The Inffeldgasse Campus is the largest location of TU Graz, situated approximately two kilometers from the historic city center. Over the past decades, the campus has been expanded multiple times in an ad-hoc manner. A comprehensive transformation is now planned, aiming to better integrate the campus into the urban fabric and ensure its sustainable future development.

Artgineering was commissioned to carry out a preliminary study accompanying the upcoming masterplan. A central part of the project was an intensive participatory process involving faculty, students, staff, and other campus users. Through focus groups and a broad online survey, concerns, needs, and potentials were identified and thematically structured – across areas such as building structure, open space and landscape, mobility, and technical infrastructure.

The results were compiled into a charter that now forms the conceptual basis for the forthcoming urban design competition. The study outlines both the current state of the campus and the vision of an open, sustainable, and well-integrated university district for the future.

Location: Graz, Austria
Client: Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)
Year: 2024

The Tummelplatz is a place that caters to a wide range of people and activities, it is a mix of different spaces and uses. The proposed design celebrates these unique characteristics and creates a series of inviting open areas. These spaces are connected by a green-blue pathway, adorned with trees, green spaces, and rain gardens, which also help with water management and cooling. The natural topography is taken into account here in the design.

The design embraces the contours of the central plaza, creating spots where people can gather. It’s a flexible layout that accommodates various activities, encouraging people to linger, pass through, and enjoy the place. A moved-out podium creates seating steps and frames the square, as well as tree plantings in the tight corset of pipes in the ground. There is also space for an occasional central water feature.

With a focus on sustainability and timelessness, the chosen materials blend harmoniously with the surroundings, adding to the overall appeal of the Tummelplatz. The lighting design enhances the ambiance, making the place even more inviting. Inclusivity is also a key aspect, as the design aims to improve accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists. Integrated into the diverse mobility needs of a pedestrian zone and shared space in Graz’s old town, which also takes into account loading zones, disabled parking spaces and bicycle parking facilities.

Place: Graz, AUT

Partner: Kollektif landscape

Year: 2023

The Ostbahnquartier, a new neighbourhood in the Jakomini district of Graz, is being built in the immediate vicinity of the Ostbahnhof railway station and the exhibition centre. It comprises the publicly accessible Ostbahnpark and two building plots with mixed uses such as residential, retail, services, offices and catering. The focus is on public, social, creative and productive offerings.
The strategic positioning of the Ostbahnpark in the south enables the creation of a larger green space in the densely built-up neighbourhood. Transformations of the commercial areas are intended to create additional green space and better networking of the parks. A green promenade along the railway lines serves as a biodiversity and leisure axis, a green buffer between the new quarter and the historic Ostbahnhof.

The integration of existing trees and new plantings creates a predominantly green neighbourhood. Buildings form quiet inner courtyards and open up to the green promenade. An infiltration trough channels rainwater to a catchment pond.
An underground car park under Raiffeisenstrasse enables car-free living. Cycle parking spaces are an integral part of the green and open space planning. To the north, the design responds to planned traffic measures.
The building heights are orientated towards the local building structure. Openings to the green promenade and continuous building plinths along Raiffeisenstrasse shield emissions and integrate green space. PV modules on higher roofs serve as energy sources and species refuges. Lower roofs are assigned to communal uses. The Ostbahnquartier offers a lively urban experience with a diverse ground floor zone for a wide range of target groups. The openness of use allows for adaptability and continuous further development.

Place: Graz, AUT

Partner: Feld72

Year: 2023

Place: Graz, Austria

Partner: Quantuum consulting, TU Graz, Studio Magic

Year: 2023

The Ludwigsfelder Partitur project cre- ates a seamless connection between the existing settlement and the new expansion, nestled within its surround- ing environment. The development of building areas, mix of uses, mobility, and energy concepts are designed to generate synergies with the surround- ings and allow for adaptations in the future. The expansion enhances the living quality of the aging settlement while preserving the green space as a link between old and new. Emission-free usage, walkability, climate adaptation, social integration, and future viability are central principles. Traffic is shifted to the periphery, while public trans- portation is integrated through central routes. Active mobility is promoted, and parked vehicles are organized within neighborhood garages. Distinctive key spaces, diverse rooftop landscapes, and mobility hubs enrich the neighbor- hood. Various housing forms, private and communal zones, as well as neigh- borhood houses ensure diversity and adaptability. A thoughtful energy and climate concept ensures sustainabil- ity. The focus on commemorative sites, sound insulation, and diversity of use shapes the neighborhood as a vibrant and forward-looking district.
The Ludwigsfelder Partitur project relies on an advanced mobility con- cept. The expansion of the settlement is accessed via a new perimeter road for motorized individual traffic, while local traffic is directed through efficient and space-saving pathways. A well-devel- oped network of attractive pedestrian and cycling routes promotes connectiv- ity within the neighborhood and beyond. Public transportation options, such as buses and potentially trams in the long run, utilize the neighborhood boulevard as a primary route. Mobility hubs stra- tegically located throughout the neigh- borhood offer a range of services, from bicycle rentals to car-sharing and logis- tics services. These hubs encourage multimodality and intermodality, ensur- ing environmentally friendly mobility without the need for a personal car. The entire concept enhances active mobil- ity, reduces motorized traffic within the neighborhood, and skillfully integrates it with public transportation and the surrounding recreational areas.

