The completion marathon at BUWOG’s Kennedy Garden project is entering the next phase: the second component, “Lavandula”, has just been completed. The handover to the new residents is already fully underway.

Planned by the architectural firm Delta Podsedensek Architekten ZT GmbH, the “Lavandula” component offers 114 rental apartments that meet the highest living standards thanks to intelligent floor plans and premium amenities. All of the units have private open areas; in addition, an exterior, electrically controlled sunshade and a support cooling system via underfloor heating also ensure optimal temperature control in summer. Modern amenities in the sanitary areas and provisions for digital providers also ensure no wish is left unmet. A room for bicycle and pram storage is available to residents as well. An open and inviting reception area connects “Lavandula” with the other components of Kennedy Garden.

Excellent location in the middle of beautiful Penzing

Just a few minutes’ walk from Schönbrunn, BUWOG has developed the large-scale Kennedy Garden project in beautiful Penzing. The property between Penzinger Straße, Diesterweggasse and Cumberlandstraße comprises a total of 512 residential units distributed across six architecturally individual building components and offers an impressive new residential environment. “BUWOG is very proud to have developed such an attractive and forward-looking project here in Penzing. After two years of construction, we are very pleased that the first privately financed rental apartments are ready for occupancy and that we have created additional premium residential space in the district,” says Andreas Holler, managing director of BUWOG Group GmbH.

Residents of the project will benefit from the area’s advantageous infrastructure. There are kindergartens and schools in the immediate vicinity, while facilities for daily needs such as local shops, pharmacies and restaurants are within walking distance, for example in Hietzing. Kennedy Garden is also a success regarding accessibility: the Penzing suburban train station is practically right at the doorstep, and the U4 Hietzing station as well as numerous bus and tram lines can be reached on foot in mere minutes.

Green environment and mobility concept

The specific innovative potential of Kennedy Garden lies in its forward-looking interspersing of premium, attractive housing with a high level of sustainability, various opportunities to use green areas and every advantage of urban living. Andreas Holler: “Thus the project is also a response to the challenges facing urban housing in an era of climate change, to growing pollution and to increasingly dense development. A central maxim is that climate protection and our personal well-being are not separately conceivable. This is the Kennedy Garden experience.”

In the complex, spacious green areas featuring lush vegetation will be created. The intensive and extensive plantings will ensure positive microclimatic effects due to shading and greater humidity and enhance residents’ sense of well-being. The green environment provides cooling on hot days, and the rooftop greening repels heavy rainfall while providing pleasant areas to relax. At the same time, the plantings provide an important contribution to greater biodiversity in the city. The project has already been awarded the Greenpass certificate for the green space design, and the goal is now to be awarded the klimaaktiv certificate in silver.

Today, mobility plays a major role in sustainable and environmentally friendly urban living, and it will continue to do so in the future. For this reason, extensive bicycle parking facilities are planned throughout the Kennedy Garden site. As is already standard in most new BUWOG projects, charging stations are also available.