Visionary urban planning

Cordula Alessandri

How does a new district come about? What gives a neighbourhood its character? Alexander Doepel and Cordula Alessandri published a book dedicated to the art of responsible urban planning, presenting visions of a new quarter centred around Vienna’s new Hauptbahnhof main station. These were grouped according to major and minor points of interest, history, grand style, people on the move, people putting down roots and places to work around the new station.

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    Cordula Alessandri, Austria (2003)

    One of Austria’s most talented and awarded designers and educators, Cordula Alessandri is well known for her distinctive work. Cordula attended the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she...

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    How does a new district come about? What gives a neighbourhood its character? Alexander Doepel and Cordula Alessandri published a book dedicated to the art of responsible urban planning, presenting visions of a new quarter centred around Vienna’s new Hauptbahnhof main station. These were grouped according to major and minor points of interest, history, grand style, people on the move, people putting down roots and places to work around the new station.

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    Cordula Alessandri, Austria (2003)

    One of Austria’s most talented and awarded designers and educators, Cordula Alessandri is well known for her distinctive work.

    Cordula attended the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she majored in graphic design, with Professor Herbert Schwarz, winning the award for top student. After university she went on to complete a further three years of study with typography mentor Professor Joey Badian. Cordula was the first woman in Austria to be appointed an Art Director at DDB Needham Worldwide, Vienna, at the age of 24.

    In 1987, Cordula founded her own studio, which has since enjoyed enduring success and won numerous awards, including the Austria National Award for Book Design, the European Design Award, ADC (Austria, New York, Europe), TDC Tokyo awards, Red Dot Awards and many more.

    Cordula has taught Communication Design at the University of Arts in Saarbrücken, Germany, and is regularly invited to serve on design competition juries and give lectures and presentations.