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SOLAR CITY, LINZ AU
Facts
Location Linz-Pichling, Upper Austria Foundation 1994 Start of construction 1999 Area 32 ha Population approx. 3,000 Population density 9,375 inhabitants/km²
Planners
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Prof. Roland Rainer, Vienna, Austria Herzog + Partner, Munich, Germany READ group (Thomas Herzog, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Norbert Kaiser)
48°14’29”N 14°22’13”E
P. 54 The new city district is especially popular with families that have children. There are hardly any cars in the area and there are lots of places to play between the houses.
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P. 55 The plans also encompassed the green areas, which were created with earth from nearby Lake Weikerl and elsewhere. They are all laid out differently and are so popular with the inhabitants that the biotope located behind them, with all its rare animals, remain mostly untouched.
P. 56 The new estate is easy to find one’s way around in. The centre at Lunaplatz with all the necessary facilities can be reached easily by foot from everywhere.
D&A SPRING 2008 Issue 08
P. 57 Cars are not necessarily a part of the image of Solar City. Private traffic is diverted underground and the tram takes the inhabitants into the city center of Linz in half an hour.