16. International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2018 Austrian Pavilion

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1 Contents 2 Team 3 The Idea 4 Biennale Architettura Architectural and Design offices 8 Commissioner 9 Quote 10 Press contact and accreditation Press photos 16. International 1

2 Team Commissioner and Curator Concept and project management Verena Konrad Verena Konrad Invited architectural and design offices LAAC Innsbruck Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin Henke Schreieck Vienna Dieter Henke and Marta Schreieck Sagmeister & Walsh New York Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh sagmeisterwalsh.com Production section.a Visual communication Felder Grafikdesign Press and sponsoring art:phalanx Agentur für Kultur und Urbanität On behalf of the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Arts and Culture Division 2

3 The idea Thoughts Form Matter Verena Konrad Commissioner and Curator of the Austrian Contribution to the Architecture Biennale 2018 Cities are largely defined by their public spaces. It is here that a range of user expectations come together. The aim of urban design is to find a balance, to act with an eye to the future and Cities are largely defined by their public spaces. It is here that a range of user expectations come together. The aim of urban design is to find a balance, to act with an eye to the future and to increase the attention given to public space. Public space is social space. And this is precisely why design is so important. In terms of architectural language, the quality of public space is defined by the balance between space and place, by convincing materials and by major urban design signals as much as by spontaneous and informal gestures. And, always, by high aesthetic aspirations. The three invited teams LAAC, Henke Schreieck and Sagmeister & Walsh address urban spaces and architecture as built landscape. And they do this with great consistency, with self-assurance, with the highest qualitative aspirations and with a great respect for cooperation and interdisciplinarity. A common feature of their work is that their interventions whether these are architectural, urban or emerge from the logic of the design are built not in the city but as extensions of it. This approach also enables the notion of the common good to emerge in the shape of a focus on the public interest that is playing an increasingly important role in the current architectural debate. For the Austrian Contribution to the Biennale Architettura the three conceptual teams will develop an interdependent spatial installation in three parts. In doing this we will refer directly to the theme Freespace and address the significance of free spaces for urban contexts. While not alluding to real architectures, we will be working with real spaces spaces which should enable us to recognise the qualities that these architects and designers are seeking to create with their work: the convergence of outside and inside, vertical and horizontal connections, the historical pavilion and the language of contemporary architecture and design. 3

4 Biennale Architettura 2018 Freespace Curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara 26th May to 25th November Freespace, the title given by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara to the Biennale Architettura 2018, describes generosity of spirit and humanity as the central aspects of an architectural agenda that concentrates on the quality of space. It also places a focus on mutual exchange and influence between architecture, the users of architecture, nature and natural resources. Their exhibition in Venice will present built and unbuilt spaces that will essentially employ socio-political questions as the starting point for addressing the issues of spatial quality and architectural beauty. This should make it possible to understand architecture better, to encourage the discussion of architectural core values and to turn the spotlight back onto architecture s proven and sustainable contribution to humanity. 4

5 Architektur- und Designbüros LAAC Innsbruck Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin LAAC is an Innsbruck-based, internationally active architectural office that has been developing, researching and teaching innovative answers to urban and landscape challenges for more than a decade. The office is headed by Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin and works in teams made up of architects, artists and graphic designers as well as representatives of a network of partners and experts from a range of disciplines. In addition to public buildings in the fields of culture, education and sport and high-profile and functional office and industrial projects LAAC has a special focus on the design of landscapes and open spaces which ranges from landscape interventions and the design of public squares to the development of large-scale masterplans. Kathrin Aste, born 1969, studied architecture at the University of Innsbruck where she subsequently worked as an assistant professor. She lectures widely on such subjects as urban design, architecture and physis and artistic landscapes at the Universities of Innsbruck and Liechtenstein and the Lichtakademie Bartenbach, etc. She has been the president of aut.architektur und tirol since 2013 and a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Platform Geography, Landscape and Cities) since The Biennale Architettura is more than an exhibition of contemporary architecture. It functions as a platform that communicates our architectural thinking process. It is a strong voice of an independent architecture scene, mobilising its creativity and intelligence, its innovative and critical faculties. The theme of this year s Architecture Biennale offers us the opportunity to reflect upon our understanding of free space in the context of a multiplicity of architectural approaches. It literally enables us to enjoy the free space to re-establish the relationship between ideas, form and material, free from the distractions of everyday life. With the sentence We see the Earth as Client the Biennale Architettura is encouraging us to examine the relationship between places and people from a new perspective. We understand free space as both a spatial and a spiritual construct, as a complex dynamic system and a domain capable of change, characterised by coexistence and diversity. We believe that it is the responsibility of architecture to embody this spatial freedom. Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin Frank Ludin, born 1972, studied architecture at the University of Innsbruck and was an assistant professor at the Institute for Experimental Architecture.hochbau in Innsbruck. He became a partner of astearchitecture in 2005 and founded LAAC together with Kathrin Aste in Selected projects: Top of Tyrol (2011), Landhausplatz Eduard Wallnöfer Platz (2012), Stadtnaht Dornbirn (2017), MPREIS Weer (2017), PEMA 2 (ongoing) Copa Cagrana Neu (ongoing) 5

