Georg-Emmerling-Hof, Municipal residential complex in Leopoldstadt, Austria.
The Georg-Emmerling-Hof is a municipal housing complex at Obere Donaustraße 97–99 in Vienna's Leopoldstadt, built 1953–1957 to plans by Rudolf Hofbauer, Leo Kammel junior and Elisabeth Hofbauer-Lachner. Seven stepped tracts enclose a planted courtyard; the complex forms the western end of a small neighbourhood bounded by Obere Donaustraße to the south, Lilienbrunngasse to the west and Gredlerstraße to the north. It is a listed monument.
The complex was built between 1953 and 1957 during Vienna's post-war reconstruction to address the severe housing shortage. The project was part of the city's effort to rehouse the population after years of destruction.
The two stone reliefs above the entrances on Obere Donaustraße, titled Hafenmotiv and Markt, were carved by Ernst Wenzelis between 1954 and 1956. In a side courtyard stands Alois Heidel's 1957 goat sculpture, which caused heated debate among contemporaries who found it emaciated and reminiscent of the recent years of hardship.
The complex lies at the western end of a small neighbourhood, bounded by Obere Donaustraße to the south, Lilienbrunngasse to the west and Gredlerstraße to the north. The entrance front faces Obere Donaustraße at numbers 97–99; the landscaped courtyard and the side courtyard with the goat sculpture are reached through the passages between the seven blocks.
The goat sculpture by Alois Heidel dates from 1957 and caused heated debate among contemporaries, who saw the animal as emaciated and were reminded of the hardship just endured. It stands in a side courtyard and has its own heritage listing, separate from the complex.
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