture and town planning

Competition organiser: City of Vienna, Austrian Chamber of Architects and Consultant Engineers

Setting the goals
The goal of these proceedings is to obtain designs for a district of a town that is laid out according to the principles of the garden city. The entrants however must select a suitable location in Europe for their project. What is being sought are projects for a concrete urban district chosen according to urban, social and economic criteria, in the core or periphery of a city in which all the essential functions are taken into account to an equal extent.

Prize Money
1 Roland Rainer Prize 2007 of 8000 euro, excluding 20%VAT,
2 Roland Rainer Recognition prizes of 1000 euro each, both excluding 20% VAT.

Entry deadline: 23 April 2007, 4 pm CET (Central European Time)

Information: complete text of competition Download >>> pdf 88 kb
Project author's declaration: Download >>> pdf 37 kb

Registration: obligatory registration extended until 9 April 2007