Programme: Past Events

Tue 18.06.2019
17:00-21:00

At the Az W:
Marshall Plan Symposium

Marshallplan Lecture Views on America of Europeans and Austrians Günter Bischof, Austrian Marshall Plan Chair, Universitiy of New Orleans Panel…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Black and white photo of the Statue of Liberty in the fog

Guided tour of the exhibition

Sat 15.06.2019
15:00-16:00

Hans Hollein unpacked: The Haas-Haus

Even before and during its construction the Haas-Haus directly opposite St. Stephen's Cathedral caused many a controversy. On the occasion…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Gallery

Symposium

Fri 14.06.2019
10:00-20:00

Serial Construction meets Vienna’s Social Housing

A symposium by the Az W and IBA_Wien

Serial and modular construction are a hot topic once again as social changes, like refugee movements, but also the continuing…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Multi-storey, rectangular, white house with balconies

Guided tour of the exhibition

Thu 13.06.2019
19:30-20:30

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

as part of the MQ SommerÖffnung

A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made environmental and social catastrophes are threatening to render the planet…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

Several sitting children and young adults bent over plans

Guided tour of the exhibition

Thu 13.06.2019
18:00-19:00

a_show

as part of the MQ SummerOpening

The “a_show” is the permanent exhibition of the Az W. It offers a compact overview of the development and history…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 1

Children's workshop (ages 6–12)

Thu 13.06.2019
17:00-19:00

High-Flying Folds!

as part of the MQ SummerOpening

Thin materials can become very strong with the right folding techniques. We try out a ways to make a column…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

Event

Thu 13.06.2019
17:00-22:00

MQ SummerOpening

Admission free

17:00 High-Flying Folds! Children's workshop (ages 6–12) Thin materials can become very strong with the right folding techniques. We try…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

Opening & Panel discussion & Summer Party

Wed 12.06.2019
19:00-22:00

The Haas-Haus Issue

To accompany the exhibition 'Hans Hollein unpacked: The Haas-Haus'

At the opening of the fourth SammlungsLab, we pursue the question: What can and is modern architecture allowed to do…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Multi-storey semicircular building with glass facade and parking cars in front of it

Event

Wed 12.06.2019
from 21:00

Summer Party 2019

After the opening of the exhibition "Hans Hollein unpacked: The Haas-Haus", the annual Az W summer party takes place. We…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – in the courtyard

Workshop (8–12)

Sun 26.05.2019
14:30-16:30

Our City — My Stage

A KinderKulturParcours event

Together we find spaces to dance, sing, roll and jump in. Where can we do this in the city? In…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

Children and adults gymnastics on concrete rings

Workshop (6–99)

Sat 25.05.2019
15:00-17:00

Archikids: My City — Our Planet

What do the heroes of today look like? And what do they do? The protagonists in our exhibition are scattered…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

ein asphaltierter Platz mit Bäumen in Töpfen und Sitzgelegenheiten vor mehrstöckigen Wohnhäusern

Open Day, walks, discussions

Sat 25.05.2019
from 13:00

Nordbahn-Halle Open Day

To accompany the Architekturtage 2019

To accompany the exhibition 'Critical Care' and for the Architecture Days, together with the TU Wien we invite you to…

Location: Nordbahn-Halle

disused one-storey railway station building with a meadow in the foreground

Panel discussion

Wed 22.05.2019
19:00-21:00

Österreich im Bild

Housing in the course of time

in the context of "ICOM International Museum Day 2019: Museums as Cultural Hubs – The future of tradition"

The “a_show” is the permanent exhibition of the Az W. It offers a compact overview of the development and history…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 1

Lecture with response

Wed 15.05.2019
19:00-21:00

Haus der Statistik

IBA_Vienna meets Architects #6

How can large-scale, modern postwar buildings be transformed socially, culturally and technologically? The Haus der Statistik in Berlin is developing…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

a group of people posing for a photo in front of a multi-storey white skyscraper

Double guided tour & walk

Sat 11.05.2019
11:00-18:00

CARE MATTERS.

A cooperation between the Az W and the Kunstraum Niederoesterreich

11:00 Guided tour with the curators of 'TechnoCare' at the Kunstraum Niederoesterreich 12:30 Guided tour with the curators of 'Critical…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

Aerial photograph of an area with circular structural deepenings

Guided tour in dialogue

Wed 08.05.2019
17:30-19:00

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

Focus on Economy and the Public Interest

with Elisabeth Klatzer, economist, member of the board of Attac Österreich The projects in the exhibition 'Critical Care' draws remarkable…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

two one-storey mud houses with one door and one window each

Guided tour of the exhibition

Wed 01.05.2019
18:00-19:00

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

as part of "Open Door Day"

A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made environmental and social catastrophes are threatening to render the planet…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

Guided tour of the exhibition

Wed 01.05.2019
17:00-18:00

a_show

as part of "Open Door Day"

