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Silja Tillner

  • Site : www.tw-arch.at
  • Adresse : Margaretenplatz 7 / 2 / 1 1050 Vienna
Silja Tillner is an architect and urban designer who enjoys working in both fields simultaneously, e.g. on large planning projects and careful interventions in the historic city fabric. She has been personally responsible for the revitalization of historic districts and the renovation of numerous listed buildings, where she developed use concepts, design and technical solutions. She has a professional and a personal interest in the protection of historic monuments and has renovated a world-famous building from 1931, the Rietveld House in the Vienna Werkbundsiedlung for herself. On the URBION project she was responsible for all urban design and architecture projects on the Vienna Gürtel Boulevard, especially the careful renovation of the historic viaduct by Otto Wagner and the sensitive design of new glass facades and interior adaptations to new uses. The project was co-funded by the European Union in the URBAN I program. On the Vienna Ringstrasse, in the core of the first district, a UNESCO world heritage site, the office was responsible for the renovation of a protected building on the Ringstrasse, Schottenring 14. Together with her partner, Alfred Willinger, she designed an addition in the court-yard of the listed Luther Museum in Wittenberg. Currently, Tillner & Willinger is working on the renovation and reuse concept of an ensemble of protected monuments from the 1930s, the stands and stables at the Vienna horse-racing court. The office has also conceived numerous renovation strategies and studies for listed buildings in Vienna, Salzburg, Zürich and Wittenberg. Silja Tillner has served on several prestigious advisory boards where she evaluated and advised also on the appropriate approach to historic buildings: 2002 - 2010 she was a member of the board of trustees of IBA Stadtumbau (Urban Redevelopment), in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. 2008 - 2011 she was a member of the advisory board of the City of Vienna for urban development and architecture. From 2013 until 2017 she served on the advisory board for urban planning and urban development in the new town-development “Seestadt Aspern” in Vienna. Since 2014 she serves on the Vienna Housing board. Since 2018 she is a professor for Urban Design Planning at the Politecnico di Milano.

Downtown Cairo Regeneration

Home to the emblematic Tahrir Square, the Egyptian Museum, Egypt’s Belle Époque architectural legacy as well international hotels based around the Nile, Downtown Cairo comes as a unique location given its significant importance within the history of greater Cairo. During the period between the late 1860 and1940, Downtown Cairo witnessed a major building boom that gave birth to a unique architecture combining European styles with local influences and materials. However, the introduction of new property laws in the mid 1950’s and 1960’s triggered a change to the setup in Downtown Cairo. These laws resulted in minimal returns for owners who lost interest in their properties and gave little attention to the upkeep of their buildings which caused a major deterioration of the area’s building conditions. The Government of Egypt has manifested its intent to redevelop the Downtown Cairo area since 2008 through a number of major plans such as the Strategic Development Plan for Greater Cairo Region 2050, and subsequent Urban Plan for Downtown Cairo (completed in May 2010) and the declaration of the area as an Urban Protectorate under the Urban Harmonization Authority in 2008. A number of additional studies were also carried out on Downtown area as focus studies or as part of Greater Cairo, such as by JICA, the World Bank, and the Institute for International Urban Development. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD” or the “Bank”) is considering financing there furbishment of a number of real estate assets located in Downtown Cairo intended primarily for commercial use.
Develop a clear implementation plan for an integrated and sustainable regeneration of Downtown Cairo. Under this task the Consultant is to conduct a comprehensive review of all masterplans or urban plan studies developed by the Government of Egypt, Cairo Governorate, and various other stakeholders on the regeneration of Downtown Cairo. The review is expected to combine desk research and field research that includes stakeholder consultation and interviews.
Accordingly, the Consultant is expected to develop an implementation plan with a clear set of recommendations for the sustainable regeneration of Downtown Cairo.


Study for:
EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

In cooperation with:
Cairo Governorate, Misr Real Estate Asssets, Al Ismaelia

Project Partners:
e7, OHK

Financed by:
BMF (Bundesministerium für Finanzen)

Duration of the study: 2016 - 2017


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