The Suburban Beauty in the best residential neighborhood of Hetzendorf will make you want to spend your holiday at home! A beautiful turn-of-the-century building on the outside, topped by two light-filled attic flats, and a discreet new modernist building inside the courtyard. Plus private outdoor spaces, loads of green and a shared swimming pool with lounge area.
The Suburban Beauty can be found on a quiet avenue, within walking distance of Hetzendorf Castle. Following its renovation, the beautiful existing building from ca. 1880 will shine once again in historic Schönbrunn Castle yellow.
Further design plans will bring modernity to the old building. Two spacious attic apartments will be included in the roof extension, and a discreet two-story courtyard building will be added inside the extensive courtyard, creating space for two more apartments. The addition of an elevator to the courtyard wall makes almost all apartments barrier-free accessible.
The apartments in the old building seem to long to be brought back to life. Taking care to preserve the building’s historic flair, the floor plans and materials are adapted to modern living requirements, and a private outdoor space has been added to each apartment. The design of the new apartments in the roof extension and in the courtyard also follows the principle of creating excellent living spaces and a good quality of life. A central open kitchen adds a bright heart to each unit, with outdoor areas and other rooms arranged around it. The ceilings of all apartments are pleasingly high, with sufficient storage space included in the floor plans.
A ground-level stroller room is being added in the main building. Covered bicycle parking, garden tool sheds, and an enclosed garbage room will be clad in wood and built in the courtyard, providing access to the shared garden area in the back. There, the pool and adjacent terrace await, offering you a relaxing break with your neighbors and an ideal spot to enjoy the lushness of nature.
While the streetside façade of the building will stay true to the historical design, the picture will change in the courtyard. Here, white plaster and anthracite details will contrast with warm wooden surfaces, natural stone, and lush greenery. Numerous trees will provide natural shade for hot days.
A hammock, raised raspberry bed, extremely pleasant surroundings, hygge, tons of fun and H2O for that relaxing vacation sensation combined with the utmost quality of life … that’s what the Hetzendorf Suburban Beauty is all about.
facts & figures
Renovation of a historic building with loft conversion and a new building in the inner courtyard; small apartment building with 8 units ranging from 54–146 m² of floor space plus private outdoor areas ranging from 14–116 m² (balconies, terraces, private gardens); elevator addition creates majority barrier-free access to the apartments; stroller room in the main building and shared pool with lounge area; courtyard and roof greening creates a cooling microclimate, together with trees planted for natural shade; utility room, covered bicycle storage, and enclosed garbage room in a courtyard outbuilding.
2- to 4-room apartments with well-planned contemporary interior design, generous glazing, effective interweaving of interior and exterior spaces, private outdoor areas for all units, first-rate building and finishing materials, central kitchens, individual detailing, high-quality hardwood floors in the living areas, porcelain stoneware and brand-name fixtures in the bathrooms, natural lighting in most bathrooms, floor-level showers with rain-style fittings, storage rooms, high-security doors, new building ceiling heights from 2.7–3.1 meters (up to 3.15 meters in historic building), water and electricity hookups in all outdoor areas, and smart home controls for shading, heating, and cooling
Total use area: 726 m², of which:
374 m² are historic apartments in old building
192 m² loft conversion
160 m² new inner-courtyard building
Private open spaces: 549 m² (balconies, terraces, gardens)
Shared garden area: 270 m² (incl. pool & lounge area in the courtyard)
Total site area: 1,173 m²
Energy-efficient central heating system with forced-air heat pumps located in the utility room, under-floor heating with individual room controls, cooling through concrete core activation, additional cooling in the attic addition provided by decentralized split-system air conditioning
37.6 kWh/m²a (heat energy ref., SK), 0.73 fGEE (attic addition)
45.7 kWh/m²a (heat energy ref., SK), 0.75 fGEE (new courtyard building)
Architecture: t-hoch-n ZT GmbH
Structural engineering: Ferdinand Jeindl
Building physics: Christoph Breitenecker
Geology: 3P Geotechnik
Surveying: KOPA
This project has been sold with building permit for renovation of the old building, roof extension and new courtyard house in 2023.
