2024-04-27T20:58:35-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/139461710/viennese-student-dorms-may-passively-house-refugees Julia Ingalls 2015-10-21T17:19:00-04:00 >2015-10-24T18:28:18-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ef/efkrjqiqjrhpdjhk.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Sustainable, fast, and cheap housing: just what you need when you're escaping <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/107953878/what-does-the-syrian-refugee-crisis-mean-to-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oppressive regimes</a>, <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/126442466/how-architects-can-help-nepal-and-learn-from-past-disastrous-mistakes-successes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">natural disasters</a>, and other refugee-creating events. Christoph Chorherr, Vienna's Green Party planning spokesperson, has blogged that the mobile&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/129420907/cornell-tech-to-build-world-s-first-passive-house-high-rise-on-ny-s-roosevelt-island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Passive House</a> dormitories designed by G&uuml;nter&nbsp;Lang for students in Vienna's Seestadt Aspern district&nbsp;could easily be adapted to comfortably house refugees.&nbsp;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/rp/rp5hlf3o2ffzadxa.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/59/59gjwyuztoyamfja.jpg"></p><p>With a construction cost of 1.140 Euro per square meter, the dorms not only can be erected in a few days, but also meet the "Passive House Standard," meaning that they reduce traditional building energy consumption by up to 90%. Passive House Standard dwellings aren't limited to Vienna: from Canada to Germany to South Korea, the form is proving popular with energy-conscious designers.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/zq/zqofavyur76yqlu6.jpg">&nbsp;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/qe/qe9wykcjfdar18ja.jpg"></p>