Place: Munich, GER

Partner: Feld72, Treibhaus Landschaftsarchitektur, Arup

Year: 2022

The Vademecum is based on four principles: (1) a high-quality cycling route network as a basis; (2) an accessible infrastructure for cyclists aged 8 to 80; (3) a growing number of cyclists and an increasing diversity of users and (4) cycling infrastructure considered from the perspective of the cyclist.

The Vademecum on Bicycle Facilities is intended to be a “live” and dynamic document, which will be regularly adapted and adjusted based on new insights, developments, or responses from the different users.

Artgineering together with the VUB was commissioned by the Flemish agency AWV and Fietsberaad to provide the process, content and design. 

Year: 2022

Client: Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer (AWV), FIETSBERAAD Vlaanderen

Partner: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) – Cosmopolis 

The guiding idea of the project “RE/UP/ MIX MBA” is to transform the isolated Max Becker Area (MBA) in Ehrenfeld into a diverse and interconnected urban community. This is to be achieved by creating new ecological, infrastructural, energetic, and functional connections within and beyond the area. The vision aims to establish strong identities in the form of identity-defining neighborhoods and to leverage existing urban patterns and industrial fragments as starting points for neighborhood development. The framework of activity fields emphasizes the overlapping of commerce, education, and residential functions to create a vibrant mix of uses and lifestyles. By consciously connecting residential and work areas and designing a diverse public space, a dynamic urban atmosphere is intended to emerge. The project development takes into account ongoing transformation and flexibility, including the integration of existing facilities such as an upgraded REWE store as a local supplier with a market hall.

Place: Cologne, Germany

Partner: Feld72

Year: 2022

In a joint observation walk and workshop with city representatives on potentials, goals, expectations and barriers, guidelines and ideas for Dammallee were developed and essential design elements were identified that could guide the planned redesign of Dammallee. The collaborative workshop was introduced by a public lecture about “Rethinking Public Spaces” and a first analysis of the area.  

Dammallee is a tangential street from the densely built-up Bayreuth city center with a large pedestrian zone. It is already a green axis along the historic city wall – between the dense inner-city Gassenviertel and the heterogeneous, mixed-use surroundings up to the busy ring road. The Dammallee is characterized by the historic city wall running parallel to it, along which closed residential blocks and solitary buildings form pockets of open space of different sizes and uses. Today, Dammallee has a lot of space for cars and very little space for people to meet and hang out. In the near future, the Dammallee will form part of the planned bicycle city ring. It runs along the Sendelbach, which is canalized in this section, and can be a piece of the puzzle and a connecting element between various green spaces.

Year: 2022

Client: Stadt Bayreuth

The masterplan Radoffensive Graz 2030 commissioned by the Land Steiermark and the city of Graz is more than just a handbook for cycling planning. On the one hand, it is a summary of an ongoing process, and on the other hand, it formulates an integral image of urban mobility for the future. Clear values, concise planning principles, a design concept and a bundled catalogue of measures are the product of multidisciplinary cooperation. This master plan supports the public authorities (departments of the City of Graz and the Province of Styria) and accompanying expert planners in the implementation of the €100 million project Cycle Offensive 2030. Based on the cycle network study of the Styrian core conurbation, existing plans are upgraded and new plans are initiated. The associated master plan sets new standards for a sustainable and intensive use of the bi- cycle. Investments in cycling are furthermore activated as a means of improving the city as a whole.

The masterplan includes a bicycle guidance system for recreational and functional cycling within the city and the entire region of the Land Steiermark. The focus is put on the road surface as the ‘user interface’: colour and markings are used as the primary design elements. Signage and digital applications are additional, secondary elements. The aim is an intuitive to use, self-explaining guidance system for all bicycle users.

Artgineering established the masterplan, the physical guidance system and currently accompanies the city and region on several pilot projects about bicycle streets and (transport-)bike parking. Stefan Bendiks was appointed the Masterplanner of the Radoffensive 2030.

Place: Graz, Austria
Client: Land Steiermark/ Stadt Graz
Year: 2020-
Value: +- 150.000,- euro (excl. tax)