📋 Tender Overview
A visionary project is emerging in aspern Seestadt with the Campus of Religions. His main concerns are concrete togetherness exchange and communication - on the one hand between the religious communities among themselves on the other hand between believers teachers students and other visitors to the place. With the architectural design now available the Campus of Religions is taking shape.Right from the start the 8 religious communities involved worked together across their borders on this specific project which was headed by Mayor Dr. Michael Ludwig was supported and promoted from the beginning. The campus should become a place of lived religious convictions respect and ideological tolerance. It is therefore highly symbolic for all of Vienna and will have an impact far beyond Vienna. With this unique project let us show that the Viennese way of togetherness is the way to the future said Mayor Dr. Michael Ludwig.The City of Vienna provides the 8 religious communities - BR - Austrian Buddhist Religious Community Roman Catholic Church - Archdiocese of Vienna Evangelical Church AB IGG - Islamic Faith Community in Austria NAK - New Apostolic Church Austria Sikh Religious Community Austria Greek-Oriental Metropolis of Austria Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien - the property is available under building law for the construction of sacred buildings. With the Church of Education University of Vienna Krems which was added later as a project partner the architectural draft now combines sacred and educational buildings in an extraordinary ensemble. As a new regional center in northeastern Vienna Seestadt offers the ideal urban framework for this.Cardinal Dr. Christoph Schnborn Archbishop of Vienna Roman Catholic Church The Campus of Religions shows that in Vienna the coexistence of religions is lived. The City of Vienna the Ecclesiastical Pedagogical University and eight religious communities have set out to realize this fascinating project. Eight sacred buildings united under one roof independent and connected at the same time make the peaceful coexistence of the religions visible. The KPH serves as an important place for interreligious educational work. The campus should be an open place for the people in Seestadt and Vienna an invitation to religious experience and to meet other religious communities. Architect Dipl.-Ing. Harald Gnilsen Building Director of the Archdiocese of Vienna With the Campus of Religions a center is to be created where people from different cultures and religions can find their home. With the respect for the diversity of the religious communities the great trust of the people involved grew in one another. The project is unique and aims to contribute to the understanding of the various religious practices. I am pleased and moved that the Campus of Religions project that I initiated appeals to and inspires so many people to contribute to the realization of this peace project. Gursharan Singh Mangat Sikh Temple Deputy Chairman of the Campus of Religions Association According to the teachings of the sacred scriptures of the Sikhs the Sri Guru Granth Sahib the Creator formed all people from the same clay albeit with a different appearance. As a result or emphasizing the same origin of all people the campus of religions can to a certain extent be understood as the embodiment of this wisdom. HS-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christoph Berger Rector of the Kirchliche Pdagogische Hochschule Wien Krems The new location creates a network of basic advanced and advanced training for teachers of all school types and subjects with short distances in a compactly structured building. The connection with the sacred houses of the religious communities invites you to deal with religions and denominations in their diversity and to experience your own position against this background. We see this as an optimal framework in which the training of teachers with a clear value orientation can take place in the best possible way. Architecture competition Campus of ReligionsThe campus of religions is being built north of the lake and in the immediate vicinity of the Seestadt U2 station. On an area of around 10000 m the concrete togetherness is to be expressed in the form of religious buildings that are erected under one roof in a common place. Therefore a structural bracket that connects the sacred buildings on the campus was an essential part of the architecture competition that started on April 17 2020.A second bracket is the slightly rising space which is used jointly and serves as a link for interreligious exchange. The various sacred buildings are being erected by the 8 religious communities involved in the project the educational institution of the Kirchliche Pdagogische Hochschule Wien Krems KPH by the St. Augustine Foundation of the Archdiocese of Vienna.The KPH is Austrias largest private university of education and an educational institution for initial advanced and advanced training of teachers at primary and secondary levels. The KPH is - unique in the world - run in ecumenical sponsorship by different Christian churches. With its interreligious training for religious education teachers it offers the ideal project partnership in the field of education further focus areas are inclusion elementary education sport and exercise.The current location in Strebersdorf will in future be located in the new building in Seestadt and offer around 2500 students an optimal learning environment. Great synergies result from the areas that can be used by the religious communities for example event and catering areas. Joint facility management building services maintenance warehouse logistics etc. and joint administration are also planned. With the Campus of Religions the interdenominational orientation of the KPH is further strengthened.
