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You will find here the most importants events, exhibitions and forums in Europe.
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The art of timber construction - Chinese architectural models
(>24/01/2010) - Munich |
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Pinakothek der Moderne
Models of Buddhist temples, ancient palace complexes and typical secular buildings from different regions were made with extreme precision by apprentices or for documentary purposes at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries in China, based on real or reconstructed buildings as well as on the ideal structures of the Tang (c. 7th¿10th centuries) and Ming dynasties (c. 14th¿17th centuries). All structural details ¿ including the complex timber joints in particular ¿ were carefully copied and documented in these models and, as such, have facilitated the study of ancient buildings. Historical photographs as well as pictures of the structures, drawings and painted architectural views of historical buildings provide an insight into traditional Chinese architecture and construction techniques. This is the first exhibition of this unique collection from the Chinese National Institute of Cultural Property ever to be held outside China.
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TV TOWERS — 8,559 Meters of Politics and Architecture
(> 14/03/2010) - Francfort/Main |
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Deutsches Architekturmuseum
Be it in Moscow, Belgrade, Berlin or Cairo – there is hardly a city or nation wanting to present itself as progressive that has resisted the showy construction of a television tower. According to exhibition curators Friedrich von Borries, Matthias Böttger and Florian Heilmeyer (raumtaktik, Berlin), “the TV towers that have risen up over cities since 1950 are almost always symbols of social change or political and economic power. No other type of building in the second half of the 20th century was as politically charged as the television tower.” A case in point is the Berlin Television Tower. It will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its inauguration on October 3, 2009. This building was not only supposed to dwarf every tower in West Germany, but at the same time to form the pinnacle of the redevelopment of East Berlin’s center. Television towers are still being built today. Two projects are currently underway in Japan and China, both of which have 610 meter-high towers and thus aim to supersede the CN Tower in Toronto as the world’s tallest television tower.
The exhibition will showcase 25 realized or planned television towers in Ashgabat, Auckland, Barcelona, Baghdad, Belgrade, Berlin, Brasilia, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Yekaterinburg, Johannesburg, Cairo, Las Vegas, Liberec, Moscow, Prague, Riga, Shanghai, Stuttgart, Tashkent, Tehran, Tokyo (2), Toronto and Vilnius. There have never been so many TV towers in one exhibition before.
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Martin Elsaesser and the new Frankfurt
(> 14/03/2010) - Francfort/Main |
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Deutsches Architekturmuseum
As Artistic Director of the Municipal Buildings Office, Martin Elaesser (1884-1957) was in charge of large-scale municipal buildings and thus contributed significantly to shaping the New Frankfurt as initiated by Mayor Ludwig Landmann. He planned numerous buildings between 1925 and 1932, ten of which were realized. With the exception of the Großmarkthalle, which was later to become part of the European Central Bank complex, today only a few of his buildings are generally known among the public.
The exhibition presents his known and unknown legacy, with the help of plans, essays, models, a documentary film as well as historic and present-day photographs: A series of municipal school buildings including today's Pestalozzi-Schule (1927) and Holzhausenschule (1929), Elsaesser’s own house in the district of Ginnheim (1926), the indoor swimming pool Frankfurt Ost in the Fechenheim area (1928), the church Gustav-Adolf-Kirche in the district of Niederursel (1928), the conversion of the Palmengarten Gesellschhaftshaus (1930) and of course the Großmarkthalle (1928) as well as other buildings impressively show the wide range of architectural tasks Elsaesser took on during his period in office in Frankfurt. The exhibition will also outline further designs that have not been realized as well as relevant buildings from other creative periods. The show aims to remove Martin Elsaesser from the shadow of architectural history and acknowledge him as a master builder who interwove the latest construction methods with traditional references.
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Land Lines, Häfner / Jiménez, landscape architects, Berlin
(29/01 – 8/04/2010) - Berlin |
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Aedes Land
Lines serve the opening up, the bounding, the structuring of Landscape: taking on form as canals, paths, wall edges, acoustic barriers, forest aisles and visual axis. Straight lines, oscillating lines, fat lines, thin lines, broken lines, built lines, imagined lines, single lines, clusters of lines: lines are a fundamental form-giving element of Landscape Architecture.
