We invite you to the lunch-talk: "Reimagining Modernist Housing Heritage: Actors and Transformation in Breka" 🎤 Elša Turkušić Jurić 📅 2 September @12:30 (CET) 📍Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna, room 3D (1/🧵)

📸Street festival on Bethlen Gábor Street #CommunityMap #Budapest #UrbanResearch

On 15 June, we invited passers-by to our tent on Bethlen Gábor Street in Budapest. 🗺️The event centred on creating a community map, complemented by questionnaires, to learn more about residents’ memories of the neighbourhood and their views on changes in the building stock and local identity.

This is where we live! But how do we live? Join us for a collaborative postcard-making workshop, where you can share your unique perspective on changes in your neighbourhood and the emotions connected to them. 📍Stadtraum Mitte 15, Rustensteg 1, 1150 Wien 📆20.06.2026 16:00-19:00 CET

Visit us on Bethlen Gábor Street and tell us: What does it feel like to live in a historic building today? How are our neighborhood, homes, and everyday surroundings changing? What do we love about them? What is missing, or being transformed? 📍Bethlen Gábor utca, Budapest 📆15.06.2026 16:00 CET

Day 24, South China Morning Post: The renovation of Buda Castle has raised questions about heritage preservation, sparking major debate around authenticity and political symbolism. This chart tracks the frequency of related media coverage and highlights the key themes over time. #30DayChartChallenge

Day 23, Seasons: Tourist flows are famously seasonal, but here’s the twist: Airbnb listings shift in space over the year, too. In Prague, listings concentrate more in the historic city centre toward year’s end compared to the annual average. In Vienna, it’s the exact opposite. #30DayChartChallenge

Day 21, Historical: Since 1999, we’ve tracked how often Budapest’s monument sites were legally reclassified; when new ones were added or removed. The data shows a big boom followed by stabilisation. #30DayChartChallenge #Budapest

Our booklet has been published, offering a detailed exploration of the housing stock, socio-economic conditions, and Airbnb impact in Budapest and Vienna. You can also read more in-depth analyses of districts 10 and 15 in Vienna, and districts 7 and 8 in Budapest, focusing on the Gründerzeit stock.

Day 20, Global Trend: Urban segregation isn’t just rising or falling, it’s changing where it comes from. In cities like Budapest, it’s increasingly driven by the divide between the historic core and the rest, while in Vienna, differences within areas are becoming more important. #30DayChartChallenge

Day 17, Remake: Last year, we looked at housing prices in Budapest; this year, we have shifted our focus to Vienna, zooming in on medium-sized apartments built before 1960 across districts. The 1st district (Innere Stadt) clearly stands out from the rest. #30DayChartChallenge #Vienna

Day 14, Trade: Quick snapshot from Vienna (10th & 15th districts): we checked some apartments for sale in Gründerzeit architecture buildings. Even in this small, non-representative sample, there’s a clear pattern: 4th-floor units tend to come with slightly higher price tags. #30DayChartChallenge

Day 10, Pop Culture: Budapest streets named after famous writers, poets, artists, and actors — but do they come with a price tag? Turns out, not really. A twist: streets named after the Jókai–Laborfalvi couple are actually cheaper, even though they’re scattered across the city. #30DayChartChallenge

Day 8, Circular: We split Vienna into concentric rings and visualised Airbnb listings within each zone using donut charts. The result is striking: far from its original home-sharing purpose, Airbnb has become a playground for profit-driven large-scale investors. #30DayChartChallenge #Vienna

An interview about our upcoming Photovoice workshop is out, featuring Hanna Szemző 📸 Your voice matters – together with the local community and decision-makers, we aim to understand the transformation and challenges of Józsefváros. Join us at our event on March 26 and share your perspective!

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„Itt lakunk! De hogyan élünk?” címmel Photovoice műhelyt szervez a Józsefvárosi Múzeum, ahol a résztvevők régi vagy akár új fényképek segítségével mesélhetnek saját józsefvárosi élményeikről és a körn...

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Old and new photos, personal stories, and the changing neighbourhood of Józsefváros. Share your memories through your own images in a Photovoice workshop! 📸 🗓 Info session: 26 March 2026, 18:00-19:00 📍 Józsefvárosi Múzeum: 1085 Budapest, József körút 70. #Budapest #Józsefváros #Photovoice

Let’s review the changes in the prices of medium-sized apartments across Vienna’s districts, based on data from sold properties. The rising apartment prices and the higher prices in Innere Stadt are clear. The apparent price drop in 2024 may result from distortions due to the small sample size.

Meet us in the 15th district on Parking Day! You can learn about our project TransHerit and participate in different activities to learn more about the historic housing of Vienna!

⭐ New publication in the ISR Bulletin 2/2025: Re-Mapping the Historical City – A Homage to Elisabeth Lichtenberger on her 100th birthday. The bulletin is available online (in German): www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/In...

🌍🏙️ Join Our Living Labs in Budapest! Are you passionate about your neighbourhood, local heritage, or the future of your city? Join us in Budapest to take part in our Living Labs as part of the TransHerit research project at the ÖAW. 📍For the latest dates and locations, visit our homepage.

🌿 Join our Living Labs in June 2025! 🏙 #LivingLabs #TransHerit #UrbanHeritage #PublicSpace #Vienna

🌿 Join our Living Labs in June 2025! 🏙️ This summer, the city becomes our open-air laboratory—and you're invited! As part of the TransHerit project, our team is hitting the streets and parks of Vienna to engage with you in our Living Labs. We’re excited to meet you! 💬 #TransHerit #Vienna

How can the Masterplan Gründerzeit support inclusion in a diverse, changing district? Together with students of the @tugraz.bsky.social , we explored participatory planning around Quellenstraße. #UrbanStudies #Favoriten #ArrivalCity #Participation See more: www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/tra...

📏 For Day 23 of the #30DayChartChallenge, we used a log scale to show weighted average prices of sold apartments across districts in Budapest. Clear patterns of spatial inequality exist, with price gaps that raise important questions about accessibility and affordability. #housing #Budapest

⭐ For Day 22 of the #30DayChartChallenge, we explored the average Airbnb ratings in Vienna, broken down by district, quarter of the year, and property type. Some clear patterns emerged—location and property type matter more than you might think. #Airbnb #Vienna

🏙️ For Day 20 of the #30DayChartChallenge, we animated the historical urban expansion and population growth of the two cities—capturing how 19th–21st century transformations shaped today's urban landscape. In the #Transherit project, we explore the intersection of urbanization and built heritage.

Day 19 of #30DayChartChallenge – Smooth 📈 We show the monthly number of Airbnb listings in Vienna with a smoothed trendline highlighting post-pandemic recovery and seasonal dips. Tourism, housing, and heritage all intersect here—part of our #Transherit research project. #Airbnb #Vienna

Day 17 of #30DayChartChallenge – Birds 🐦 A bird's eye view of population density in Budapest—capturing how people cluster in and around historic cores and new developments. As part of our #Transherit project, we visualise how the city evolves. #dataviz #Budapest

Day 16 of #30DayChartChallenge – Negative 📊 A strong negative correlation (-0.8) between % of one-person households and % of dwellings occupied by their owner across urban quarters. What do you think of our photo negative? #dataviz #urbanliving #housing #Vienna #Budapest

Day 15 of #30DayChartChallenge – Complicated 🧩 We explore the relationship between Gründerzeit housing stock and the share of higher educated population at the quarter level in Vienna & Budapest. The trend is clearer in Vienna, but outliers still disrupt the pattern. #Vienna #Budapest