Excursion

Studio Visits

As part of the Vienna Art Week

Fri 08.11.2024, 15:00-17:30
several people in front of a pub, some cars and a flag with the inscription ‘Fahne’ in front of it

An architecture office that is also an art space: opening of the SPUTNIC collection exhibition, flag by Heimo Zobernig
© Photograph: Norbert Steiner

A visit to two architecture firms that take the liberty, in different ways, of defining their profession and working methods in a broader social sense: AKT, an "association for architecture, culture and theory", and the "satellite" SPUTNIC.

View from above of an architectural model and some people around it
Architekturkollektiv AKT & Hermann Czech

AKT is a cross-generational collective of 17 people (currently) who understand architecture essentially as social communication. AKT achieved a name for its design of the Austrian Pavilion for the Architecture Biennale in Venice 2023 (together with Hermann Czech).

Norbert Steiner/SPUTNIC combines the independence of a one-man office with event-related collaborations for teaching and construction projects. He runs his office as a hospitable pub that is also a gallery.

With: Susanne Mariacher, Harald Trapp / AKT; Norbert Steiner / SPUTNIC

Moderated by Maria Welzig, Az W