The “a_show” is the permanent exhibition of the Az W. It offers a compact overview of the development and history…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 1

Guided tour of the exhibition

Wed 01.05.2019
16:00-17:00

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

as part of "Open Door Day"

A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made environmental and social catastrophes are threatening to render the planet…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

Guided tour of the exhibition

Wed 01.05.2019
15:00-16:00

a_show

as part of "Open Door Day"

The “a_show” is the permanent exhibition of the Az W. It offers a compact overview of the development and history…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 1

Workshop (0–99)

Wed 01.05.2019
14:00-17:00

Stadtutopien aus LEGO

as part of "Open Door Day"

We build the ideal city with LEGO. Will there be cars there? How will electricity be generated? As guests of…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

Event

Wed 01.05.2019
10:00-19:00

Open Door Day

Admission free

As guests of the Architekturzentrum Wien Architecture Lounge, on 1 May admission is free for everybody interested in architecture. The…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

drei Frauen gehen auf einer offenen Eingangstür als Glas zu

Excursion Booked up!

Fri 26.04.2019
14:00-18:30

The Productive City

Az W on Site

How much of what we consume is still produced in Vienna? During a bus tour from Liesing to Simmering, experts…

A man stands elevated and speaks to a group of people; on the right a tower made of red containers

Opening

Wed 24.04.2019
19:00

Critical Care

Architecture for a Broken Planet

A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made environmental and social catastrophes are threatening to render the planet…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Workshop (ages 6–10) Booked up!

Tue 16.04.2019
13:00-15:00

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

There are not only high-tech toys, Ninjago and spectacular skyscrapers in the land of dragons, there are also tea houses,…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

many yellow Lego bricks disordered on top of each other

Workshop (ages 6–10) Booked up!

Tue 16.04.2019
10:00-12:00

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

There are not only high-tech toys, Ninjago and spectacular skyscrapers in the land of dragons, there are also tea houses,…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

Workshop (ages 6–10) Booked up!

Mon 15.04.2019
13:00-15:00

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

There are not only high-tech toys, Ninjago and spectacular skyscrapers in the land of dragons, there are also tea houses,…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

Workshop (ages 6–10) Booked up!

Mon 15.04.2019
10:00-12:00

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

There are not only high-tech toys, Ninjago and spectacular skyscrapers in the land of dragons, there are also tea houses,…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

Workshop (ages 6–99)

Sat 13.04.2019
15:00-17:00

Archikids: Animals’ Buildings

Animals are true master builders. Together we immerse ourselves in the fascinating world of animals' houses. The ornithologist Martin Riesing…

Location: Nordbahn-Halle

A meadow with two small round cave entrances and a tree

Guided tour

Sat 13.04.2019
15:00-16:00

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

The development of rural space is an urgent global challenge. Best practice examples from China show which strategies the young…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Gallery

A bridge over a river with old stone viaduct arches and a new wooden structure on top

Talk Show

Wed 03.04.2019
19:00

Club Architektur: Town versus Country

The architecture talk show debates Town and Country: contrasts and prejudices.

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Guided tour in dialogue

Wed 03.04.2019
17:30-19:00

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

LandLuft – Verein zur Förderung von Baukultur im ländlichen Raum

A guided tour with representatives of "LandLuft - Verein zur Förderung von Baukultur im ländlichen Raum", who engage in a…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Gallery

3 persons in exhibition with huge models and photographs

Excursion Booked up!

Fri 29.03.2019
16:00-18:00

City Meets Village

Az W on Site

The brand 'Florasdorf — Stadt trifft Dorf ' (City meets Village) describes the ideal of village life in the middle…

Multi-storey residential building with green façade and balconies

Guided tour in dialogue

Wed 27.03.2019
17:30-19:00

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

with Xian Zheng, architect and artist

The young Chinese architect and artist Xian Zheng guides through the exhibition in dialogue with Angelika Fitz, director Az W.…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Gallery

A woman with glasses draws a village on a white wall.

Double guided tour & walk 'CARE MATTERS.'

Sat 11.05.2019
from 11:00

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made environmental and social catastrophes are threatening to render the planet…

Lecture & dialogue

Fri 22.03.2019
19:00

Europan15

Competition launch

30 Years of Europan! Europan opens the 15th round of this competition and presents the Austrian locations: Innsbruck - Graz…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Guided tour

Wed 20.03.2019
17:30-18:30

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

The development of rural space is an urgent global challenge. Best practice examples from China show which strategies the young…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Gallery

Guided tour

Sat 16.03.2019
15:00-16:00

Downtown Denise Scott Brown

‘Downtown Denise Scott Brown’ celebrates Scott Brown’s ideas and impact by creating an ersatz urban environment in the Architekturzentrum Wien’s…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

a orange and white building without windows

Guided tour with Xu Tiantian

Thu 14.03.2019
17:30-18:30

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

The development of rural space is an urgent global challenge. Best practice examples from China show which strategies the young…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Gallery

Exhibition opening, lectures, discussion

Wed 13.03.2019
18:00

Rural Moves – New Perspectives for Rural Areas in China and Austria

To accompany the exhibition 'Rural Moves – The Songyang Story'

From China to Austria, rural regions face similar challenges: the cores of the communities and centres of the villages are…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Aerial view of landscape divided into fields

Panel discussion

Mon 11.03.2019
19:00

Zukunft Stadt Positionen

What Can Urban Planning do?