6 Architektur- und Designbüros Henke Schreieck Vienna Dieter Henke and Marta Schreieck Dieter Henke, born 1952, and Marta Schreieck, born 1954, studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and have run the office Henke Schreieck since Both have extensive experience as members of juries of competitions in Austria and abroad. Dieter Henke acted as a design advisor to Steyr (OÖ ) between 2006 and 2009 and Marta Schreieck played the same role in the cities of Feldkirch, Linz, Salzburg, Regensburg, Karlsruhe and Graz between 1995 and She was a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1995 and Commissioner of the Austrian Contribution to the 9th Biennale Architettura in Venice in Marta Schreieck has been a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin since 2005 and President of the Central Association of Austrian Architects since 2007 Henke Schreieck contributed to the Biennale di Venezia in 1995 and The office has also received numerous prizes and awards. Selected architectural projects: ÖBV residential building, Vienna (1993), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Innsbruck (1998), k47 office and commercial building, Vienna (2003), Baden railway station, Baden bei Wien (2004), UMIT private university, Hall in Tirol (2004), HOCH ZWEI office tower, Vienna (2008), St. Gabriel s Abbey, Styria (2008), Borealis Innovation Headquarters, Linz (2009), Mariahilfer Strasse 36 office and commercial building, Vienna (2010), headline office and commercial building and hotel, Innsbruck (2012), Hotel Bellevue, Zell am See (2014), Erste Campus, Vienna (2015); Under development: Trlllple high-rise residential buildings, Vienna. We see the invitation to participate in the Architecture Biennale as a mark of considerable appreciation for our previous work. We are particularly delighted to have been selected by Verena Konrad to make a contribution to the on the subject of Freespace, the motto of the Biennale Archittetura 2018, because this motto reflects the proposition of our work to date in which urbanity, scale, context and space are always paramount. In all our projects we attempt to offer differentiated spaces that neither appear in any list of spatial requirements nor have any clear function, spaces with a special atmosphere and mood, feel-good spaces that appeal to all the senses. It is also important to us that every project enriches its surroundings. As architects we have an obligation not only to our clients but also to society as a whole. We are not service providers but, rather, the shapers of our environment. This is why it is essential that we constantly search for qualities that reach beyond the specific building task. Dieter Henke and Marta Schreieck 6

7 Architektur- und Designbüros Sagmeister & Walsh New York Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh are the creative directors and partners of Sagmeister & Walsh, New York. Stefan Sagmeister, born 1962 in Bregenz, became wellknown through his work for The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, HBO, OK Go, BMW, The Guggenheim Museum, David Byrne, Aerosmith, Atlantic Records and many others. Stefan Sagmeister teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York and has been appointed to the Frank Stanton Chair at Cooper Union School of Art. He received the AIGA Medal in 2013 and has lectured widely and participated in numerous exhibitions. Following the success of the Happy Show and the Happy Film, which he presented together with Ben Nabros at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016, he is currently working on a project dedicated to the subject of Beauty. The work of Jessica Walsh has been widely exhibited and published and she has lectured at numerous festivals, congresses and conferences. Her design work includes campaigns for Snapchat Spectacles, Cinépolis, The Aldrich Museum, The Jewish Museum New York and MILLY. 7

8 Commissioner and Curator Biography Verena Konrad, born 1979, studied history of art, history and theology at the University of Innsbruck. Assistant at the Institute for Architectural Theory and History of Building, Innsbruck. She has lectured at the University of Innsbruck (architectural theory, history of art), the University of Art and Design Linz (Space & Design Strategies) and Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (InterMedia) and worked as a curator at Galerie im Taxispalais and Kunsthalle Wien and as a freelance art historian. Verena Konrad has headed the vai Vorarlberger Architektur Institut since

9 Quote Verena Konrad Commissioner and Curator of the Austrian Contribution to the Architecture Biennale 2018 In this contribution to the Biennale Architettura 2018 we are focussing on the significance of public spaces for the city. The role of architects is essential here because design happens far too often without creating added value for public life. Architecture is not a service activity. It is a profession which must be practised with responsibility, intellectual effort and aesthetic sensitivity. And it also involves a plea for form because architecture is not the art of fitting in; it is not better, the less visible it is. We want to celebrate architecture as form and architecture as content in equal measure. 9

10 Press contact and accreditation Kontakt Susanne Haider und Sarah Hellwagner art:phalanx Agentur für Kultur und Urbanität e architekturbiennale@artphalanx.at t +43 (0) or 17 Press text and press photos presse.artphalanx.at/en/architecture-biennale-2018 Accreditation in Venice Press Office di Venezia Ca Giustinian, San Marco 1364/A Venezia e archstampa@labiennale.org t + 39 (0) f + 39 (0) Social Media #thoughtsformmatter #austrianpavilion #österreichpavillon 10

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Todorovic Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin, LAAC Photo: Marc

11 Press photos presse.artphalanx.at/architecture-biennale-2018 All images are free of copyright in connection with coverage of the Architecture Biennale 2018 and are available for download in print quality. Verena Konrad Commissioner and Curator Photo: Darko Todorovic Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin, LAAC Photo: Marc Lins Photography Dieter Henke and Marta Schreieck, Henke Schreieck Architekten Photo: Heinz Schmölzer Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh, Sagmeister & Walsh 11

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