Program

For the first time in an exhibition, the post-war building activities in Austria and those involved are contextualized in the discourse of the Cold War. As will be seen, the years of occupation impacted decisively on the architectural policy agenda after 1945.

Austrian Architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries at Architekturzentrum Wien.

Collection with a View #5Showcase to the courtyard

This symposium makes a contribution to a European History of Architecture — a history of transfer, but also of convergences and divergences in Europe’s architecture, politics and culture.

Workshop (6-10)What does a city consist of and how do you move through it? What do we have to pay particular attention to today? It is important to develop public transport in order to reduce air pollution. In Surabaya and Beijing you can pay for bus rides with old plastic bottles. What ideas do you have? Together we think about what your city should look like, and then we build it with LEGO.

For more than 10 years the four Allied powers were in control of Austria, with the politics of the cinema and media playing a central role. Domestic and foreign images created at that time retained their potency for many decades to follow.

Yugoslavian Modernism has received increasing international attention in recent years. This includes the special work of the architect, writer and former-mayor of Belgrade Bogdan Bogdanović, who realised over 20 memorials to the victims of Fascism and people active in the antifascist resistance in former-Yugoslavia between 1951 and 1981.

The Indian architect, urbanist and teacher Balkrishna Doshi is among the key proponents of an Indian modernity although he has achieved world ranking and influence well beyond this. His visionary work in the low-cost housing and urban planning sectors as well as his strong commitment to education are central to his approach. In 2018, he became the first Indian architect to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize, the Nobel Prize for architecture.

Der Boden ist unser kostbarstes Gut. Die Oberfläche der Erde ist endlich. Ein sorgloser oder rein kapitalgetriebener Umgang mit dieser Ressource hat in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten Gestalt und Funktion unserer Städte und Dörfer verändert. Die fortschreitende Versiegelung von Boden trägt zur Klimakrise bei, während Spekulation und Hortung von Grundstücken das Wohnen verteuern, den öffentlichen Raum bedrohen und eine vernünftige Verkehrspolitik erschweren.

The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Mies van der Rohe Award 2019