In the projects by the Landscape Architecture practice Häfner / Jimenez, lines are deployed as constituent elements of unusual lucidity and sharpness, dividing between water and land, nature and culture, inside and outside. The design intent is for lines to be creative agents, that qualify and differentiate surrounding environments, and that give character to newly made open space. As built elements they stage special places, while leaving the remaining landscape undisturbed, or as organisational interventions they manifest the divisions between areas, achieving clarity through sharpness of contrast. They envision a stage and open up distinct places. As a strategy, the line sits, like a precious intarsia, as usable, intensified open/public space in a wider stretch of land.
AedesLand presents the constructed open space projects by Winfried Häfner and his team, and their accomplished competency with Lines in the Landscape: a Berlin water's edge, a noise barrier in Wolfsburg, the regeneration of the lost centre of Staßfurt in the periphery of Leipzig, together with planned projects for Leipzig Harbour and for the Energy Mountain Georgswerder in Hamburg-Wihelmsburg.
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Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
(> 20/04/2010) - Francfort/Main |
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Deutsches Architekturmuseum
in cooperation with M:AI (Museum für Architektur und Ingenieurkunst NRW)
Der Mies van der Rohe Award zählt zu den begehrtesten Architekturpreisen in Europa. Wer ihn erhält, reiht sich ein in die Liste weltberühmter Preisträger wie etwa Lord Norman Foster, Peter Zumthor, Rem Kohlhaas oder Zaha Hadid. Das DAM – schon seit mehreren Jahren Mitglied im Steering Committee des Preises – präsentiert zusammen mit dem M:AI Museum für Architektur und Ingenieurkunst NRW die Preisträger 2009 sowie weitere Teilnehmer der engeren Auswahl in einer Ausstellung am ungewohnten Ort: Im Jahr der europäischen Kulturhauptstadt werden die 49 ausgewählten Projekte in der Kokerei auf dem Gelände des Weltkulturerbes Zeche Zollverein gezeigt.Aus über 340 Projekten wählten in einem mehrstufigen Auswahlverfahren europäische Architekturkritiker und Fachleute die Preisträger 2009 aus. Das Architekturbüro Snøhetta aus Oslo erhielt für sein Opern- und Balletthaus in der norwegischen Hauptstadt den Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. Mit dem Nachwuchspreis Emerging Architects wurde das Büro STUDIO UP/ Lea Pelivan und Toma Plejic aus Zagreb ausgezeichnet für das Gymnasium 46° 09’N/16 ° 50’E in Koprivnica, Kroatien. Zu sehen sind in der Ausstellung weitere nominierte Projekte, darunter die Zenith Music Hall in Straßburg, das Multimodal Centre und die Tramway in Nizza, die Universität Luigi Bocconi in Mailand sowie das neue Stadtquartier Sant Antoni’s District mit Bibliothek und Senioren City Center in Barcelona. Essen ist die einzige deutsche Station des renommierten Preises, der seit 1987 alle zwei Jahre von der Europäischen Kommission, dem Europäischen Parlament und der Stiftung Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona ausgelobt wird. Der einzige Architekturpreis der Europäischen Union zeichnet besonders qualitätsvolle Architektur aus, die aktuellen ökologischen, sozialen und kulturellen Ansprüchen gerecht wird.
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A new Platz am Brandenburger Tor. Zvi Hecker, Berlin
(> 25/04/2010) - Berlin |
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Aedes Am Pfefferberg
The Israeli architect Zvi Hecker who has been living and working in Berlin since 1991 – known for the Heinz-Galinski-Grundschule in Berlin – has made a visual statement for the reunification of Germany with his design for the square between the Brandenburg Gate and Tiergarten. This design makes this inhospitable location, which at the moment is primarily used for large scale events, accessible to a wide public from Berliners to visitors from all over the world. With the presentation of his original drawings, sketches and models the exhibition intends to instigate a constructive debate about the future of this central square.
