Tour 1: Creatives for Vienna – Making Spaces X Klima Biennale Wien
W)Hole in One, Shade commons, Kühle Sache & STRØM @ Nordwestbahnhof
The winning projects of the competition Creatives for Vienna – Making Spaces by the Vienna Business Agency are presented at various locations across Vienna during the Klima Biennale Wien. They demonstrate how the city’s creative industries enhance local public spaces, strengthen neighbourhoods, and help adapt the city to social and climatic challenges.
This tour leads to the Nordwestbahnhof, where major urban development processes are currently being prepared. Four selected projects showcase how creative interventions can activate unused spaces and explore new forms of public use and presence.
Meeting point: Nordwestbahnhofstraße 16, 1200 Vienna
Please register by 15 April 2026.
Tour stops
1.
Kühle Sache – COAT | conditions atmosphériques d'espaces
Kühle Sache by COAT | conditions atmosphériques d'espaces expands an existing fountain at Johanna‑Dohnal‑Platz into a shared cooling meeting point. An ecological tilted table enlarges the water surface and invites people to gather directly at the water. At the Nordwestbahnhof, a tile workshop will take place where the tiles for the fountain will be produced.
2.
STRØM. – Placemaking Austria
STRØM. by Placemaking Austria creates a temporary and safe access to water for hot summer days. The floating island offers space for swimming, relaxing, and expanding Vienna’s swimming culture. At the Nordwestbahnhof, the floating island will be assembled.
3.
Shade Commons – Konstantin Kim, Ekaterina Korchagina & Osvaldo Almendra
Shade Commons by Konstantin Kim, Ekaterina Korchagina & Osvaldo Almendra develops new shaded and productive outdoor spaces inspired by horticultural structures. These open roofs protect from extreme weather and create inviting places to stay and gather in times of climate change.
4.
(W)Hole in One – Tracing Spaces & Team
(W)Hole in One by Tracing Spaces & Team transforms the Nordwestbahnhof’s vacant grounds into a small urban golf course combined with an ecological learning trail. The project playfully highlights the potential that emerges during the site’s transformation into a new, environmentally sustainable neighbourhood. After the tour, participants are invited to play a round of urban golf.
By attending the event, you consent to the use and publication of photographs taken during the event to depict the activities of the Vienna Business Agency on its website, its social media channels and in print media.
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