Symposium

Space and Experience

Architecture for Better Living

Thu, 21.3.2019 10 am—6 pm

MAK Lecture Hall

registration no longer possible

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Wienerberger AG, a symposium will take place at the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna in cooperation with Wienerberger in the context of preparations for the architecture exhibition during the VIENNA BIENNALE FOR CHANGE 2019: BRAVE NEW VIRTUES. Shaping Our Digital World.

Architecture provides structure and form, creates spaces, and directly influences various areas of human existence as a designed environment. It impacts on emotions, perceptions, as well as behavior, and enables collective and individual experiences. If, however, as is the case nowadays, virtues are undergoing fundamental changes, this in turn will have an influence on notions of quality of life and the challenges architecture will be confronted with in the future.

The symposium will discuss the added value architecture can already create for better living today. At the same time, it dares to look ahead in order to formulate hypotheses on possible scenarios and design tasks to shape the future.
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Curator: Nicole Stoecklmayr (Scenes of Architecture, Vienna)
Keynote: Jan Knikker (MVRDV, Rotterdam/Shanghai/Paris)
Speakers: Brian Cody (Energy Design Cody, Graz), Gert Kwekkeboom (Civic Architects, Amsterdam), Mark Neuner (mostlikely, Vienna), Claudia Pasquero (ecoLogicStudio, London), Petra Petersson (Realarchitektur, Berlin), Chieh-Shu Tzou & Gregorio Lubroth (Tzou Lubroth Architekten, Vienna)

Venue: MAK Lecture Hall
Entrance: Weiskirchnerstr. 3, 1010 Vienna
Language: English
Admission: Free and open to the public but registration is required. Registration for the symposium includes access to all sessions, lunch, and refreshments.

For more information on the VIENNA BIENNALE FOR CHANGE 2019 and especially the exhibition SPACE AND EXPERIENCE: Architecture for Better Living, please visit viennabiennale.org

Schedule

10–10:30 a.m.
Check-In / Coffee

WELCOME
10:30–10:45 a.m.
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, General Director, MAK
Heimo Scheuch, CEO, Wienerberger

INTRODUCTION & OPENING REMARKS
10:45–11 a.m.
Nicole Stoecklmayr (Scenes of Architecture, Vienna)

SESSION I: MATERIALITY, ECOLOGY, AND THE DESIGN OF ATMOSPHERES
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Gert Kwekkeboom (Civic Architects, Amsterdam)
Brian Cody (Energy Design Cody, Graz)
Claudia Pasquero (ecoLogicStudio, London)
Discussion

1–2 p.m.
Light Lunch

KEYNOTE LECTURE
2–3:30 p.m.
Jan Knikker (MVRDV, Rotterdam/Shanghai/Paris)

3:30–4 p.m.
Coffee Break

SESSION II: PARTICIPATION, HOSPITALITY, AND THE DESIGN OF COMMUNITIES
4–6 p.m.
Mark Neuner (mostlikely, Vienna)
Petra Petersson (Realarchitektur, Berlin)
Chieh-Shu Tzou & Gregorio Lubroth (Tzou Lubroth Architekten, Vienna)
Discussion
Closing Remarks & Outlook

6 p.m.
End of symposium

// please note schedule is subject to change //

Admission
€ 15 | € 12 reduced
Free Admission for children and teens under 19
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