LECTURE:
APR 29, 2022
10:00
Symposium:
300 Years EntwurfF
OCT 4, 2022
18:00
EXHIBITION:
REVIEW ‘22
NOV 7, 2022
21:00
LECTURE:
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Snøhetta
FEB 16, 2023
11:00
EXHIBITION & SUPERCRIT:
UMBAU IN DER LEHRE
MAR 9, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
GABU HEINDL
MAR 21, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
PIPPO CIORRA, MAXXI
MAR 22, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
JÖRG HEISER
APR 18, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
CARLES ENRICH
APR 19, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
HEIKE MAIER-RIEPER
APR 26, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
BERNHARD LEITNER
MAY 3, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
LUISA ZIAJA
MAY 11, 2023
18:00
SYMPOSIUM:
MATERIAL REUSE STRATEGIES
MAY 16, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
SANDI HILAL
MAY 23, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
FLORENCIA ANDREOLA, AZZURA MUZZONIGRO
MAY 24, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
KIM TROGAL & ANNA WAKEFORD HOLDER
MAY 25, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
AVENIER CORNEJO ARCHITECTS
MAY 31, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
HEIMO ZOBERNIG
JUN 6, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
JOCHEN BECKER, METROZONES
JUN 20, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
SASHA PIRKER
JUN 26, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
JOSEP RICART, HARQUITECTES
JUN 28, 2023
16:30
EXHIBITION:
VIENNESE CAFÉS: PUBLIC INTERIOR, URBAN SALON
JUN 28, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
GREGOR EICHINGER
SEP 27, 2023
18:00
EXHIBITION:
Bioregionale Strategien der Wieder- verwendung
OCT 11, 2023
18:00
PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:
WEBSITE LAUNCH & TALK ON PUBLICATIONS
OCT 12, 2023
18:00
EXHIBITION:
RESHAPING STRUCTURES
NOV 7, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ARCHITEKTUR-
KOLLEKTIV AKT
NOV 10, 2023
10:00
EXHIBITION:
PFANN-OHMANN-PREIS 2023
NOV 13, 2023
16:00
HOUSING TALKS:
IZABELA MOREN, PIETRO AIROLDI
NOV 13, 2023
18:00
EXHIBITION:
MODERNITY SOUTH SOUTH
NOV 14, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
STUDIO MUOTO
NOV 16, 2023
19:00
LECTURE:
einszueins architektur, PPAG architects
NOV 21, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
MARIA SHÉHÉRAZADE GUIDICI
NOV 22, 2023
16:00
SYMPOSIUM:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN
NOV 24, 2023
18:00
BOOK LAUNCH:
EINE SKIZZENFIBEL
NOV 28, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
JULIANE GREB
NOV 28, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
DANIELE KARASZ
NOV 30, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
GABRIELA DENK
DEC 6, 2023
18:00
LECTURES:
DANIEL BELL, CHARLY BLÖDEL, ESTELLE JULLIAN
DEC 12, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
MARINA OTERO VERZIER
DEC 13, 2023
18:00
LECTURES:
OPEN DESIGN ACADEMY – LEARNING FROM YOUR PEERS
DEC 14, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
Marc Barani
DEC 15, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
PIETERJAN GINCKELS, KU LEUVEN
DEC 19, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
AXEL FICKERT, KNAPKIEWICZ & FICKERT
DEC 20, 2023
18:30
BOOK LAUNCH:
ENTWURFF EINER HISTORISCHEN ARCHITEKTUR
JAN 9, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ANGELIKA HINTER-
BRANDNER
JAN 11, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
Myrto Vitart
JAN 16, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
EDIT [ALBERTE LAURIDSEN]
JAN 23, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
Eva Branscome
JAN 26, 2024
18:30
EXHIBITION:
DISPLAY & EXHIBIT CASE STUDY HELMUT LANG
JAN 29, 2024
13:00
PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:
proHolz Student Trophy 24
JAN 30, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS: CARLO RATTI
JAN 31, 2024
18:00
EXHIBITION:
OPEN DESIGN ACADEMY
FEB 2, 2024
09:30
SUPERCRIT, EXHIBITION & DISCUSSION:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN
MAR 4, 2024
18:30
EXHIBITION:
REVIEW’23
MAR 6, 2024
18:00
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
REVIEW’23
MAR 9, 2024
15:00
EXHIBITION:
CONSTRUCTING LANDSCAPES – Margherita Spiluttini & Heinz Tesar
MAR 11, 2024
18:00
DISCUSSION:
An Fonteyne, Bart Hollanders, Els Van Meerbeek
MAR 13, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
ELKE KRASNY
MAR 19, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
VERENA KONRAD [vai]
APR 8, 2024
17:00
OPENING EVENT & LECTURE:
BIOFABRIQUE VIENNA
