2023-06-19 16:00:45
From the 1960s, the Ekazent in Hietzing was the architectural blueprint for dozens of shopping districts designed on the drawing board in the vicinity of new residential buildings in Vienna. Offices and apartments are now replacing the gray structure.
By the end of next year, the Hietzinger Ekazent should be unrecognizable: the block of buildings that once housed the Park cinema and most recently a Libro branch will be demolished and replaced by offices with a supermarket on the ground floor. At the same time, the former hotel will be completely gutted and also converted into offices. The shops on the ground floor are to be retained. The narrow structure remains Only the two narrow structures, which house a bookshop, a butcher’s shop and a perfumery, will remain – although some will be built over with apartments architectural concept that has shaped the whole of Vienna: the Hietzinger Ekazent as a “village” shopping district planned on the drawing board attracted astonished crowds when it opened in 1962 and subsequently served as a template for all newly built local supply structures around residential complexes However, the original idea of a loosely grouped shopping area with many passageways and open spaces did not last long anyway: since 1964, conversions have been made again and again in order to convert previously free space into rentable space.
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