Vienna International Centre

The Vienna International Centre (VIC ) ( German: Vienna International Centre, often incorrectly referred to synonymously as UNO City ), was from 1973 to 1979, by the Republic of Austria and the City of Vienna designed by the Austrian architect Johann Staber in the 22nd district of Vienna Danube city, built as a home center for international organizations. Austria had the United Nations ( UN ) 1967 such International Centre offered. It is the United Nations at a nominal rent of 7 euro cents (up to 2001: 1 shilling ) rents per year for 99 years. The operating costs are borne by the individual organizations themselves.

The VIC has extraterritorial respect of Austrian territory status. In case of war, however, the armed forces of the Republic of Austria would be ( army ) also committed to the defense of the VIC.

Another building complex of the UNO-City VIC was already established from the outset mitgeplante Austria Center Vienna 1983-1987 in addition to the International Centre. It is Austria's largest conference center, can be carried out in the events of all kinds. In order emerged since the September 1982 achieved with the U -Bahn line U1 complex between the Danube and the New Danube age by the year 2000, a new district called Donau City.

2.1 Office of the United Nations in Vienna
2.2 United Nations
2.3 Other organizations
2.4 Extra-territorial post office

3.1 administration
3.2 Road Access
3.3 Economic importance for Vienna
3.4 Austria Center Vienna as a neighbor of the VIC

Architecture

The construction of the International Centre was preceded by a competition, the 1969 Argentine architect César Pelli decided for themselves. The second and third prizes went to England and Germany, the Austrian Johann Staber was fourth Gereihter. After review of the top-ranked four projects on behalf of the international jury, chaired by Roland Rainer, the federal government Kreisky I, an SPÖ minority government decided in December 1970 for the implementation of the Staber project, what vehement protests of the ÖVP opposition and a committee of National triggered, at the decision but nothing changed.

The property is built on an area of 17 acres ( the land was settled up by the City of Vienna) and consists of six office towers with the distinctive floor plan Y-shaped, arranged in pairs around a central, round conference building. The layout of the plant is an imaginary honeycomb structure ( hexagons ) based on where the buildings are arranged so that they provide shade as much as possible with each other. Staber had originally developed beyond planning variants, over six towers, which would have continued the hexagonal pattern.

The total floor area is approximately 230,000 square feet, with the tallest tower ("A" ) has 28 floors and a height of 120 meters. The buildings are equipped with art works by Austrian artists; on the Plaza is a sculpture of Joannis Avramidis Polis.

Asbestos removal

Since 2004, the VIC will be renovated in order to dispose of the asbestos used in the construction. The Building F and G were in the first phase, 2004-2007, the office buildings A, B, D and E, and in the second phase, 2007-2010, rehabilitated. Since the end of 2009 (the central rotunda with the conference rooms ) working on the C building, whose renovation will take until 2012. This required the construction of a new VIC- conference building ( M), which was completed according to the plans of the Austrian architect Albert Wimmer 2009. The inside variably divisible new building serves during the renovation as a replacement for the existing conference wing and later expanded its capacities.

Organizations at the VIC

When the federal government Klaus II, an ÖVP - party government, in 1967 the United Nations offered the establishment of the Headquarters Centre, the IAEA were (since 1957) and UNIDO already in Vienna (since 1967). They resided in adapted or temporary buildings in the Ring Road area of the city center. Today, about 5,000 people are employed at the VIC, working among others for the following organizations.

The United Nations Office at Vienna

The Vienna International Centre with the United Nations Office at Vienna ( UNRISD ) alongside New York ( UNHQ ), Geneva ( UNOG ) and Nairobi ( UNON ) is one of four official official residences of the United Nations. The UNRISD was taken as the third branch of the UN Secretariat in operation on January 1, 1980 and is headed by Yuri Viktorovich Fedotov the Russians since 2010.

United Nations

UNODC - United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development; since 1967 in Vienna
OOSA - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNODA - United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
UNHCR - High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Berlin, and headquartered in Geneva

Other organizations

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna since 1957
CTBTO - Preparatory Commission for the Organization of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban
ICPDR - Commission for the Protection of the Danube

Extra-territorial post office

The VIC has the address Wagramerstraße 5 belongs geographically to the 22nd district and has been used for its extra-territorial post office, the United Nations stamps, the 1400 Vienna own zip code.

UNO City

The overall complex of the UNO-City include not only the buildings of the Vienna International Centre ( VIC) and the later established the Austria Center Vienna (see below)

Management

Republic of Austria and Vienna have outsourced financing, construction management, maintenance and administration of the UNO-City with the VIC and the ACV by federal law in the International Headquarters and Conference Centre Vienna, Aktiengesellschaft ( IAKW -AG). The Republic holds 65 %, the City of Vienna 35 % of the capital stock of this corporation.

Transport links

With the public transport network of the city of Vienna, the system is mainly due to the opened on September 3, 1982 Kaisermühlen - connected to the Vienna International Centre Kagran extended that day U1. There are also four bus lines as connection to adjacent neighborhoods. In the motorway network, the VIC can be reached via the interchanges Reichsbrücke VIC and the Danube embankment motorway A22. From the city center the approach from the 2nd District with street Prater, Prater Stern, Lassallestraße and poor bridge over the Danube leads almost straight to Wagramerstraße.

Economic Importance for Vienna

For Vienna, the UNO-City has developed into a major economic factor. In addition to the permanently living here employees of organizations created by meetings and conferences a significant tourism effect. During 2005 to approximately 1000 small and large conferences were held at the United Nations headquarters, there were in 2010 about 2000. For 2015, forecasts about 3000 sessions. ( The congresses at the Austria Center Vienna, see below, are not included in these figures. Vienna ranks among the cities with the most international meetings. )

Austria Center Vienna as a neighbor of the VIC

1983-1987 the convention center Austria Center Vienna (ACV ) was built on the already too start planning kept free building, between the Danube Park and the immediately adjacent VIC. Originally ( Austro unlike the international conference rooms of VIC) planned by the federal government and the city of Vienna as the name Austrian conference center, from marketing considerations, but as the Austria Center Vienna it was opened.

The ACV is also based on the plans of Johann Staber, but has not the Y- structure of the building complex of the VIC. It is Austria's largest conference center and can accommodate up to 9500 delegates. Also, by users of the Vienna International Centre is occasionally rented for meetings, if it in the halls VIC- own is not enough space.

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