Excursion
Studio Visits
As part of the Vienna Art Week
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.
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