Markt 67
Ten years ago, the two owners of the brand unit brought a Berlin timeshare model to Austria under the title “We share our home”. Where once stood a historic, but decrepit farmhouse – address Markt 67 – today, in the historic center of Weiden am See, like-minded people can purchase a membership for four to eight weeks a year.
The 70 square meter house, designed by architect Claudia Cavallar, was awarded the architecture prize “Best House in Burgenland” in 2015. It crouches so unobtrusively in the local landscape as if it had always been there: standard hollow bricks, gray scratched plaster, a simple pitched roof above it. A structure made of plywood divides the interior into public and private zones and creates a gallery with bedroom and bathroom above the living area.
In the last ten years, strangers have become friends: two families that come from the long-standing member pool, Julia and Robert Haranza as well as Delia and Markus Wieser, have decided to develop the idea further and use the once experimental but all the more successful sharing model of the Market 67 in new forms in the neighborhood.
Architect couple Haranza and Claudia Cavallar are remodeling the adjoining building at Markt 65 and the house opposite at Markt 65A, bringing them up to date with the latest technology. The cooperation project at the marketplace in Weiden am See is an important contribution against village dying and rural migration. Thanks to the private road between the three houses, which will be revegetated in the coming months, a small village oasis is being created just a few minutes from Lake Neusiedl. In a time of rising energy and mobility costs, which are increasingly testing the globalized consumer society, these Burgenland homes are a commitment to regionalism and innovative forms of use. And: We are already looking forward to getting new members excited about our idea. Hello friends!
CREDITS
Creative Direction: Ulrike Tschabitzer-Handler, Albert Handler
Art Direction & Coding: Annija Česka
CREDITS
Creative Direction: Ulrike Tschabitzer-Handler, Albert Handler
Art Direction & Coding: Annija Česka