The proposal is a natural development to the existing situation of the west side of the Brandenburg Gate.
Pariser Platz, located on the east side of the Brandenburg Gate, is a formal square of urban character providing a limited axes of services such as coffee shops, restaurants, etc. It is flanked mainly by public buildings (Banks, embassies, etc.) open only at selective hours and closed at night.
In contrast to the rather sterile character of Pariser Platz, the west side of the Brandenburg Gate is frequently used to host public events, gatherings and anniversaries held in Berlin. On such occasions the roads leading to and crossing the area are closed to traffic to enable the free assembly of people
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Lighting Powers of Ten. Office for Visual Interaction, New York
(> 25/04/2010) - Berlin |
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Aedes Am Pfefferberg
The exhibition showcases the work of New York based Office for Visual Interaction (OVI), a partnership of Jean Sundin and Enrique Peiniger. This will be the first time that a lighting design firm features at the Aedes Architecture Forum. OVI’s unique blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation, and technical excellence places them at the forefront of their field. Approaching light as a seamlessly integrated part of architectural design, Jean Sundin and Enrique Peiniger has collaborated with firms including Zaha Hadid, Enric Mirailles – Benedetta Tagliabue, GRIMSHAW, Morphosis, Pei Cobb Freed, and Renzo Piano.
Founded in 1997, Office for Visual Interaction, Inc. (OVI) is an international architectural lighting design firm that has been successfully involved in projects in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Its professional expertise spans all styles and scales. Recently, the firm’s LED streetlight for New York City won Architect Magazine’s Research and Development award. Their illumination of the United States Air Force Memorial garnered top prizes in the lighting industry including the GE ‘Edison Award’, Lumen Award of Merit, and IES International Award of Distinction; and lighting for the New York Times building won an IALD International Lighting Design Award of Merit.
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Dialog Der Konstrukteure
(> 2/05/2010) - Berlin |
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Deutsche Architektur Zentrum
Mit der industriellen Revolution hat sich neben dem bereits existierenden Berufsbild des Architekten und Baumeisters dasjenige des Bauingenieurs entwickelt. Das daraus entstandene Spannungsfeld um die Art und Weise der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Architekt und Ingenieur zeigt dabei eine lange, kontrovers diskutierte Tradition auf. Allgemeine architektonische Tendenzen unserer Zeit zeugen von einer weit verbreiteten Absicht, die Form unbekümmert von der Wirklichkeit der Konstruktion zu verfolgen. Gegenläufig dazu entstanden aber in der Schweiz in den letzten 20 Jahren einige bemerkenswerte Bauten und Projekte, die auf eine stark dialogische Auseinandersetzung in der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit hinweisen. Mit dieser Beobachtung als Startpunkt begibt sich die Ausstellung auf die Spurensuche nach den Bedingungen, Möglichkeiten und aber auch Grenzen dieses Dialoges.
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ENERGIE-Symposium
(29 & 30/04/2010) – Munich |
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Das ENERGIE-Symposium findet dieses Jahr zum Thema „Effizient und machbar: zukunftsfähiges Bauen” statt und wird von der industrieBAU-Redaktion in Kooperation mit RealFM e.V. (Association for Real Estate and Facility Managers) und AGI (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Industriebau e.V.) München veranstaltet. An zwei Tagen im Bauzentrum München erwarten die Teilnehmer interdisziplinäre Vorträgen aus Forschung, Planung und Wirtschaft über energieeffizientes Bauen und Betreiben von Gebäuden. Die Abendveranstaltung bietet Gelegenheit zum Networking und Erfahrungsaustausch
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NICHE – Young Belgian Architecture
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Centre of Fine Arts
Every two months the opening of a new micro-exhibition is accompanied by a reception and a talk by the architect on a building, of which he or she presents a model, and on why it is particularly representative of his or her approach. These models will remain on show until June 2010 in the recesses around the prestigious Henry Le Bœuf Hall, at the level of the first balcony.
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Mexican Modernisms 1945-1985
(11/02 – 11/04/2010) – Brussels |
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Centre for Fine Arts
There is more to modernist architecture in Mexico than just the work of Luis Barragán, its most renowned representative. The detailed plans and impressive enlarged photographs in this exhibition offer a broad overview of architectural production in post-war Mexico. In addition, a unique series of documentary films and contemporary documents helps to flesh out this fascination evocation of the refined lines and raw functionalism of Mexican modernism.
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Henry van de Velde Labels 2009
(> 27/02/2010) – Brussels |
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De Loketten
Henry van de Velde Label bekroont de visie van de ontwerper en de producent, het zet bijzondere producten in de bloemetjes en functioneert als een internationaal erkende kwaliteitsgarantie. Uit een stortvloed van inzendingen (166) gingen er 65 objecten door naar de tweede ronde. Tijdens de eerste ronde beoordeelt de jury op basis van de door de ontwerper of het bedrijf ingestuurde inschrijvingsformulieren, in de tweede ronde doet ze dat op de objecten zelf (in de mate van het mogelijke). Dit zodat de afwerking nauwgezet kan worden gecheckt, net als de functionaliteit, de ergonomie, de volumes, … Uiteindelijk besliste de jury om 12 objecten het Henry van de Velde Label 2009 toe te kennen.
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Architectures absentes du XXe siècle
(> 18/04/2010) – Brussels |
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CIVA
Conçue et produite par le Ministère espagnol du Logement, l'exposition est constituée de maquettes reconstituant des projets appartenant au mouvement moderne qui n'ont pas été exécutés ou bien ont été construits de manière temporaire. Les projets émanent d'architectes espagnols tels Coderch ou José Luis Sert et des références universelles (Aalto, Asplund, Gropius, Jacobsen, Kahn, Le Corbusier, Loos ou Mies van der Rohe). Ces maquettes spectaculaires constituent un témoignage exceptionnel rendu possible par un travail documentaire mené par des architectes contemporains de grande renommée, comme Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Josep Llinás ou Rafael Moneo.
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Biennale « Photographie et Architecture »
(> 10/04/2010) – Brussels |
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Espace Architecture-La Cambre
Organisée dans le cadre des missions culturelles de l’école d’architecture ISACF La Cambre, l’exposition tente de faire comprendre que l’architecture, c’est avant tout lire et comprendre une situation spécifique avant de l’interpréter et de la transformer. « Nous voudrions que l’une des caractéristiques de notre biennale soit essentiellement d’évoquer l’architecture ou l’urbanisme, soulignent les organisateurs, et ce au-delà de leur valeur formelle et de leur dimension esthétique. »
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Design by Performance
(>30/05/2010) – Hasselt |
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Z33
In de designwereld stellen we een vervaging van de grenzen tussen kunst en experimenteel design vast. In Z33 werd hierop al eerder gefocust in de tentoonstelling ‘Designing Critical Design’ waarin designers aan bod kwamen die een kritisch element in hun ontwerpen introduceren. Met deze tentoonstelling willen we aandacht schenken aan de toenemende performatieve tendensen in hedendaags design. De focus ligt niet op het tonen van afgewerkte producten maar op het productieproces zelf, op objecten wiens afwerking een doorlopend proces is dat beïnvloed of gevormd wordt door de omgeving, de specifieke situatie waarin ze zich bevinden, of door de bezoeker. Processen en performances worden een essentieel onderdeel van de tentoonstelling dat : die hierdoor een onvoorspelbaar en spontaan karakter krijgt; en zich omvormt van pure ‘tentoonstellingsruimte’ tot een ruimte voor events, interventies en acties door designers, kunstenaars en het publiek.
Deelnemers: Atelier NL (NL), Maarten Baas (NL), Pieke Bergmans (NL), David Bowen (USA), Oscar Diaz (UK), Edhv (NL), Front (Sw), Martino Gamper (UK), Simon Heijdens (UK/NL), Eric Klarenbeek (NL), Sofie Lachaert & Luc d’Hanis (B), Laurent Liefooghe (B), Lawrence Malstaf (B), Bruno Munari (IT), Markus Schinwald (Au), Studio Glithero (UK), Studio Libertiny (NL), Tjep. (NL), Unfold & Tim Knapen (B)
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Richard Hutten
(> 6/06/2010) – Ghent |
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Design Museum
Rotterdam-born Richard Hutten (born 1967) is one of the most well-known and most unconventional Dutch designers. He graduated in 1991 at the Design Academy in Eindhoven and fairly quickly garnered international recognition. In his own design studio he produced designs for furniture, products, interiors and exhibitions.
Hutten is a conceptual designer but his designs are highly functional, each and every one of them. Often the object will even have multiple functions. Design museum Gent gives Hutten the assignment to give shape to the exhibition himself. The result will certainly show this, and will be telling of the convincing and typical style of Hutten.
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Eduardo Souto de Moura
(23/04/2010) - Brugge |
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L'architecte portugais Eduardo Souto de Moura a acquis une juste renommée grâce à son habile utilisation des matériaux traditionnels et naturels, et son attention aux détails. Si son travail témoigne d’un profond ancrage dans la tradition architecturale de son pays et d’un lien étroit avec la nature, il rappelle également l’esprit de Mies van der Rohe. Il a su se démarquer toutefois des redites sans fin des styles qui l'ont précédé.
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Henning Larsen Architects (DK)
(29/04/2010 – 20.00) - Leuven |
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Huis Memling
Le bureau d’Henning Larsen, une réelle valeur sûre tant au Danemark que dans le reste de l’Europe, poursuit le principe architectural scandinave de structures horizontales caractérisées par un sens créatif dynamique et une grande attention à la construction durable. C’est pourquoi, il a influencé de nombreux jeunes architectes danois tels Dorte Mandrup et Bjarke Ingels (PLOT). Parmi ses constructions, les opéras de Copenhague et d’Uppsala ont inspiré beaucoup de centres culturels, partout en Europe Occidentale.
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BRUSSELS DESIGN MARKET INDOOR
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Tours & Taxis
La 9ème édition de la plus grande brocante du design de l'après-guerre innove en proposant, en plus de sa version outdoor prévue en septembre 2010, une toute nouvelle version indoor Samedi 24 avril : journée professionnelle
Dimanche 25 avril : journée grand public - Entrée gratuite
Informations supplémentaires : Thierry Bélenger +32(0)475/98 40 38 /
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Made in Holland. Uitvindingen en innovaties
(> 21/03/2010) - Rotterdam |
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Kunsthal
Kunsthal Rotterdam presenteert in samenwerking met het Nationaal Archief en de Technische Universiteit Delft een veelzijdige familietentoonstelling over Nederlandse uitvindingen en innovaties. Aan de hand van vernuftige ontwerpen en modellen, zeer divers filmmateriaal, octrooien en verfijnde tekeningen wordt duidelijk waarom en hoe Nederlanders uitvinden en innoveren. De tentoonstelling laat op een verrassende manier zien hoe allerhande problemen door de eeuwen heen zijn opgelost, hoe nieuwe producten worden uitgetest en hoe kleine ontwerpen onze samenleving kunnen veranderen. Jong en oud worden geprikkeld zelf modellen te testen, producten te verbeteren en in een denktank hun innovatieve plannen aan te dragen.
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Teun Jonh Visscher
(29/01 – 28/03/2010) - Haarlem |
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ABC Architectuurcentrum
Teun Jongh Visscher was een actief architect maar vooral ook een
gepassioneerd plannenmaker en ’ideeën generator’. In een zeer
eigenzinnige en karakteristieke tekenstijl (alles met de hand en gebruikmakend
van o.m. het zogenoemde ‘molperspectief’) vervaardigde hij
talloze en zeer uiteenlopende futuristische en visionaire ontwerpen.
