graz AUSTRIA

Panel: “Should buildings grow/adapt/repair themselves? And if so, why not?”

With: Peter Cook, Hans Frey, Urs Hirschberg, Peter Pakesch, & Wolfgang Tschapeller.
Moderation: Marjan Colletti.

Should buildings grow/adapt/repair themselves? And if so, why not?
Wednesday, 05/09
6.00 pm / HDA
Haus der Architektur im Palais Thinnfeld
Mariahilferstraße 2, 8020 Graz AUSTRIA

vienna AUSTRIA

Between 1st and 3rd district in Vienna on the Ringstrasse a few buildings of different authors and times are collected on a block. Some of them serve the purposes of the Museum for Applied Arts and some of them serve the University of Applied Arts. The original urban intent for this group of buildings follows a very fine, subtle and precise idea. Although being part of a block, or standing on a block, they were always meant to keep their independency and autonomy by simultaneously allowing for a visibility of the space in between them.

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belgrade SERBIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

wolfgang TSCHAPELLER: The Centre for Promotion of Sciences in Belgrade will be floating high above the ground. It operates on 3 levels. Firstly, on the level of the City of Belgrade it will be an optimistic sign positioned on one of the main routes of the city. Secondly for Blok 39 it will be sign, canopy and portico. Thirdly, as a building being programmed to promote sciences it (dis)plays on visions of technology and construction.

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