NEW PRAXES, NEW TOOLS – Emerging Slovenian and Austrian Architectural Practices

NEW PRAXES, NEW TOOLS
Emerging Slovenian and Austrian Architectural Practices

Thursday, 6. October 2022
Festsaal, TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna
Dialogue: 18:00 - 21:00
Pop-up Exhibition: 21:00 – 24:00

The aim of the event is to highlight the work of contemporary Slovenian and Austrian architectural practices, which are interesting for the way they approach architectural topics and tasks. Nine Slovenian and ten Austrian architectural practices will be presented, which started their independent professional work in times of global financial and climate crises. The crises have led to shifts in thinking about the tasks of architecture, a rethinking of the connection between architecture, society and ecology, as well as the way (architectural) practice is organised.

Through a series of short statements, the selected practices will present their ways of working, elaborate positions on the tasks of architecture today and demonstrate their approaches towards communicating current architectural topics with the general public.

Slovenian architectural practices selected by Mika Cimolini and Matevž Čelik are:

- a2o2 arhitekti
- Arhitekti Počivašek Petranovič
- Elementarna
- Emil Jurcan
- Mertelj Vrabič Arhitekti
- Pazi!park
- Prostorož
- svet vmes
- Vidic Grohar arhitekti

Austrian architectural practices (TU Wien affiliated) selected by Tina Gregorič and Jakob Travnik are:

- MAGAZIN. Space for Contemporary Architecture
- BELT Architektur Büro
- Gordon Selbach
- Kollektiv Raumstation
- K O S M O S architects
- Leonhard Panzenböck
- Mair-Paar Büro für Architektur
- Max Utech
- Studio Jakob Sellaoui
- Studio Urbanek

Moderation: Tina Gregorič and Matevž Čelik.

The event is a collaboration between the Technical University (TU) Vienna, Slovenian Cultural Information Centre (SKICA) Vienna and the Centre for Creativity (CzK) at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) Ljubljana.