APR 10, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
HERMANN CZECH
APR 15, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
OLIVER ELSER
APR 24, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
EVA STRICKER
MAY 2, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
BAS PRINCEN
MAY 2, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
MORITZ AHLERT
MAY 6, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
LUIGI ALBERTO CIPPINI
MAY 8, 2024
09:00
EXHIBITION:
EIN NEUES HAUS DER BOTANIK
MAY 8, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
PETER BAUER
MAY 16, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
UMBERTO NAPOLITANO
MAY 23, 2024
12:15
EXHIBITION:
KARL KUPSKY-PREIS 2024
MAY 23, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
FLORENCE LIPSKY
MAY 24, 2024
09:00
Exhibition:
Biofabrique Vienna
MAY 25, 2024
16:00
EXHIBITION OPENING:
NEUE SICHTEN
MAY 28, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
FEDERICO CAMERIN
JUN 5, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
SASHA PIRKER
JUN 5, 2024
19:00
INAUGURAL LECTURE:
DIETMAR FEICHTINGER & JURI TROY
JUN 6, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
JACQUELINE OSTY
JUN 7, 2024
13:30
SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION:
SPACES BETWEEN PLACES
JUN 7, 2024
18:00
LECTURE & DISCUSSION:
MARK INDERBITZIN
JUN 11, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS: EMANUELE COCCIA
JUN 13, 2024
18:00
LECTURE & DISCUSSION:
LUISA LAMBRI
JUN 17, 2024
19:00
LECTURE & DISCUSSION:
DIEGO MARCON
ANDREA FARAGUNA
JUN 18, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS: LISZ HIRN
JUN 28, 2024
13:30
EXHIBITION:
BIOFABRIQUE VIENNA
JUL 10, 2024
17:00
CALL:
CURATION OF THE STUDENT'S NIGHT
OCT 1, 2024
18:00
EXHIBITION:
AUF DER SUCHE NACH EINSAMKEIT
OCT 8, 2024
18:00
EXHIBITION:
REVIEW’24
OCT 9, 2024
19:00
LECTURE: Kersten Geers
OCT 10, 2024
18:00
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
REVIEW ’24
OCT 15, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
PHILIP URSPRUNG
OCT 17, 2024
18:00
CLOSING DISCUSSION:
THE STUDENT'S NIGHT REVIEW ’24
OCT 24, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
DIETMAR FEICHTINGER
OCT 24, 2024
18:00
LECTURE SERIES:
PERSPEKTIVEN
OCT 24, 2024
19:00
EXHIBITION:
VOM HANDWERK ZUR HÖHE
NOV 5, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
SPACE POPULAR
NOV 7, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
RUEDI BAUR
NOV 12, 2024
19:00
LECTURE: Yvonne Farrell
NOV 13, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
JEROME BECKER & MATTHIAS MORODER
NOV 20, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
YUMA SHINOHARA
NOV 21, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
JACQUES PAJOT
NOV 25, 2024
10:00
SYMPOSIUM:
DRAWING OTHERWISE
NOV 26, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
VIDIC GROHAR ARHITEKTI
NOV 26, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ASTRID SMITHAM & NICHOLAS LOBO BRENNAN
DEC 3, 2024
16:00
SYMPOSIUM:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN II
DEC 3, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
REFLEXION ZUR KULTURHAUPTSTADT SALZKAMMERGUT 2024
DEC 11, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
PASCALE DALIX
DEC 12, 2024
17:00
EXHIBITION:
TRANSFORMIEREN „KLEINE TVFA HALLE“
DEC 12, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
KERSTIN MÜLLER
JAN 7, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
RICHARD SENNETT
JAN 21, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
CAROLING GENZ
JAN 21, 2025
18:00
EXHIBITION:
COMMUNITY LABORATORY
JAN 21, 2025
19:00
SCREENING AND TALK:
BÊKA & LEMOINE
JAN 23, 2025
16:00
EXHIBITION:
ON EXHIBITION
JAN 27, 2025
19:00
EXHIBITION:
STADTGALERIE
JAN 30, 2025
09:00
SUPERCRIT:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN II
JAN 30, 2025
18:00
SYMPOSIUM:
ALTE WU – UMBAU STATT ABBRUCH
MAR 4, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
OLAF GRAWERT
HOUSEEUROPE
MAR 5, 2025
19:00
LECTURE: HILARY SAMPLE
MAR 7, 2025
14:00
EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM: KONSTRUKTIVE KREISLÄUFE
MAR 19, 2025
18:00
Lecture:
Wolfdieter Dreibholz
MAR 25, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
RICHARD SENNETT
MAR 26, 2025
18:00
EXHIBITION:
WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD
APR 1, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ANDREJ HOLM
APR 9, 2025
19:00
LECTURE:
ALEXANDER BRODSKY
APR 29, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ELSA PROCHAZKA
APR 30, 2025
18:00
Lecture:
Anne Démians
MAY 12, 2025
18:00
LECTURE:
JULIA SCHER
MAY 14, 2025
19:00
LECTURE.
