TransHerit
transherit.bsky.social
TransHerit
@transherit.bsky.social
This project aims to find out how financialisation & housing regulations affect the tangible & intangible dimensions of the Gründerzeit in Vienna & Budapest.

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/transherit/home
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.
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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!
September 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
⭐ 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):

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September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🌍🏙️ 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.
Living Labs Budapest
www.oeaw.ac.at
August 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
🌿 Join our Living Labs in June 2025! 🏙
#LivingLabs #TransHerit #UrbanHeritage #PublicSpace #Vienna
June 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🌿 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
Living Labs Vienna
www.oeaw.ac.at
June 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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
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May 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📏 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
April 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
⭐ 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
April 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🏙️ 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.
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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
April 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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
April 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
April 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🎤Conference - Our team participated at the AAG, Detroit, USA (24.03-28.03.2025), where Dr. Sandra Guinand presented our research on the topic of “Private interventions in the historic housing stock of Vienna. Can we speak of financialization of 'heritage' preservation?” #AAG25 #Transherit
AAG 2025
www.oeaw.ac.at
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Day 14 of #30DayChartChallenge – Kinship
The Gründerzeit era (1848–1918) shaped Vienna and Budapest with rapid industrialization, leaving a lasting mark on their housing stock that still defines their character today. Echoes of an empire linger in brick and stone. 🏛️📜 #Gründerzeit #Budapest #Vienna
April 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Day 13 of #30DayChartChallenge – Cluster.
Budapest’s one-person household patterns show strong spatial autocorrelation. Quarters with high percentages are surrounded by similar ones—and the same goes for areas with low percentages. Birds of a feather do flock together. 🏙️📊#Budapest
April 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#30DayChartChallenge – Stripes 🏘️📊 We visualized Airbnb prices in Vienna’s districts, grouped by quarters. Part of our ongoing exploration in the #Transherit project, looking at housing and urban change. How do you think short-term rentals are reshaping Vienna?
#dataviz #Airbnb #housing #Vienna
April 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Day 10 - Multimodal. For today’s #30DayChartChallenge, we’ve mapped the distribution of higher-educated residents (in %) across Budapest's quarters. The pattern is bimodal, with distinct peaks on both the Buda and Pest sides of the Danube. It even resembles the iconic Chain Bridge! 🌉 🇭🇺 #Budapest
April 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Day 9 of #30DayChartChallenge – Diverging 📉 We used a beeswarm chart to show the unemployment rate across quarters of Vienna & Budapest. As part of the #Transherit project, we explore how socio-economic divides shape urban space.
#dataviz #unemployment #mapping #Vienna #Budapest
April 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🏛️ Our first article is out on Építészfórum! We look at how historic tenement buildings in Vienna are being adaptively reused—rethinking architecture through non-building.
Read (in Hungarian) #adaptivereuse #Vienna #építészfórum #Transherit
Nem építés? Akkor mi? A bécsi történelmi bérházak adaptív újrahasznosítása
Hogyan lehet a történelmi bérházakat társadalmilag és környezetvédelmi szempontból fenntartható, adaptív módon újrahasznosítani? Bécsi példákon kersztül ezt mutatják be az Osztrák Tudományos Akadémia ...
epiteszforum.hu
April 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Day 8 of #30DayChartChallenge – Histogram 📊 Here's a look at the distribution of rented dwellings across the quarters of Budapest & Vienna.
As part of the #Transherit project, we dive into how different neighbourhoods are shaped by housing trends.
#dataviz #housing #Vienna #Budapest
April 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🆕📄 We are happy to share our latest publication in GéoConfluences: "Les transformations du bâti historique de la période Gründerzeit à Vienne (Autriche)"
Les transformations du bâti historique de la période Gründerzeit à Vienne (Autriche) — Géoconfluences
Géoconfluences, une publication à caractère scientifique pour le partage du savoir et pour la formation en géographie. Elle est proposée par la Direction générale de l'enseignement scolaire (Dgesco) e...
geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr
April 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Day 7 of #30DayChartChallenge - Outlier. While looking for outliers, we came across a Viennese district from 1981 that stood out due to its distinctive mix of education level and immigration background. Jump to 2022, and the area currently known as STAR2022 presents an entirely different story.
April 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Day 6 of #30DayChartChallenge – Florence Nightingale 📊 How historic is your district? We visualized the proportion of buildings built before 1946 in each district of Budapest & Vienna. As part of the #Transherit project we explore historic areas of the two cities.
#dataviz #Vienna #Budapest
April 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM