The Vienna Model. Housing for the 21st Century City

Invitation to Exhibition Opening

Opening: 12. Juni 2016, 11.00 Uhr
Exhibition: 13. Juni – 11. August 2016
Location: Aedes Architecture Forum, Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 11-18.30

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 exhibition showcases projects, which represent new possibilities to create exemplary architecture and advance housing in a modern metropolis. Looking behind the façades of Viennese housing the curators Wolfgang Förster and William Menking hope to give those who are involved in the design and planning process around the world impulses on how to develop approaches to housing based on the «Vienna Model».

Read more: www.aedes-arc.de

Welcome:
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