Museumsquartier, 1070 Vienna

Beige neoclassical building with arched entrance, banners, and clock; sunny square with palm trees and a flowering garden in the foreground; two people.
Outdoor plaza with a curved stone building, bright orange angular benches, lush plantings, and a white canopy while people walk around.

Simply breaking open (sealed soil) is not always possible, especially in busy urban areas. Yet, solutions must be found in order to maintain vibrant meeting places during the increasingly hot summer days. The MuseumsQuartier, as one of the world's largest art and cultural areas, aims to address the challenges and goals connected to climate-friendly development by 2030 with the “MQ goes Green” initiative. The design “MQ in morphosis” by Anna Detzlhofer (D/D landscape planning) envisages various temporary greening concepts for the inner courtyards. Albizias, zelkovas and other carefully selected heat-resistant trees contribute to increasing the quality of the environment as valuable shade providers, air conditioners, oxygen suppliers, silencers, and air purifiers. Because where there are trees, the air is simply fresher, and that is good for our quality of life and health.

Sunlit garden bed with orange flowers and pink blossoms among tall green stems and dense foliage.
Outdoor plaza with orange curved benches around a garden bed, people walking; a cafe with white umbrellas on the left and a modern stone building with steps on the right.
Urban plaza with a white umbrella, orange seating blocks, and tire-planter gardens; a curved stone building and trees under a clear blue sky.
Sunlit garden bed with white coneflowers (Echinacea) and yellow centers, tall ornamental grasses, mulch, rocks, and a pale stone path in the background.

A plead for new beginnings.

An outdoor courtyard with vivid orange seating and flowering plants; a white daisy stands in the foreground while people chat in the background.

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Planting: Silberlinde, Zürgel- und Geweihbäume, Platanen, Ulmen, Zelkoven, Albizien, Fackellilie, Weidenblättrige Sonnenblumen, Tautropfengras, Montbretie, Großblatt-Funkien, Sonnenhut, Prachtkerzen, Ziergräser

Outdoor plaza with a circular bed of potted trees and grasses, wrapped planters, orange modern benches, and white umbrellas over café seating on a tiled courtyard.
Foreground of orange flowers and green plants; a modern gray stone museum building with stairs and a few people outside on a sunny day.
Orange angular barrier behind a bed of tall orange flowers and green grasses, on a rocky mulch slope with a white umbrella nearby.
A bee gathering nectar on a dense cluster of small white flowers on a green shrub, with wispy grasses in the background.
Beige neoclassical museum with arched entrances and banners; foreground features round burlap grow bags planted with shrubs and orange flowers.
Several slender tree trunks emerge from a dense bed of tall, wispy green grasses in a shaded garden.
Urban courtyard with woven-mesh planters on pallets, filled with tall grasses, white and orange flowers, and shrubs; beige building behind.
Exterior of the Leopold Museum with steps and a person walking up the stairs; foreground shows a garden bed with orange flowers and lush greenery.
Pink and white flowers fill a foreground planter in a city square; behind them, a gray tiled wall, stairs, and a small kiosk with posters.
Sunny urban plaza with bright orange angular benches, large planters and trees, shaded by umbrellas; historic beige buildings line one side and a modern stone wall on the other.