Program

This exhibition provides an insight into the work of Mexican architect Tatiano Bilbao (born 1972 in Mexico City). For the first time in Austria, she is presenting her eponymous office, it’s approach and philosophy, along with their most important building projects.

There has been a hefty battle going on for years around the school completed by Helmut Richter in 1994 — which is an achitectural icon of the highest calibre. Should it be fully renovated, or demolished? Are there other options? And what is the prevailing general attitude towards experimental buildings from the 1980s and 1990s?

The Opening of the new permanent exhibition: 'Hot Questions — Cold Storage'The Architekturzentrum Wien has long been engaging with the question: What can architecture do? Examined from every possible angle, this question is also behind the Collection. At the same time, we want to ask: What can the Collection do?

The new Permanent Exhibition at the Architekturzentrum Wien: Going against the current trend for increasing economic constraints on their collections, the new Permanent Exhibition of the Az W sets standards in the production and sharing of knowledge.

In a free-standing house, in a terraced house or in a skyscraper? What are the differences and what would suit you best? Would you like to plan your new home together with the other future residents in the room? We take a look at the different housing options in the new permanent exhibition and use a model to develop your dream home together with you. Perhaps with a climbing garden and a slide running down from the roof?

Special Guided Tour through the exhibition "Hot Questions - Cold Storage". The new permanent collection of the Architekturzentrum Wien provides insights into the most significant and extensive collection on Austrian architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries. The focus is on the investigation of key objects. Seven hot questions bring cold storage to life.

Who were the first female architects? Despite opposition, there were more than 160 women enrolled in the Viennese architecture schools before 1938. The evening marks the start of a series of events in the midst of the new permanent exhibition that will feature Hot Questions.

We are all familiar with the classic architecture games, from building blocks that become daring structures to board games where the players compete for spatial-strategic advantages. What are, though, the architecture narratives invested in doll's houses, along which guidelines do cities grow in computer games, and what kind of buildings shield ego-shooters from their assailants? The exhibition "Serious Fun" shows and examines architecture games and toys, inviting you to be astonished, to play and to reflect.

The international conference Claiming*Spaces provides a space for criticism of existing patriarchal power structures in a context of architecture and land-use at universities and in research and planning.