Mariahilfer Straße
Architect: Bureau B+B and Orso.Pitro
Location: Vienna
Completed: 2014
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The Mariahilfer Strasse is a fancy, nineteenth century shopping hub in the city of Vienna. In recent times it became heavy with traffic and so the City of Vienna decided to transform the street into a thriving pedestrian precinct. The design was commissioned to Bureau B+B, together with the Viennese architects orso.pitro and became a shining example of shared space.
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The 1,6 km long street is divided into three zones. Pedestrians rule the heart of the street, local traffic, buses and suppliers are allowed in, but the street is inaccessible for cars passing through it. Here people can stroll, dander and meander at their leisure. The two outer zones are designated ‘shared spaces’. In the shared space principle, cars, bikes and pedestrians all use the same space, causing everybody to commute in a more considerate way.
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