Lecture & Discussion
Rethinking and Transforming Existing Structures
Renewed Demands for the Promotion of Public Welfare
Bestand umbauen.
© Photograph: Felix Hermann 2024 and Waltraud P. Indrist 2025
The 11th Forum on Architectural Science is dedicated to the highly topical issue of transforming existing structures, and opens with a keynote speech and panel discussion at the Az W.
Which new demands need to be formulated in the context of transformation in order to negotiate aspects of social, ecological and aesthetic public welfare? What new advocacy is needed for this? Where should this process begin in concrete terms? Historical, current and future alternative spaces, scenarios and processes are (re)examined and discussed critically during the symposium.
Keynote: Ana Miljački, MIT
Discussion: Anamarija Batista, Akbild Wien; Waltraud P. Indrist, Akbild Wien; Klara Jörg & Julian Raffetseder, Future Problems Architecture Studio; Georg Kaser, Universität Innsbruck; Thomas Madreiter, City of Vienna Director of Planning; Rudolf Scheuvens, TU Wien (tbc); Sigrid Stagl, WU Wien
Conzept and Organisation: Anamarija Batista, Waltraud P. Indrist
The symposium continues on Fri 05.12 at the TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), and Sat 06.12 at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Akbild Wien — Academy of Fine Arts Vienna).
A cooperation between Akbild Wien, TU Wien and the Az W. Funded by the Sutor-Stiftung.