MOMOYO KAIJIMA
MAY 16, 2025
18:00
CONVERSATION:
HEIMO ZOBERNIG & MICHAEL WALLRAFF
MAY 19, 2025
19:00
LECTURE:
WONNE ICKX
MAY 20, 2025
09:15
PLANERFORUM.
ARCHITEKTUR 2025
MAY 22, 2025
16:00
SYMPOSIUM, EXHIBITION:
MATERIALS & PROCESSES
MAY 28, 2025
18:30
LECTURE:
BRANISLAV DIMITRIJEVIĆ
JUN 26, 2025
14:00
PRESENTATION, EXHIBITION:
ACT OF BUILDING
ACT OF BUILDING
PROTOTYPING VIENNA
BC ARCHITECTS & STUDIES & MATERIALS
THOMAS AMANN, TINA GREGORIC
PRESENTATION, EXHIBITON
THU, 26.6.2025, 14:00-19:00 – KLEINE TVFA-HALLE, TU WIEN
GUSSHAUSSTRASSE 28, 1040 WIEN
„Act of Building: Prototyping Vienna“ explores the bioregional resource clay and its potential use as a building material in the context of Vienna. The design studio marks the first phase of a two-year research and development project at the Institute of Architectural Design, TU Wien, in partnership with Wienerberger and Wiener Linien, led by BC architects & studies & materials from Brussels.
BC is a hybrid practice, designing and undertaking „acts of building“ towards systemic change in the construction sector. We act for bioregional, regenerative, low-tech, circular, beautiful and inclusive design and materials. We work with our minds and our hands, undertaking activities such as community organization, architectural practice, material production, contracting, teaching, prototyping. We aim to impact positively on people’s ideas and planet. We aim to act on behalf of the generations after us. We aim to give back to society. We aim to change our building culture towards inclusiveness, sustainability.
Approximately 3,000 tons of clay are excavated daily at subway construction sites in Vienna. According to current construction standards and regulations, almost all of it must be transported to landfills outside the city and classified as waste. Meanwhile, the majority of new construction in Vienna is built using concrete, steel, and styrofoam. In an era of growing awareness that the building industry accounts for nearly 40% of all CO₂ emissions, this practice is not only difficult to accept but must be seen as a call to act. To act means engaging in a process where academia, industry and public stakeholders join forces to develop new ways of doing things together.
Through excursions to Wiener Linien construction sites, the Wienerberger brick factory and the Brick Museum Vienna, we aim to gain a comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem surrounding clay and brick production in Vienna. We will test and analyze the physical properties and logistical implications of existing resources while also reflecting on their social, cultural, and political significance. By engaging in 1:1 research and prototyping and exchanging knowledge with various local and international experts, we aim to explore and propose an alternative material narrative—one that is deeply connected to and embedded in Vienna’s resources, history, culture and identity. Using hands-on techniques and tools, we will experimentally develop material recipes and prototypes, ultimately producing 1:1 building components that point toward concrete architectural applications and contribute to a new building culture in Vienna.
Mentors
Laurens Bekemans, Ken De Cooman, Bregt Hoppenbrouwers, Julie Moraca, Henri Uijtterhaegen (BC architects & studies & materials, Brussels, Belgium), Thomas Amann, Prof. Tina Gregoric (Research Unit Architectural Typology, Institute of Architectural Design, TU Wien)
Students
Clara Bachmayer, Josephin Berger, Eva Buder, Lisa Chen, Natenael Eshaw Abebe, Frederike Fohr, Elisa Geiser, Ema Hocevar, Henriette Käßner, Linus Koch, Pavle Kolovic, Lara Lepic, Daniil Makhmudov, Florian Ocenasek, Katharina Reiter, Samuel Sampson, Nora Schaeren, Leonie Schleyer, Annalena Weghofer, Marlies Weidinger, Leonie Weithase
BC architects
BC studies
BC materials
Wienerberger
Wiener Linien
gbl.tuwien.ac.at