The three leading architecture schools
of Vienna have come together to initiate a public dialogue on how contemporary cities can strategically rethink large-scale
industrial sites.
The transition from an industrial-era logic to environmentally conscious
planning is far from seamless. We are confronted with challenges of unprecedented complexity and must draw on expertise from
a wide range of disciplines to develop realistic approaches to XL-scale urban transformation.
Vienna, with its layered
history of industrial development, offers a rich and timely context for these discussions.
The event will
feature dynamic problem statements from leading practitioners and academics in the field. On-stage interviews with chief architects
of European cities and regions — including Kristiaan Borret, Floris Alkemade, and Finn Williams — will complement the more
theoretical presentations by keynote speakers with insights drawn from real-life planning experience.
Experts
from all three organising schools will contribute to the discussion, alongside representatives from the City of Vienna and
several development companies.
Programme
Introduction: Austrian Industrial:
Where are we now? by Gabu Heindl AU.
Part 1. Problem statements 11:00 – 12:30
- The
Phenomenon of the Interior Urbanism by prof. Ute Schneider (TU Wien, KCAP) AT/CH
- XL Politics of the
XL Transformations by Alexander D’Hooghe (Organisation for Permanent modernity), BE
- The Next Energy
Scapes by prof. Milica Topalovic (ETH), CH/RS
Discussion moderated by Gabu Heindl & Anastassia
Smirnova-Berlin, AU/NL
Part 2. XL Conversations 13.30 – 15.00
- Alexander D’Hooghe interviews Kristiaan
Borret, chief architect of Antwerp (2014−2017) and Brussels Capital Region (2015 – 2024), BE
- Milica Topalovic interviews
Floris Alkemade, chief architect of the Netherlands (2015−2021) and a project leader (as part of OMA) of Entrepot MacDonald
and Zollverein Kohlenwäsche, NL
- Sam Jacob interviews Finn Williams, a co-founder of Public Practice, UK, and the city
architect of Malmö, SE
Q&A and organised plenary discussion
Organisers
- The
Institute of Art and Architecture (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)
- The Institute of Architecture (University of Applied
Arts Vienna)
- The Institute of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Technical University Vienna)
Curators
