In search of groundbreaking forms of housing and building methods
ExhibitionExhibition 16 June – 3 September 2023 | Tue-Sun, 10 am–6 pm
Opening 15 June 2023, 7 pm
International Symposium 16 June 2023, 9 am–6 pm
Information and registration.
Accompanying workshops, lectures and excursions will take place.
Housing or dwelling is a core human need. The lack of affordable living spaces, especially in metropolitan areas, is currently among the most pressing problems of our time. In addition, there are the challenges of climate change, a new balancing of different forms of mobility, infrastructures, questions related to social coexistence and society. Numerous new building concepts are currently being developed, especially in the field of housing construction, whose strategies can be groundbreaking not only not only for the function of dwelling, but also for the development of cities and regions, as well as for the building industry itself.
What construction methods and forms of housing do we need today? How must we build to promote inclusive and sustainable urban spaces? How should public (urban) spaces and their environments be designed for our society? What mixes of uses is appropriate? And what building methods and materials can help in meeting the challenges of climate change? In the examples shown in the exhibition, the necessary production of space in the field of housing is understood as a chance to react to current issues.
In the 1951 lecture ‘Building Dwelling Thinking,’ the philosopher Martin Heidegger derives the original meaning of housing from the Old English and High German word «būan» and explains, ‘Bauen (building)’ here, means to dwell. Heidegger’s detailed derivation offers an interpretation of “dwelling” that is astonishingly appropriate for the present day, which not only includes ‘building’, and ‘to be a human’, but also to ‘preserve and care for’ the earth. As he explains, ‘dwelling’ in the original sense also includes ‘working’ and ‘to ‘travel and lodge on the way’—and it includes a responsibility of those who build with regard to the surroundings/environment in which the buildings arise. From today’s perspective, a remarkably up-to-date depiction of the relationship between the humans who build and the environment.
(The complete lecture can be read here: https://frontdeskapparatus.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Building-Dwelling-Thinking.pdf)
Residential buildings understood in this sense are thus not only essential building blocks for the emergence of cities, their public squares and green spaces, but also part of the responsibility toward nature. During the pandemic, at the latest, it became apparent how important it is to have a home that corresponds with one’s needs and ideas. Such a home allows for work, home-schooling, and leisure time with the family or the living group within one’s own four walls. Different ways of life require adaptable and variable options for the use of space. Necessary are residential structures and complexes that allow for more mixes of uses, that provide easy access to work, local shops, and leisure activities within walking or biking distance, in order to relieve growing traffic flows.
Yet no new solutions will come about without experiments and innovative approaches. When cost factors demand spatial optimization, extremely clever planning is required to allocate the valuable space. When climate-friendly reconstruction of our cities and regions is called for, different construction methods are required, and there is also the necessity of dealing more flexibly with existing structures and reusing already available material. Densification of cities does not exclude an increased focus on the development and preservation of green spaces and open areas, or the desealing of surfaces.
The exhibition shows selected examples of contemporary architecture that demonstrate viable paths for sustainable building. It presents examples of new forms of housing and construction methods, sensible mixes of uses and adaptable spatial offers for the various ways of living and phases of life of their users. The exhibition’s bold concepts, innovative research projects, and clever spatial ideas aim to inspire imitation and stir desire for a journey of discovery into a positive future of dwelling and human coexistence.
PROJECTS IN THE EXHIBITION
2226 Graf, Dornbirn (AT), 2018, Baumschlager Eberle Architects, Lustenau
Drei Forschungshäuser, Bad Aibling (DE), 2020, Florian Nagler Architects, Munich
Nest-Unit (UMAR), Dübendorf (CH), 2018, Werner Sobek with Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel, Stuttgart
Le Ray, Nizza (FR), 2021, Maison Edouard François, Paris
Spaardersbad, Gouda (NL), 2019, Mei architects and planners, Rotterdam
Gröninger Hof, Hamburg (DE), 2021, Duplex Architects, Zurich
„Wir InHAUSer“, Salzburg (AT), 2021, cs-architecture, Salzburg
Gleis 21, Vienna (AT), 2019, einszueins Architecture, Vienna
The Railway Farm, Paris (FR), 2019, Grand Huit Scop d'architecture. Paris
Frizz23–Mixed Use, Berlin (DE), 2018, Deadline Architects, Berlin
ARCH+ Space in Frizz 23, Berlin (DE), Arch+ Design, Berlin
Max-Mell-Allee, Graz (AT), Nussmüller Architects 2018
Wohnen am Dantebad, Munich (DE), 2016, Florian Nagler Architects, Munich
Kiubo, Graz (AT), 2022, Hofrichter Ritter Architects, Graz
Elastisch Wohnen, Berlin (DE), 2015, PPAG architects, Vienna
Wohnatelierhaus Erlenmatt Ost, Basel (CH), 2019, Degelo Architects, Basel
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
16 June 2023, 9 am–6 pm
Information and registration.
ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
Project visits | Workshops | Lectures | Discussions
23 June – 12 July
GUIDED TOURS OF THE EXHIBITION
On weekends we offer you a free guided tour of the current exhibtion.
Dates:
Saturday at 3 pm and Sunday at 11 am.
Registration is not required.
The symposium accompanying the exhibition "Innovation through Residential Construction" invites international pioneers, actors and experts as well as the interested public to an exchange about new forms of housing, new construction methods, courageous concepts and innovative research projects. With the request for registration!
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