We are an open civil society network composed of architectural institutions, networks, committed cultural and architectural professionals, as well as users of the Alte WU. Among us are the Allianz für Substanz, Architects for Future Austria, IG Architektur (Association of the Architectural Practitioners’ Interest Group, Austria), the Raumstation collective, and other groups and individuals based in Vienna and across Austria. Our common goal is to prevent the large-scale demolition of the Alte WU. We aim to initiate an alternative process for the sustainable transformation of the building and to preserve its architectural, ecological and cultural values.
Initial Supporters – Organizations
ÖGFA Österreichische Gesellschaft für Architektur – Austrian Society for Architecture | Az W Architekturzentrum Wien – Architecture Center Vienna | Plattform Baukulturpolitik, Vienna | dérive – Stadtforschung – Journal of Urban Research, Vienna | ÖGLA Österreichische Gesellschaft für Landschaftsarchitektur – Austrian Society for Landscape Architecture | Institute of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Vienna University of Technology | HouseEurope! European Citizens’ Initiative, Yes to renovation! No to demolition!, Europa | Fachschaft Architektur, Student Association of Architecture, TU Wien | ZUsammenKUNFT Berlin eG, Berlin | Stadtlücken e.V., Stuttgart | Degrowth Vienna | IG Kultur, Vienna | Psychologists and Psychotherapists for Future, Austria | ZAS* Zürcher Arbeitsgruppe für Städtebau, Zurich | Artists for Future Austria | Denkstatt sàrl, Basel/Zurich | B/IAS Basel Institute for Applied Urban Research | Ko:Lab, Master’s Program in Collaborative Spatial Development, Lucerne | bankett Kollektiv zur Förderung von nachhaltigem Stadtraum, Vienna | aut. architektur und tirol, Tyrolean Architecture Center Innsbruck
Initial Supporters – Individuals
Lilli Lička, landscape architect, Vienna | Gabu Heindl, architect, Vienna | Belinda Rukschcio, CEO Bauhaus Erde, Berlin | Ulrike Schartner, architect, CEO gaupenraub+/- Vienna | Alexander Hagner, gaupenraub+/- Professor of Architecture and Sociability, Vienna | Tatjana Schneider, Professor of Architectural Theory, Braunschweig | Andreas Novy, Vienna | Hans-Peter Hutter Specialist in Environmental Medicine, Vienna | Bettina Götz, architect, ARTEC Architekten, Vienna | Richard Manahl, architect, ARTEC Architekten, Vienna | Bernhard Weinberger, architect, WUP architektur, Vienna | heri&salli Architektur ZT GmbH, Heribert Wolfmayr und Josef Saller, Vienna | Bernadette Krejs, Senior Scientist, TU Wien | Peter Nageler, architect, Vienna | Reinhard Steurer, Assoc. Professor of Climate Policy, Vienna | Susanne Formanek, CEO, RENOWAVE.AT e.G., Vienna | Ben Pohl, Urban Research, Transformation, and Conservation Advocacy, Basel | Tabea Michaelis, Urban Design, Program Director for Collaborative Spatial Development, Basel | Renee Tribble, Professor, Dortmund / Hamburg | Leona Lynen, lecturer, Berlin / Lucerne | Sophie und Peter Thalbauer Architekten, Vienna | François Valentiny, Prof. Marg. Arch, Luxemburg | Silvia Fracaro Architektin ZT GmbH, Vienna | Hanna Noller, Research Associate in Architecture and Urban Development, TU Braunschweig, Stuttgart / Braunschweig | Harald Trapp, architect and sociologist, Vienna | Gerhard Flora, architect, Vienna | Michael Loudon, architect, o. Univ. Prof. em., Vienna | Anne Isopp, journalist, Vienna | Dorothee Huber, University Assistant TU Wien, Architecture and Urban Planning, Vienna | Katharina Böttger, Curator and Urban Researcher, Frankfurt am Main | Sylvi Kretzschmar, performer, Megafonchor, SIRENEN Vienna | Matthias Seier, dramaturg, Vienna | Lisa Kaufmann, architect, Berlin | Gabriella Probst, architect, Lucerne | Kurt Smetana, Atelier Kaitna Smetana ZTGmbH, Vienna | Felicitas Konecny, Architectural Tours Vienna, Vienna | Kathrin Rundel, sk stadtplanung&architektur, Vienna | Lukas Schumacher, architect, Vienna | Constance Weiser, architope – Netzwerk für nachhaltige Architektur, Vienna | Betül Bretschneider, architect, Vienna | Adrian Judt, PhD candidate, TU Wien, Vienna | Peter H. Schurz, Univ.