The Vienna Model: Housing for the Twenty-First Century

In the global discussion of new strategies for the design and implementation of future-oriented forms of housing, the city of Vienna has consistently been at the vanguard with its innovative ideas, especially in the realm of social housing. The increasing privatization of housing and the rapid densification of German and other European cities, accelerated by the current influx of refugees, forces architects, urban planners, and city administrators to address alternative models of housing and of urban life both creatively and politically. The exhibition “The Vienna Model – Housing for the 21st Century City” focuses on housing projects erected across the city over the last century. Not only does it examine new buildings with their urban connectivity, but also neighborhood revitalization projects and entirely new quarters. With this presentation of the design and planning methods – which have been continuously refined over the years – the curators Wolfgang Förster and William Menking hope to give those who are involved in this process around the world impulses on how to develop approaches to housing based on the “Vienna Model”.

www.aedes-arc.de

Opening:
Sunday, 12 June 2016, 11.00 am

Speaking at the opening:
Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Berlin
Dr. Michael Ludwig, City Councilor for Housing, Housing Construction, and Urban Renewal, Vienna
Dr. Wolfgang Förster, Curator, Coordinator of IBA_Wien
William Menking, Curator, Editor in Chief of “The Architect’s Newspaper”, New York

In the global discussion of new strategies for the design and implementation of future-oriented forms of housing, the city of Vienna has consistently been at the vanguard with its innovative ideas, especially in the realm of social housing. The increasing privatization of housing and the rapid densification of German and other European cities, accelerated by the current influx of refugees, forces architects, urban planners, and city administrators to address alternative models of housing and of urban life both creatively and politically. The exhibition “The Vienna Model – Housing for the 21st Century City” focuses on housing projects erected across the city over the last century. Not only does it examine new buildings with their urban connectivity, but also neighborhood revitalization projects and entirely new quarters. With this presentation of the design and planning methods – which have been continuously refined over the years – the curators Wolfgang Förster and William Menking hope to give those who are involved in this process around the world impulses on how to develop approaches to housing based on the “Vienna Model”.

www.aedes-arc.de

Opening:
Sunday, 12 June 2016, 11.00 am

Speaking at the opening:
Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Berlin
Dr. Michael Ludwig, City Councilor for Housing, Housing Construction, and Urban Renewal, Vienna
Dr. Wolfgang Förster, Curator, Coordinator of IBA_Wien
William Menking, Curator, Editor in Chief of “The Architect’s Newspaper”, New York