The Löwengasse underpass offers a connection between Vienna’s 3rd district and the Danube Canal to pedestrians and cyclists. The zone along the Danube Canal has been strengthened and developed as an important urban leisure and greenbelt recreation area. Relevant measures intended to make the Danube Canal area even more attractive as a cultural space and vibrant neighborhood for both residents and visitors.
The municipal authorities were interested in obtaining a comprehensive design in form of a permanent work of art that would upgrade the place. The artist’s intervention was to improve the quality of the passageway and the insufficiently lit tunnel.
Julie Hayward’s auftauchen / abtauchen emerged as winner of the competition.
Location
Löwengasse passageway (between Danube Canal and Löwengasse), 1030 Vienna
Gallery
Further Information
Competition
Competition for the artistic redesign of the Löwengasse passageway, 1030 Vienna (BO316 Löwengasse underpass)
Awarding authorities
Kunst im öffentlichen Raum GmbH in cooperation with the City of Vienna’s Municipal Department 29 – Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering
Invited artists
Julie Hayward (AT), Martin Kaar (AT), Esther Stocker (IT), Milena Vrtalova (CZ)
Jury
Berthold Ecker, Head of the Fine Arts Section of the City of Vienna’s Municipal Department 7 – Cultural Affairs and Science; member of the KÖR jury
Judith Huemer, artist and associate professor at the Art in Practice Department, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Harald Niebauer, district consultant for districts 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 23/Municipal Department 19 – Architecture and Urban Design
Eduard Winter, 2002–2009 Head of the City of Vienna’s Municipal Department 29 – Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering; since 2011, Managing Director Operations, WIENER LINIEN
Rudolf Zabrana, Deputy Head of the Municipal District Office of Landstraße
Preliminary technical examiners
Robert Fuchs, Municipal Department 29 – Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering
Joachim Hirsch, Municipal Department 29 – Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering
Stefan Novotny, Municipal Department 34 – Building and Facility Management
Expert consultants
Robert Fuchs, Municipal Department 29 – Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering
Joachim Hirsch, Municipal Department 29 – Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering
Stefan Novotny, Municipal Department 34 – Building and Facility Management
Peter Schmuck, Municipal Department 33 – Public Lighting
Competition winner
Julie Hayward
*1968 in Salzburg (AT), lives and works in Vienna.