Urban Planning Has to Continually Adapt to the Burning Issues of Our Time.

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

white flat terraced warehouses with one field in the foreground

Guided tour with the curators

Mon 11.03.2019
12:30-14:00

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

supplementary programme for 'CARE MATTERS.'

A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made environmental and social catastrophes are threatening to render the planet…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

Workshop (ages 6–99)

Sat 09.03.2019
15:00-17:00

Archikids: Growing Crops in Skyscrapers

With vertical agriculture, fruit, vegetables and edible mushrooms can be produced all year round in large buildings, on several stacked…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien

salat growing on a vertical shelf system

Guided tour in dialogue Booked up!

Wed 06.03.2019
17:30-19:00

Downtown Denise Scott Brown

with Katharina Brandl, co-initiator of the feminist festival RRRIOT

„When the glass ceiling hits you, you will think it is your fault unless you know a bit about feminism,…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

Portrait of a Woman with short hair and a scarf

Film screening and discussion

Wed 20.02.2019
19:00

Bowlingtreff

A film by Adrian Dorschner and Thomas Beyer – To accompany the exhibition "Downtown Denise Scott Brown"

Shortly before the end of the GDR, in 1987 in Leipzig the Bowlingtreff (bowling club) was unexpectedly opened. By no…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Podium

Guided tour

Wed 20.02.2019
17:30-18:30

Downtown Denise Scott Brown

‘Downtown Denise Scott Brown’ celebrates Scott Brown’s ideas and impact by creating an ersatz urban environment in the Architekturzentrum Wien’s…

Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Exhibition hall 2

Workshop (ages 6–99)

Sat 16.02.2019
15:00-17:00

Archikids: Folding Architecture

Folding can be used as a technique to make walls disappear, and now even whole houses can be folded-up for…

Upcoming Events

At the Az W:Marshall­ Plan Sym­posium

Hans Hollein unpacked: The Haas-Haus

Serial Construction meets Vienna’s Social Housing

A symposium by the Az W and IBA_Wien

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

as part of the MQ SommerÖffnung

a_show

as part of the MQ SummerOpening

High-Flying Folds!

as part of the MQ SummerOpening

MQ Sum­mer­Open­ing

Admission free

The Haas-Haus Issue

To accompany the exhibition 'Hans Hollein unpacked: The Haas-Haus'

Summer Party 2019

Our City — My Stage

A KinderKulturParcours event

Archikids: My City — Our Planet

Nordbahn-Halle Open Day

To accompany the Architekturtage 2019

Österreich im Bild

To accompany Österreichbild. Collection with a View #5

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

Housing in the course of time

in the context of "ICOM International Museum Day 2019: Museums as Cultural Hubs – The future of tradition"

Haus der Statistik

IBA_Vienna meets Architects #6

CARE MATTERS.

A cooperation between the Az W and the Kunstraum Niederoesterreich

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

Focus on Economy and the Public Interest

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

as part of "Open Door Day"

a_show

as part of "Open Door Day"

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

as part of "Open Door Day"

a_show

as part of "Open Door Day"

Stadtutopien aus LEGO

as part of "Open Door Day"

Open Door Day

Admission free

The Productive City

Az W on Site

Critical Care

Architecture for a Broken Planet

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

The Land of Dragons – China

Osterferienspiel

Archikids: Animals’ Buildings

Rural Moves – The Song­yang Story

Club Architektur: Town versus Country

Rural Moves – The Song­yang Story

LandLuft – Verein zur Förderung von Baukultur im ländlichen Raum

City Meets Village

Az W on Site

Rural Moves – The Song­yang Story

with Xian Zheng, architect and artist

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

Europan15

Competition launch

Rural Moves – The Song­yang Story

Downtown Denise Scott Brown

Rural Moves – The Song­yang Story

Rural Moves – New Perspec­tives for Rural Areas in China and Austria

To accompany the exhibition 'Rural Moves – The Songyang Story'

Zukunft Stadt Positionen

What Can Urban Planning do?

Critical Care. Architecture for a Broken Planet

supplementary programme for 'CARE MATTERS.'

Archikids: Growing Crops in Sky­scrapers

Downtown Denise Scott Brown

At the Az W:
Marshall Plan Symposium

MQ SummerOpening

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

Rural Moves – The Songyang Story

Rural Moves – New Perspectives for Rural Areas in China and Austria

Archikids: Growing Crops in Skyscrapers

Bowlingtreff