Architecture Beyond the Earth’s Horizon

a cooperation by the Architekturzentrum Wien and the Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (FFG)

It is 40 years since man first stepped on the moon. These first footsteps on the Earth’s satellite, followed in astonishment by humanity via television on 21 July 1969, still count today as an incomparable milestone despite being so recent. Following a loss of interest in this mission to the moon, a renewed interest in space travel is to be noted in the last ten years. New missions to the moon, to Mars and beyond are confronting architects and designers with tasks for which they have to depart from familiar operational territory. The subject being engaged with is: possibilities for the future of housing, living and working on Earth as well as in outer space.

6pm Dietmar Steiner, director of the Az W and Harald Posch, head of the Agentur für Luft- und Raumfahrt of the FFG: welcome address

6.15pm Barbara Imhof, space architect and Kurt Zweifel, curator: introduction

6.30pm brief talks (20 minutes each)

Brent Sherwood, Manager of Strategic Planning & Project Formulation, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Gregor Eichinger, Professor at the ETH Zürich, Chair for User Interface

Léopold Eyharts, Member of the European Astronaut Corps of the ESA

cancelled: Piero Messina, Head of the Coordination Office, Directorate of Human Spaceflight, ESA

Tristan Weddigen, Professor at Zurich University, Art History Institute

8.30pm panel discussion

moderated by Elke Krasny, culture theorist and curator
in English

admission free