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Golden A.A.P. 2010
(20/03 – 1/05/2010) - Amsterdam |
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ARCAM
ARCAM presents models of all projects selected for this year's Amsterdam Architecture Prize. In February an international jury will visit the projects, after which they will select one project that merits to be rewarded, either because it is the most beautiful or for instance the most exemplary for the actual situation in Amsterdam. ARCAM will launch the book Amsterdam Architecture 2009-2010 (a volumn in our series ARCAM POCKETS) which contains all the nominated projects
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Bauvisite 138:
(20/11/ 2010 – 15.00) – Vienna |
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Veranstaltungsort: Kärntnerstraße
Bauvisite 138 widmet sich einem politisch heiß debattierten Projekt, ging es doch um nichts Geringeres als die Neugestaltung des öffentlichen Raumes in der Wiener City. Das Siegerprojekt des Wettbewerbs für die Gestaltung der innerstädtischen Fußgängerzonen folgt der Idee des öffentlichen Raums als Bühne für menschliche Aktivitäten.
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Zwischenzonen
(> 7/03/2010) – Vienna |
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Museum Moderner Kunst
Die Ausstellung zeichnet mit Arbeiten von 20 internationalen KünstlerInnen ein ambitioniertes Bild vom prekären Zustand einer ökonomisierten und mediatisierten globalen Welt. Die thematische Ausstellung wurde aus den Beständen der bedeutendsten Sammlung gesellschaftsbezogener und konzeptioneller Kunst in Lateinamerik, der Jumex Collection konzipiert und ist durch eine große Medienvielfalt gekennzeichnet.
Ausgehend von allgemein anthropologischen Fragen der Identität und Zugehörigkeit werden Spannungsfelder zwischen Natur, Technik und Ökonomie, zwischen Urbanismus und Entvölkerung, zwischen Multikulturalität und Abgrenzung einer kritischen Analyse unterzogen. Das Ergebnis zeigt in seiner Gesamtheit eine negative Utopie - vergleichbar derjenigen, die Aldous Huxley 1932 entworfen hat - ohne, dass dies ursprünglich intendiert gewesen wäre. Die Ausstellung zeigt neben Werken von Mark Dion, Sam Durant, Mike Kelley, Rirkrit Tiravania, Olafur Eliasson und Jeff Wall vor allem Werke von in Lateinamerika lebenden oder arbeitenden Künstlern wie Francis Alÿs, Gabriel Orozco, Santiago Sierra u. v. a.
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Interior Design between the Wars
(> 14/02/2010) – Vienna |
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Hofmobiliendepot
The Imperial Furniture Collection showcases this specifically Viennese facet of the Modern movement between the wars with examples of complete interiors designed by the architects Felix Augenfeld, Josef Frank, Wilhelm Foltin, Johann Vinzenz Kabele, Walter Loos, Ernst Plischke, Otto Prutscher, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Franz Schuster and Oskar Strnad.
The exhibition will also explore the various fates of these architects (e.g. emgration) against the background of contemporary political developments.
A special focus of the exhibition will be devoted to the social aspects of interior design in "Red Vienna", taking the Settlers' Movement as an example.
With exemplary loans from the Vitra Design Museum developments in Vienna will be linked to contemporary European design as a whole and accompanied by timelines of political history and the history of design.
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Green Life: Costruire città sostenibili
(5/02 – 28/03/2010) – Milan |
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Triennale Design Museum
Legambiente, Triennale di Milano e Istituto di Ricerche Ambiente Italia presentano: Green Life: costruire città sostenibili, mostra dedicata agli architetti e alle città che hanno saputo darsi una visione del futuro, hanno adottato strategie coraggiose, hanno messo in atto azioni concrete per un’architettura più sostenibile.
Solo le città sostenibili del prossimo futuro potranno dare speranza a quella metà della popolazione mondiale che è diventata urbana, talvolta cingendo d’assedio i nuclei storici con nuovi agglomerati di fango e lamiera. E’ necessario passare dall’utopia alla realizzazione, per dimostrare che è possibile vivere diversamente negli spazi urbani; bisogna interpellare i saperi, della scienza e della cultura, perché nessuno è autosufficiente. Nel nostro caso Legambiente e la Triennale affrontano il tema mettendo al centro i grandi architetti.
