Pedestrian Ways: Internal Street

Source: Josef Weichenberger Architects

Wohngarten Sensengasse, Vienna, Austria, 2009 designed by Josef Weichenberger Architects

The linear construction, composed of three connected individual buildings, creates a membrane-like break between the park area and the urban space. In doing so, particular attention has been paid to permeability with paths and visual connections in the direction of the park on the one hand and the partly two-floor ground floor area forms part of the open urban space. These spaces with their views upon the surrounding greenery create a “green break” in association with the untouched and completely preserved tree avenue in the Sensengasse which fuse the façade of the garden and the airy opening of the “vertical green” together with the park to form one organic whole. -- ArchDaily

Source: Frederik Vercruysse archdaily.com

Apartments BUSO, Mechelen, Belgium, 2010 designed by dmvA Architecten

The pretty closed factory building contained two floors. On several places, where the structure of the building allowed to, openings were made in roof and floors. These openings generated patios and an inner street. The openings allow sunlight to enter the building. Stairs connect the semi-public inner-street with the urban tissue of alleys. All loft-dwellings are accessed by way of this semi-public space. Each loft is unique. Contemporary transparent building volumes are placed on top of the building as an extra space for the lofts. The roof becomes one big roofgarden, planted with sedums. -- ArchDaily

Source: Pierre-Yves Brunaud

Lucie Residence, Bezons, France, 2011 designed by Gemaile RECHAK Architect

The links between the 32 apartments are visible on the outside, acting as both walkways and viewing galleries that connect the various facades between them. Blocks, breathing spaces and loggias are set against each other as the space and materials combine in a reinvented symbiosis. The viewing gallery has been treated as an internal street, punctuated by alternating built spaces and landscaped spaces which respect the existing lot line. -- ArchDaily

Source: Margherita Spiluttini archdaily.com

St. Nikolaus Neumarkt, Austria designed by Kadawittfeldarchitektur

In comparison to a small city, this home for the elderly provides its inhabitants a lively environment through its sequence of passages and places including a foyer, “interior streets,” a green atrium, dining room, and terraced courtyard. -- ArchDaily