Architektur beginnt im Kopf.
The Making of Architecture
08. exhibition
] Architekturzentrum Wien, MQ:
Whereas in one Parisian architect’s studio shots are fired at a clay block, in another
orchids are raised. In Zurich an architect reclined in her bed with a wooden set-square,
in Hong Kong thoughts are crystallised with pieces of Lego.
This exhibition tells about the very different ways in which architects use their various tools,
from the pencil to the computer.
Alvar Aalto / Lina Bo Bardi / Atelier Bow-Wow / Hermann Czech /
Diller Scofidio + Renfro / Edge Design Institute / Yona Friedman /
Antoni Gaudí / The Jerde Partnership / Lux Guyer / Steven Holl Architects /
Lacaton & Vassal / Rudolf Olgiati / Charlotte Perriand / R&Sie(n) /
Theiss & Jaksch/Schwalm-Theiss / Karl Schwanzer / SOM Skidmore, Owings & Merrill /
UNStudio / Venturi Scott Brown & Associates:
20 offices were researched over a period of more than two years. Documentary photographs show
the way things really look there, and each studio presents the development of one project
by means of sketches or models.
Statements by the architects themselves about their design methods and sources of inspiration
deepen these un-usual insights in the working world of architecture.
assistant: Bernadette Krejs
decoration: Dietlind Rott
constructions: Philipp Aschenberger, Gerhard Binder, Armin Keck, Markus Puchberger, Heinrich Schalk
display cases: Auer Holzmanufaktur
metalworking: Roland Finkenstedt
plexiglass: Laserplast
big prints: E.H. Montagen
small prints: Grandits-Team
curator: Elke Krasny
project coordinator and research: Gudrun Hausegger
research: Robert Temel
graphic design: Thomas Kussin, Rosemarie Ladner, buero 8