-Prof.i.R., architect, Vienna | Bernhard Kastner, scientist in bioeconomy, BOKU, Vienna | Susanne Mariacher, architect, Vienna | Christoph Pichler, architect, Pichler & Traupmann Architekten, Vienna | Christa Schmid, landscape planner , Vienna | Arno Ritter, director of aut. architektur und tirol, Innsbruck | Ernst Gruber, wohnbund:consult, Vienna | Pia Anna Buxbaum, Archicolor CEO, Vienna |
Other Supporters
Marietta Mautner, art historian, Vienna | Maria Pflug-Hofmayr, activist and graphic designer, Vienna | Maximilian Fuxjäger, urban planning, activist in Fridays For Future and Grad Recht, Vienna | Julian Laki, architect, Zurich | Melissa Marmet, student in collaborative spatial development, Bern | Gartenwerk Thommen, Reigoldswil Switzerland | Moritz Alder, student at HSLU, Bern | Mara Klöti, Zurich | Chih Lin, Lucerne | Laura Schnyder, student in collaborative spatial development, Lucerne | Schöffauer architect’s office, Vienna | Fidelia Gartner, spatial planning, Lucerne | Julian Holz, architecture, set design, and production design, Zurich | Franka Hüttche, student in collaborative spatial development, Lucerne | Thomas Doerk, student, Berlin | Jamin Franz, spatial planning, Bern | Nicolas Dorn architecture, Lucerne | Simone Egger, cultural scientist, Munich | Raffaello Grani, multimedia artist, Vienna | Brigitta Grani | atelierhess, Vienna | Nancy Stralis Pavese, former senior researcher at BOKU University, Vienna | Clauss Kahl Merz studio for architecture and urban planning, Basel | Tamino Kuny, architect, Zurich | Franziska Maderthaner, artist, Vienna | Bernd H. Wolschner, supervisory board at SW Umwelttechnik AG, Vöcklabruck | Emanuel Harand, student, Bad Fischau Brunn | Thomas Arnfelser, architect, Vienna | Judith Mayr, Architects 4 Future, Vienna | Claudia Pirchl, architect, Vienna | Sebastian Schubert, Vienna | Helene Schauer, architect | Zeininger architecture, Vienna | Georg Burggasser, ophthalmologist, Vienna | Bernhard Wanker, planner, Vienna | Eva Fürst, mediator, Vienna | Martina Fischer, artist, Vienna | Gernot Mikula, legal expert, Klagenfurt | Monika Rameder, Teacher, Vienna | Walter Fleissner, Vienna | Raimund Schätz, student, Vienna | Raffael Rosenmaier, CEO, Real Estate Trust, Vienna | Maximilian Kolbe, student, Vienna | Ilia Larionov, student, Vienna | Jakob Rund, student civil engineering, Vienna | Elias Schwank, Vienna | Mila Marie Volkmer, student, Vienna | Felix Weidinger, student, Vienna| Matteo Schönhöfer, student, Vienna | Ulli Thum student civil engineering, Vienna | Mara Juli, student FH Joanneum Graz | Olja Alvir, author, journalist, translator, Vienna | Sofia Abendstein, student, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | Barbara Wais, Drahtzieher Design und Kommunikation, Vienna | Ernst Steiner, architect, Vienna | Rubina Kaiser, IG Architektur, Vienna | Clemens Dill, architect, Vienna | Christa Muhr, architectural artist, Vienna | Andreas Vass, Hubmann Vass Architekten, Vienna | Praschl-Goodarzi Architekten ZT-GmbH, Vienna | Poledt Cedillo Peralta, Vienna | Husam Job, recreational educator, Wien | Anna, Schweiger, architect, Vienna | Volker Hölzl, entrepreneur, Vienna | Peter Leeb, architect, Vienna |
(last update 04.06.2025)