Kulturzone Schlosspark is a teaching and research project of the Department of Digital Architecture and Planning at TU Wien.
The project focuses on the Kulturzone, or Barocke Nordzone, around the Orangerie, as designated in the Masterplan Schlosspark 2045. During the Summer Semester 2026, architecture students explored how this area could become more accessible and adaptable for a wider range of cultural uses as part of the design studio Design for Adaptation 1 .
Based on research, site analyses, surveys and conversations with local stakeholders, students developed a range of future scenarios and spatial concepts for the further development of the Kulturzone.
Participation
Ein zentraler Bestandteil des Projekts ist die Zusammenarbeit mit der Steyrer Kulturszene. Durch Befragungen, Interviews und gemeinsame Veranstaltungen fließen Erfahrungen, Ideen und Perspektiven lokaler Akteur:innen direkt in die Projektarbeit ein.
The Project Team
Collaboration with Steyr’s cultural community is a central component of the project. Through surveys, interviews and joint events, the experiences, ideas and perspectives of local cultural actors directly inform the design process.
Univ. Ass. DI Stefanie Tischberger
Stefanie Tischberger is a University Assistant at the Department of Digital Architecture and Planning (DAP) at TU Wien. Her research and teaching lie at the intersection of architecture, landscape architecture, and spatial planning. Using data-informed and participatory methods, she explores how architecture and planning can respond to environmental and societal change and support sustainable transformation processes. For many years, she has also been actively involved in the Grünland cultural association in Steyr. The Kulturzone Schlosspark project emerged from the combination of these two areas of work.
Univ. Prof. Michael U. Hensel, PhD
Univ. Prof. Michael U. Hensel, PhD, ist eingetragener Architekt, Leiter des Forschungsbereichs für Digitale Architektur und Planung sowie Direktor des Kompetenzzentrums für KI in Architektur, Planung und Umwelt an der TU Wien. Er ist Partner im Büro OCEAN Architecture | Environment (www.ocean-a-e.com) und Herausgeber der Springer Nature Reihe „Designing Environments“ (https://link.springer.com/series/16632). Seine Arbeit in Forschung und Praxis konzentriert sich auf die Schnittstelle zwischen Architektur, Landschaftsarchitektur, Stadtplanung und -entwurf, Geowissenschaften, Ökologie sowie computergestütztem Entwerfen. Seine primären Beiträge sind Performance-oriented Design, systemorientierte Integration von Architektur, Stadt und Umwelt, sowie das ECO GEO Cities Framework.
DI Dr. Wolfgang E. Lorenz
Wolfgang E. Lorenz is a researcher and lecturer at TU Wien working on digital methods in architecture and spatial planning, with a focus on fractal geometry, Gestalt quality, and algorithmic design of complex buildings. His work combines architecture, programming, and data-driven methods to analyse, classify, and design architectural complexity across scales. He studied architecture at TU Wien and completed his doctorate on “Fraktalähnliche Architektur – Einteilung und Messbarkeit”. Since 2008, he has been affiliated with the Research Unit of Digital Architecture and Planning (DAP), developing software tools and contributing to research on digital planning methods and simulation-based design.
Project Lead
Digital Architecture and Planning (DAP)
TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)
Karlsplatz 13,
1040 Vienna