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Pictures of the World: The Global Poster
(> 5/04/2010) - Copenhagen |
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Danish Museum Art & Design
Swinging skirts, surrealistically distorted faces, monocle wearing men, aggressive war propaganda, richly illustrated tourist posters, introvert anti war missiles, humoristic advertising figures and a stencilled President Obama. The comprehensive international exhibition Pictures of the World: The Global Poster at the Danish Museum of Art & Design with more than 300 posters designed by the most predominant poster designers in the World offers visual stories and a rare insight into the history and development of the poster through almost 200 years Poster icons like Jules Chéret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha, Chagall, Cassandre, Lenica or Fukuda as well as several of the best Danish graphic artists from Valdemar Andersen and Sven Brasch to Per Arnoldi and Finn Nygaard are represented. Through its presentation of man the poster shows different features of the development of fashion. The exhibition shows widely different techniques, styles, artists and visual expressions, presented in an international and urban perspective.
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Modern(ism)
(12/02 – 9/05/2010) – Helsinki |
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Design Museum
This exhibition will be the first comprehensive presentation of Finnish jewellery from Modern[ism] is a major exhibition opening in February 2010 at Design Museum. It explores the various manifestations and trends of modernism, while considering the problematic nature of this total concept of style. Modern[ism] establishes a chronological continuum of modern design and creative work from the late 19th century to the present day, with its main focus on the "golden age" of modernism from the 1910s to the late 1930s. The exhibition prominently showcases modernism's Nordic dimension and the simple and functional form that became the established image of Finnish design.
The numerous exhibits are from Design Museum's own collections and from several other museums and private collections. Lenders of materials include the Alvar Aalto Museum, the Finnish Poster Museum, the Bauhaus Archiv of Berlin, the Bröhan Museum of Berlin, Design Museum Ghent, The National Museum of Norway, and numerous private collectors both in Finland and abroad.
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Manchester Society of Architects Annual Design Awards 2010
(20/04 – 15/05/2010) - Manchester |
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CUBE
CUBE is proud to collaborate with the Manchester Society of Architects to bring you their annual Design Awards in 2010. The Manchester Society of Architects Design Awards competition is an annual event, providing the opportunity for Manchester architects to exhibit their recent work, whether as a finished building or work in progress. In previous years, this forum has attracted many high quality submissions which showcase the talent of architects in the area, many of whom have also won both regional and national RIBA awards. This year, the MSA continues the success of the 2009 exhibition, bringing the 2010 awards to CUBE with a fully curated exhibition being featured in the Spring programme of events. The 2009 awards exhibition attracted unprecedented interest from practitioners and the public alike we hope this will continue in 2010.
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Ron Arad: Restless
(> 16/05/2010) – London |
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Barbican Art Gallery
The exhibition explores three decades of Arad’s designs from his early post-punk approach of assembling products from readymade parts to his exclusive and highly polished sculptural furnishings. Featuring a dramatic exhibition design by Ron Arad Associates using the latest LED display technology, Ron Arad: Restless also includes architectural designs and immediately recognisable mass produced pieces. Highlighting the significance of experimentation, process and materials in Arad’s work, the exhibition offers a timely insight into the development of objects from initial idea and fabrication to finished design.
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Paul Klee. Life, Work and Responses
(> 24/05/2010) – Bern |
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Zentrum Paul Klee
Paul Klee’s body of work is a biography in pictorial form – even if many of his communications are coded and raise more questions than they answer. On closer examination, however, what becomes clear is the large extent to which Klee’s oeuvre is imbued with his character, his life circumstances and his environment. His works demonstrate his fondness for the satirical and the grotesque, but also his need for success and respect. They give an account of his family, his travelling and his ambivalence towards politics and world affairs. Not least, they tell us about his artistic experiments involving Expressionism and Constructivism, the Bauhaus and Picasso.
