Affordable housing is a basic requirement and an essential ingredient of a just, inclusive and sustainable city. With the low housing affordability in Sydney it is of paramount importance that the students of architecture, interior architecture, construction, planning and landscape architecture are introduced to models of affordable housing that are accessible to the majority of the city’s population. The BEIL6007 International Engagement Housing in Vienna course takes the students to the city of Vienna where more than 60% of the city’s population lives in some form of subsidized apartments. The Viennese model of affordable housing is built on a diverse definition of social and affordable housing that includes city-owned flats and limited profit housing co-operatives.
The Housing in Vienna course is offered to a maximum number of 25 students currently enrolled in third year Architectural Studies and Master of Architecture and Planning, and third and fourth year in Interior Architecture, Construction, Landscape, and Planning. The course takes place at the Technical University of Vienna where UNSW students collaborate with local students and practitioners.
