Park Politics – x-LArch 2018

How do public spaces come by their design today — in post-political times — and who determines the parameters?

The international three-day conference sheds light on the ideal and political frameworks for the design and programme of urban open space on the basis of parks from a multidisciplinary perspective: 4 keynote speeches, 30 scientific contributions, 3 lectures on practice, 2 excursions

Welcome address:

Angelika Fitz, director of the Az W

Andrea Reithmayer, vice-rector BOKU Vienna

Lilli Lička, head of ILA Institut für Landschaftsarchitektur, BOKU Wien

Guests:

Ruedi Baur, graphic designer, Paris

Bernd Belina, human geographer, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main

Johanna Gibbons, Neil Davidson, Landscape architects, London

Emily Eliza Scott, art historian and artist, ETH Zurich