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Global Design
(12/02 – 30/05/2010) - Zürich |
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Museum für Gestaltung
Globalization, along with all its implications and repercussions in highly diverse areas of society, is a much discussed theme. One aspect which has so far been neglected is the relationship of globalization and design. The exhibition now shows the effects that the globalized world has had on design since the 1970s and how design is developed for the globalized world. It is based on a concept of design which includes architecture, graphics, media, fashion, product and industrial design just as much as the design of spheres of life or product processes. Beginning with global networking in the fields of communication, mobility, production, trade and capital, the focal themes are the presentation of globalization in relationship to regionalism, the container as the primary element of globalization, cultural transfer and global trends. Contributions from artists such as Thomas Demand, Fischli / Weiss, Armin Linke or Allan Sekula illustrate special phenomena of globalization.
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Michele Arnaboldi, architetture
(> 29/04/2010) – Zurich |
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ETH
Michele Arnaboldi is one of the most important representatives of the “second generation” of
Ticino architects. After completing his studies at the ETH Zurich, he worked in Luigi Snozzi’s architectural office. He has run his own office in Locarno since 1985.
He develops his buildings in relation to the landscape. The topography and Mediterranean climate of the foothills of the Alps influence the way in which his buildings are shaped in the
form of steep access routes, terraces, and recessed balconies. In the interiors, views and the
incident light play a role in the design, and the constructional layout places the emphasis on
structures. The functional programme is transferred into ordered, sometimes fluid spaces and
the materials are used in a deliberately reticent fashion.
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ECOWEEK 2010
13-20 March 2010 |
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The UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen may not have yielded the expected results and commitments, but ‘green’ buildings are already in global spotlight and will remain - in Greece too: towards a 20% energy reduction by 2020, the implementation of EU Directive 2002/91 (Greek law N3661/2008 FEK89A) for energy conservation in buildings, for the implementation of the Law for the waste management in construction and very soon the new EU target for energy autonomous buildings by 2016.
The conference takes place under the auspices of the European Institute of Law, Science and Technology and the City of Athens.
The design workshops of ECOWEEK 2010 will be hosted this year, for the first time in Greece, in 20 architectural offices in Athens.
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Brave New World
(30/01 – 23/05/2010) - Luxemburg |
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MUDAM
What do works of art tell us about the world we live in and that we contribute, each day, to (re-)construct, to (re-)form, to (re-)think? Which are the images of our bodies, of our earth, of our cities, of our dreams and of our fears that artists reflect to us? The exhibition Brave New World proposes - from the perspective of Mudam Collection - an open and surprising view of the universe that surrounds us, through art works of more then eighty contemporary artists.
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The Brno Building Fairs 2010
(13 - 17/04/2010) Czech Republic |
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The new strategic outlook of the Association of Building Entrepreneurs of the Czech Republic for the period to 2012, presented at a press conference by President of the Association Ing. Václav Matyáš, offers three potential scenarios. The first of these – given the title “optimistic–realistic” – is seen as the most likely by those in the building industry, and envisages the beginnings of stabilisation during the course of 2010, with the economy performing at around the level seen this year. This strategy is based on research conducted among members of the association, though in terms of future prospects their responses are extremely cautious, with companies emphasising the fact that their ability to forecast developments beyond the year 2009 is extremely limited. Nevertheless, for the period 2010–2011 companies foresee a continuing downturn, though slight (1 %). We are, however, seeing signs that the stronger and more predatory among them will be biting off a larger slice of the cake and will begin to grow.
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Interweavings
(26/04 – 8/05/2010) - Oslo |
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Norsk Design – Architecture Center
Tekstilprosjektene Kåpene vi bærer og There is no place like here vises i en felles utstilling på DogA.Interweavings presenterer tekstilhåndverk som er skapt i migrasjonsmøter, det vil si møter mellom mennesker som er i bevegelse og flytter til nye steder.
Kåpene vi bærer springer ut fra Tekstilverkstedet Bydel Alna i Oslo og There is no place like here tar utgangspunkt i prosjektet Kulturell veving i Ytre Arna, Bergen.
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