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F U X / Housing For Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

PrizeWinner in Architectural Design / Social Housing
Firm LocationWien, Austria
Companytrans_city T C ZT: Christian Aulinger/Mark Gilbert
Lead ArchitectMark Gilbert
Design TeamChristian Aulinger; Sonja Reitinger, Michal Pulman, Ricardo Oliviera
ClientHEIMBAU Non-Profit Housing Society / MIGRA Non-Profit Housing Corporation / MA11 Department of Youth Services, Vienna

FUX provides unaccompanied minors from crisis regions with a safe and supervised environment in which they can learn language and customs while beginning life anew. The house is sited in a row of 19th c. buildings lying between 20th and 21st c. housing estates. The ground floor forms a passage between these two and contains community rooms and infrastructure. Living rooms, kitchen and a supervisor's suite are on the second floor; a large terrace provides sheltered open space. The metallic-glazed wood cladding accentuates the project's articulated form and harmonizes with the adjoining buildings.